Manager, Research Program Management

Role Summary

We are seeking a Manager to join the RGC Research Program Management team to apply scientific expertise and program management knowledge to proactively plan, coordinate, and lead cross-functional aspects of the Regeneron Genetics Center (RGC) Therapeutics Area Genetics (TAG) Team.

Responsibilities

• Independently leads and facilitates collaborations between cross-functional teams to ensure effective, accurate, and timely communications for RGC and TAG projects.
• Tailor written and oral communications based on audience. Distill and capture sophisticated information and identify the most pertinent data through meeting summaries, capturing key decisions and action items.
• Provide genetics collaborations summaries and general guidelines to support presentations to senior management and key partners.
• Build cross-functional teams and leads project deliverables in a matrix organization.
• Use relevant working knowledge and experience to devise templates, working and best practices, and tracking tools.
• Utilize relevant technical knowledge to plan, track and execute a large portfolio of genetics projects to support novel target discovery.
• Lead RGC and scientific teams to make go/no-go decisions on new genetics projects.
• Maintain knowledge of data and achievements, as well as serve as a key contact for genetics collaborations and projects, including project tracking to monitor and communicate project status across RGC and REGN.
• Contribute to a culture of continuous learning and process improvement by defining, detailing, and assessing best practices, program procedures and tools.
• Define and document best practices and procedures by performing analyses and preparing recommendations.
• Identify potential issues and implement mitigation strategies for general problem solving within Research Program Management or the RGC.
• Experience gaining cooperation from others and efficiently leading cross-functional discussions with internal and external partners.
• Comfortable engaging and advising a broad range of research scientists, as well as senior management.
• Identify scientific and resource interdependencies, potential bottlenecks, and opportunities for alignment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, and strong interpersonal skills with the ability to interact with team members with tact and diplomacy.
• Demonstrate initiative and organizational ability; act with a strong instinct to act and follow through collaborative engagement, serving as the key point of contact for TAG projects.

Qualifications

• Required: Master’s degree with 5 years of relevant experience, or PhD in a relevant biological area with 2–3 years of project management experience in a scientific field or the drug discovery/development industry.
• Proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint and Word; general knowledge of shared work environments.

Education

• Master’s degree with 5 years of relevant experience, or PhD in a relevant biological area with 2–3 years of project management experience in the drug discovery/development industry.

Additional Requirements

• Minimum of 3 days on site required (subject to change).