RDSO Research Program and Collaboration Management, Senior Manager

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Role Summary

Senior Manager, RDSO Research Program and Collaboration Management. The role serves as the COO of multiple Research Project Teams, coordinating cross-functional execution and governance to align team activities with program strategy. In programs partnered with external alliance partners, the role may also lead collaboration management and act as the primary contact for alliance execution and agreement-related questions. This is an individual contributor role with no direct reports.

Responsibilities

• Project team operations and meeting excellence (day-to-day project management fundamentals)
• Partners closely with the Program Team Lead (PTL) to ensure Governance and decision readiness (internal and joint forums)
• Leads governance decision readiness in partnership with the PTL: coordinates cross-functional inputs and delivers decision-quality materials with clear options, tradeoffs, recommendation, and explicit ask
• Provides senior-leadership program visibility: delivers consistent, accurate status reporting
• Collaboration management for partnered programs
• Establishes and maintains the joint operating model with alliance partners

Qualifications

• Required: Doctorate degree and 2 years of relevant experience
• Required: Master’s degree and 4 years of relevant experience
• Required: Bachelor’s degree and 6 years of relevant experience
• Required: Associate’s degree and 10 years of relevant experience
• Required: High school diploma / GED and 12 years of relevant experience
• Preferred: 6+ years in the Biotechnology / Pharmaceutical industry, including cross-functional engagement, business operations, alliance management and/or project management experience
• Preferred: Advanced life science degree or equivalent experience (i.e., strong scientific acumen)
• Preferred: Drug Development knowledge with basic to strong understanding of activities within Research and Development
• Preferred: Excellent oral and written communication skills, including ability to storyline and prepare executive-level discussion documents
• Preferred: Excellent conceptual problem-solving skills with demonstrated ability to bring structure to vaguely defined problems, pragmatically scope problem solving approach, and manage execution
• Preferred: Strong quantitative and qualitative analytic skills
• Preferred: Strong competencies in planning, project management, and organization with the ability to lead multiple activities in parallel while maintaining a focus on quality and timelines
• Preferred: Demonstrated ability to grasp knowledge of multiple disciplines and to learn new fields quickly
• Preferred: Strong leadership skills with a demonstrated ability to influence different styles without authority
• Preferred: Strong written and oral communication skills and executive presence across functions and across different levels of leadership
• Preferred: Independent, motivated, flexible, and resourceful to navigate a matrix environment
• Preferred: Understanding of intellectual property

Skills

• Project management
• Alliance management and collaboration across partners
• Cross-functional collaboration and governance
• Executive-level communication and storytelling
• Problem solving, structured thinking, and execution
• Strategic planning and organization in matrix environments

Education

• Doctorate degree
• Master’s degree
• Bachelor’s degree
• Associate’s degree
• High school diploma / GED