Director, Program Management
Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals
3 hours ago
Remote friendly (Lexington, MA)
United States
Operations
Responsibilities:
- Develop program plans and drive execution: partner with functional leaders to create the Integrated Development Plan (IDP), define critical path activities and milestones, ensure cross-functional readiness, and drive day-to-day IDP execution.
- Deliver on key program milestones: collaborate across clinical operations, clinical development, regulatory, CMC, nonclinical, finance, commercial, medical affairs, and quality to achieve milestones (e.g., regulatory submissions, health authority meetings, enrollment targets, data readouts) and maintain alignment.
- Manage cross-functional team meetings: set agendas, ensure stakeholder preparedness, capture/distribute minutes, and drive action-item follow-through.
- Risk management and scenario planning: identify risks, define mitigation strategies, and prepare data-driven scenarios to support decisions.
- Monitor and communicate progress: maintain dashboards tracking program goals and key metrics.
- Support budget processes: partner with finance and functional leads to develop/refine program assumptions during forecasting.
- Enhance Program Management best practices across the organization.
Qualifications (Criteria for Ideal Candidate):
- Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences, Pharmacy, or related; advanced degree preferred (PhD, PharmD, MBA).
- 5+ years in biopharma cross-functional project/program management with a track record managing clinical-stage programs.
- Understanding of drug development from IND/CTA through late-stage development and registration.
- Strong analytical/problem-solving skills; detail-oriented and results-driven in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to thrive in a matrixed, cross-functional setting.
- Proficiency with project management tools (e.g., Smartsheet) and Microsoft Office (PowerPoint, Word, Excel, SharePoint).
Pay Range: $230,000 - $242,000 USD
- Develop program plans and drive execution: partner with functional leaders to create the Integrated Development Plan (IDP), define critical path activities and milestones, ensure cross-functional readiness, and drive day-to-day IDP execution.
- Deliver on key program milestones: collaborate across clinical operations, clinical development, regulatory, CMC, nonclinical, finance, commercial, medical affairs, and quality to achieve milestones (e.g., regulatory submissions, health authority meetings, enrollment targets, data readouts) and maintain alignment.
- Manage cross-functional team meetings: set agendas, ensure stakeholder preparedness, capture/distribute minutes, and drive action-item follow-through.
- Risk management and scenario planning: identify risks, define mitigation strategies, and prepare data-driven scenarios to support decisions.
- Monitor and communicate progress: maintain dashboards tracking program goals and key metrics.
- Support budget processes: partner with finance and functional leads to develop/refine program assumptions during forecasting.
- Enhance Program Management best practices across the organization.
Qualifications (Criteria for Ideal Candidate):
- Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences, Pharmacy, or related; advanced degree preferred (PhD, PharmD, MBA).
- 5+ years in biopharma cross-functional project/program management with a track record managing clinical-stage programs.
- Understanding of drug development from IND/CTA through late-stage development and registration.
- Strong analytical/problem-solving skills; detail-oriented and results-driven in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to thrive in a matrixed, cross-functional setting.
- Proficiency with project management tools (e.g., Smartsheet) and Microsoft Office (PowerPoint, Word, Excel, SharePoint).
Pay Range: $230,000 - $242,000 USD