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Flagship Pioneering · 9 hours ago

Director, Pre-Clinical and Clinical Program Management

Cambridge, MA

Full-time

Onsite

Mid Level

$179K/yr - $236K/yr

3+ years exp

Flagship Pioneering is an organization that creates and builds life sciences companies focused on breakthrough technologies. The Director of Pre-Clinical and Clinical Program Management will provide critical support to program teams, driving the delivery of program goals and enabling teams to advance therapeutic programs from development candidates to First-in-human studies and beyond.

FinanceFinancial ServicesVenture Capital

Responsibilities

Support Program Lead to develop and foster productive cross-company relationships to develop, maintain and execute integrated program plans to identify/communicate interdependencies as well as critical path activities for the programs:

Analyze program risks and identify impact while developing mitigation strategies

Identify and manage critical path, ensure appropriate program level definition across all stake holders and manage the program from concept to commercialization

Monitor the overall progression of portfolio, including progress reports, milestones, key risks to achieving as well as key throughput and cost metrics

Creates and executes program work plans and revises as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements

Mitigates team conflict and communication problems. Motivates team to work together in the most efficient manner

Leverages program management tools to assist in the development of and adherence to established milestones and report status

Own and create appropriate levels of governance to ensure alignment and clear objectives

Leads post-project reviews, identify root causes, distill key learnings, and ensure actionable recommendations are implemented and communicated across the program team

Work with Finance to implement and track program budget and forecasts, assist with operational and team meetings and other activities

Act as the source for information regarding the overall progression of the portfolio, milestone achievements, and risk monitoring

Support strategic initiatives that enable teams to improve productivity and maintain focus on being an agile organization

Qualification

Program ManagementBiopharmaceutical ExperiencePreclinical DevelopmentPMP CertificationMicrosoft Suite ExpertiseAnalytical SkillsCommunicationProblem SolvingTeam Leadership

Required

Bachelor's degree in life sciences or related field

A minimum of 3+ years of experience in the biopharmaceutical/pharmaceutical industry

A minimum of 2+ years of experience in program management of pharmaceutical products focused on small molecule drug preclinical and clinical development

Knowledge of biotechnology/pharmaceutical preclinical and clinical development processes

Track record of successful leadership, management, and development of multi-disciplinary project management teams

Expertise in Microsoft suite (Program, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Word, Excel, Visio, Outlook)

Excellent oral and written communication skills, including presentation and facilitation skills

Ability to work independently and successfully in a fast-paced, results-driven, highly accountable environment

Strong analytical, problem solving and critical thinking skills

Available to travel if/when needed