Associate Director, Program Management

Role Summary

Associate Director, Program Management on the Program Management team to help expand what’s possible for patients with serious diseases. You will provide executional oversight and coordination of one or more global, late-stage program(s), accountable for end-to-end project planning, cross-functional leadership, and contributions to the integrated development plan. The role involves both hands-on program management and a strategic mindset to drive the execution of the program development plan. This is a hybrid position, traveling to the Bridgewater, NJ office as needed.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain integrated program timelines
• Proactively identify and manage program risks/mitigations
• Support budget planning and tracking
• Partner with multiple internal line functions to track and ensure compliant program execution
• Facilitate alignment and highlight interdependencies across functions to resolve challenges
• Represent program team on functional sub-teams
• Drive development and report on progress of team annual goals
• Create and maintain program documentation and dashboards
• Contribute to regular enterprise-level reports for executive leadership
• Drive alignment and updates to the integrated development plan

Qualifications

• Required: Bachelor’s degree in life sciences
• Required: 5+ years of late-phase drug development and cross-functional program management experience with demonstrated leadership capabilities in an R&D, manufacturing/operations or commercial context in a biotech/bio-pharmaceutical environment
• Preferred: Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
• Preferred: Experience and knowledge in the drug development process with late-stage experience

Skills

• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to influence and motivate team members and develop productive working relationships with key stakeholders
• Self-motivation with success in fast-paced environments and a results-oriented work ethic
• Analytical thinking and problem-solving abilities with effective communication across organizational levels
• Hands-on approach toward achieving business results and willingness to take on diverse responsibilities
• Proficient computer skills (e.g., MS Project, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint)

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in life sciences