Associate Director, Program Management
Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
2 hours ago
Remote friendly (Foster City, CA)
United States
Operations
Position Summary
- The Associate Director, Program Management provides program management expertise and ensures cross-functional planning and execution. Partners with the Program Lead and functional leads to develop and manage the integrated product plan, timelines, and budget adherence for a pipeline program.
Responsibilities
- Support the Program Lead with development, communication, and timely execution of the program strategy.
- Organize and drive action-oriented program team meetings (agendas/minutes, decisions, action items, escalation).
- Facilitate effective cross-functional decision-making with transparent communication and clear escalation pathways.
- Identify risks to strategic goals; propose and implement mitigation plans or contingencies.
- Develop and maintain integrated program timelines with functional leads.
- Identify and communicate priorities, interdependencies, and critical path activities for long-term planning and resource allocation.
- Coordinate preparation of governance committee documents with the Program Lead and program team.
- Provide project documents for monthly reports, executive updates, and board meetings.
- Partner with the Program Lead, finance, and accounting for annual operating plan components and budget management (identify out-of-scope activities).
- Coordinate and manage special program-related projects (as assigned).
- Contribute to standardization of project management best practices.
Qualifications
Education/Experience
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in scientific/healthcare/business field.
- 7+ years’ experience in clinical research and project management within the pharmaceutical industry (biotech/small pharma preferred).
- Experience in rare disease and/or liver disease (plus).
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Effective communication; fosters teamwork and collaboration.
- Thorough understanding of clinical trial management processes and clinical development functional areas.
- Ability to prepare timelines and present information to management.
- Proven risk identification, mitigation strategy development, and barrier removal.
- Strong attention to detail; ability to set priorities collaboratively.
- Expertise managing project scope, deliverables, risks, and resource requirements.
- Strong knowledge of project management software and Microsoft Office (Excel, Project, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook); ability to create presentations.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, juggle multiple demands across time zones.
- Ability to work independently, take initiative, meet deadlines, and support others.
- Excellent written and oral communication.
- Professional with internal and external stakeholders.
- Knowledge of clinical research regulatory requirements (e.g., ICH/GCP).
- The Associate Director, Program Management provides program management expertise and ensures cross-functional planning and execution. Partners with the Program Lead and functional leads to develop and manage the integrated product plan, timelines, and budget adherence for a pipeline program.
Responsibilities
- Support the Program Lead with development, communication, and timely execution of the program strategy.
- Organize and drive action-oriented program team meetings (agendas/minutes, decisions, action items, escalation).
- Facilitate effective cross-functional decision-making with transparent communication and clear escalation pathways.
- Identify risks to strategic goals; propose and implement mitigation plans or contingencies.
- Develop and maintain integrated program timelines with functional leads.
- Identify and communicate priorities, interdependencies, and critical path activities for long-term planning and resource allocation.
- Coordinate preparation of governance committee documents with the Program Lead and program team.
- Provide project documents for monthly reports, executive updates, and board meetings.
- Partner with the Program Lead, finance, and accounting for annual operating plan components and budget management (identify out-of-scope activities).
- Coordinate and manage special program-related projects (as assigned).
- Contribute to standardization of project management best practices.
Qualifications
Education/Experience
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in scientific/healthcare/business field.
- 7+ years’ experience in clinical research and project management within the pharmaceutical industry (biotech/small pharma preferred).
- Experience in rare disease and/or liver disease (plus).
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Effective communication; fosters teamwork and collaboration.
- Thorough understanding of clinical trial management processes and clinical development functional areas.
- Ability to prepare timelines and present information to management.
- Proven risk identification, mitigation strategy development, and barrier removal.
- Strong attention to detail; ability to set priorities collaboratively.
- Expertise managing project scope, deliverables, risks, and resource requirements.
- Strong knowledge of project management software and Microsoft Office (Excel, Project, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook); ability to create presentations.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, juggle multiple demands across time zones.
- Ability to work independently, take initiative, meet deadlines, and support others.
- Excellent written and oral communication.
- Professional with internal and external stakeholders.
- Knowledge of clinical research regulatory requirements (e.g., ICH/GCP).