Associate Director, Project Management

Position Summary
The Associate Director, Project Management is responsible for driving cross-functional execution and providing strategic operational leadership for drug development programs.

Essential Job Functions and Responsibilities
- Lead project management efforts for development activities across multiple indications and program workstreams.
- Provide PM leadership, operational and strategic support to cross-functional program teams to coordinate planning, readiness, execution, and optimization of development milestones.
- Partner with the Program Global Product Leader (GPL) to provide strategic thought leadership, anticipate program needs, and design scalable team processes and operating rhythms.
- Organize and facilitate Global Product Team and sub-team/working group meetings (agendas, attendee management, minutes, decisions, action items).
- Maintain and track integrated timelines, milestones, and deliverables across program plan components (e.g., clinical, regulatory, CMC, nonclinical, clinical operations, biometrics, safety, medical writing, clinical pharmacology, quality, translational/biomarkers).
- Identify dependencies, risks, and issues; drive mitigation strategies, decision support, escalation, and contingency planning.
- Maintain dashboards and reporting for program status, risks, decisions, and critical path updates.
- Facilitate cross-functional communications to align priorities, resolve conflicts, and share updates; ensure clarity of owners, deliverables, and deadlines.
- Maintain an integrated program calendar for decision points, governance reviews, team events, and key milestones.
- Partner with Product/Program Project Management to align development activities with product strategy, timelines, and reporting (including portfolio-level planning).
- Support preparation for governance reviews and executive program presentations with accurate, aligned, decision-oriented materials delivered on schedule.
- Drive change control and document/communicate scope and timeline impacts to stakeholders.
- Ensure consistency of PM practices, tools, and reporting within Project and Portfolio Management.
- Create and continuously improve PM tools, templates, and best practices; support PMO initiatives and operating rhythms.
- Lead or support additional PPM or enterprise projects through initiation to closeout (stakeholder alignment, risk/issue management, status reporting).
- Focus on immediate/short-term execution (less than 2 years) while building scalable mechanisms for future portfolio needs.

Required Qualifications/Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in a science-related field (advanced degree preferred).
- 10+ years of biotechnology/pharmaceutical experience, including 5+ years of direct project management experience in drug development (clinical-stage experience required).
- Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional teams in a matrix organization and delivering integrated planning and milestone execution.
- Strong PM fundamentals: meeting management; timeline/critical path management; risk and issue management; decision and action tracking; governance preparation.
- Proactive, forward-thinking; able to anticipate needs in dynamic environments with competing priorities.
- Strong interpersonal skills; collaborate across functions; influence without authority.
- Strong facilitation and communication skills, including executive-ready written and presentation skills.
- Highly collaborative; relationship-building; ability to lead teams, navigate ambiguity, and resolve conflict.
- Experience with project/portfolio management tools/systems (e.g., Planisware) and collaboration tools (e.g., MS Office, Smartsheet, SharePoint).

Preferred Qualifications
- Formal project management training and/or certification (e.g., PMP).

Benefits (as stated)
- Discretionary annual target bonus; stock options; ESPP; 401k match.
- Medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance.
- 20 days PTO; 10 paid holidays; winter company shutdown.

Travel
- Up to 5% of time.