Title: Associate Director/ Director, Program Management

Status: 6-month contract

Location: Hybrid Onsite in Lexington, MA 3 days a week

Compensation: $60-$80 depending on experience

Overview

Seeking an experienced Program Management contractor who can help drive and support technical operations initiatives. This individual will integrate efforts across R&D, technical operations, manufacturing, and commercial to meet critical milestones to advance programs and the platform. They will also be a key part of the team working closely with external technical partners to scale production and will be responsible for developing and managing complex, multidisciplinary project timelines. They will utilize team leadership, communication, and relationship building skills, along with project management tools to create and manage integrated project plans, timelines, and drive accountability for deliverables. They will have a deep understanding of early to late-stage clinical development, CMC, and manufacturing scale-up and commercialization, and will have experience working with external partners and CDMOs.

This role is hybrid, with onsite work 3 days/week in our Lexington office.

Day to Day Responsibilities

• Work closely with heads of Technical Operations and Engineering to define and drive key projects and initiatives internally and with 3rd parties
• Efficiently and collaboratively drive execution of project plans with a sense of urgency
• Proactively identify risks, gaps, and resource bottlenecks; drive scenario planning; develop and implement mitigation plans.
• Lead program management activities for the projects, including all aspects of operational planning and execution such as timeline and milestone development and tracking, program team meeting management/minutes, decision making support, portfolio management activities and internal reporting and communication.
• Facilitate sharing of key learnings, insights and data across teams to advance the platform; rapidly assess impact on platform and projects when new information becomes available.
• Support strong cross-functional communication by building solid working relationships across the organization and with external partners
• Lead discussions external partners on program plans and execution; present program progress at internal company meetings.

Experience Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in life sciences, engineering or related field. Advanced degree (MS, PhD or MBA) preferred. PMP certification is a plus.
• Minimum 10 years' experience in biotech/pharmaceutical industry in relevant functional disciplines with a minimum of 5 years in program management with responsibilities from clinical through commercial stage programs and tech transfer and manufacturing scale up
• Excellent project management and business operations skills, including utilizing Smartsheets, MS project and relevant tools to create project plans, with track record of managing projects on time and budget
• Demonstrated ability to work in ambiguous/changing conditions and understand complex projects with multiple inputs, outputs, and variables; great attention to detail
• Proven relationship building skills, including the gravitas necessary to push and pull information
• Excellent communication skills (interpersonal, verbal and written) including an ability to communicate complex issues simply and crisply
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced, innovative, results-driven environment while remaining flexible, proactive, resourceful, and efficient
• Ability to create and foster effective relationships, motivate others, influence without authority, and collaborate at multiple organizational levels.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to adapt to changing priorities and deadlines
• Track record of achievement through teamwork