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Alumis · 8 hours ago

Director, Program Managment

South San Francisco, CA

Full-time

Hybrid

Director/Executive

$197K/yr - $247K/yr

12+ years exp

Alumis Inc. is a precision medicines company focused on transforming the lives of patients with autoimmune diseases. They are seeking an experienced Director of Program Management to provide exceptional program management support for development molecules, partnering with various project teams to ensure effective communication and alignment across the organization.

BiotechnologyHealth CareLife ScienceMedicalPrecision Medicine

Responsibilities

Actively partner with Project Team Leads (PTLs) and Project Team PMs, providing leadership and guidance for team and to team members

Provide Project Management support by coordinating and aligning teams and associated workstreams, and managing their activities. This includes meeting facilitation, tracking of action items and team deliverables, to execute on program’s strategic plan and strategic objectives

Partner with other PMs (Ex. Molecule PMs (supporting Project Team, Clinical Development teams, etc), CMC PM, Medical Affairs PM, Launch PM) to ensure seamless PPM support across molecules

Ensure effective communication within functional team and stakeholders to support good decision-making in fast-paced small company environment

Proactively identify, analyze and communicate decision points and project risks, including tradeoff and scenario analyses (including timelines, costs, and risks), framing options within broader molecule or portfolio context

Identify needs and propose solutions to project and portfolio tools, systems and practices to support the growth and evolution of PPM’s capabilities

As needed, provide Business Manager support including but not limited to driving annual business process execution (Ex. goals, budget, performance reviews), maintaining strong functional dynamics, acting as function lead or representative for enterprise-wide initiatives, and facilitating transparency and alignment with other functions and teams at Alumis

As needed, act as a vendor liaison, providing contract, requisition processing, and invoice management support, as well as following up with vendor on project updates and status reports, to ensure timely and quality deliverables

As needed, support other business priorities within PPM, including but not limited to potential assignments in research, development, clinical, launch, medical affairs, or CMC project management

As needed, manage others

Qualification

Drug development project managementMicrosoft Office SuiteProject management softwareProject Management Professional (PMP)ScientificBusiness acumenStakeholder managementAgileFlexibleCommunication skillsCritical thinkingOrganizational skills

Required

Minimum 12 years industry experience, with at least 5 years of drug development project management (e.g. research, clinical, CMC, commercial, medical affairs), including clinical development project management experience

Experience with filing and launch for small molecules

Highly skilled in communication, stakeholder management, and influencing without authority, where you are able to effectively interact with, and facilitate complex conversations across the organization

Excellent critical thinking, verbal and written communication skills, with ability to simplify and integrate multiple cross-functional perspectives and inputs for team

Agile and flexible: Able to step in, assess situations, and help team to make sound decisions in alignment with program strategy

Strong organizational skills with critical attention to detail and ability to track to numerous deliverables

Broad scientific and business acumen in the biotech or pharmaceutical industry, including a strong understanding of cross-functional dependencies

Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite, as well as project management software such as MS Project and Smartsheets

A. or BSc. with MSc., MBA or Ph.D. a plus