Responsibilities
1. Serves as a core strategic partner to the Deliverable Teams (IEST, VBST), coordinating activities
and deliverables that translate interconnected strategies into executable plans. Bring critical
thinking, business acumen, and enterprise perspective to cross-functional discussions, helping
the team understand how their deliverable strategy fits into the asset strategy. Provides
proactive Program Management support by preparing for and actively facilitating meetings
ensuring a clear purpose, disciplined follow-up, and strong decision support.
2. Drive cross-functional team alignment and effectiveness. Partners with the team co-chairs to
structure team discussions, improve decision-making, and ensure the team operates with focus,
discipline, and efficiency. Coaches the team toward smaller, more focused strategy discussions
and effective execution, ensuring the right SMEs are included in decision making discussions.
Apply critical thinking to pressure-test assumptions, identify risks & obstacles early, and improve
execution against team strategy.
3. Demonstrates strong stakeholder management to improve cross-functional alignment and
execution discipline with scheduling, minutes, and action item follow-up.
4. Partner with GPMs and DST PMs to ensure governance readiness and execution quality.
Supports preparation of high-quality inputs for governance forums, with emphasis on clarity,
accuracy, and decision readiness.
5. Monitors project health, team performance, and overall readiness to escalate or resolve issues
quickly. Promotes consistent support and facilitation across teams to raise overall team
performance.
6. Proactively identify, communicate, and manage asset timelines and risks with a stronger focus
on strategic tradeoffs and early escalation. Partners with subteam co-chairs to identify and
manage risks to the subteam strategy, not only to individual deliverables. Apply judgment to
assess implications of downstream changes to milestones, scenario plan, escalate critical issues
appropriately, and ensure mitigation plans are in place for risks and transparent communication
of cross-functional risks.
7. Craft effective storylines and communications for stakeholders. Develops clear, strategic
storylines that communicate the deliverable team strategy, implications and downstream
impacts of changes, and key decisions needed for governance and stakeholder engagement.
Adjust messaging for different audiences to influence outcomes effectively.
8. Maintain disciplined tracking, reporting, and risk management for subteam execution. Ensures
deliverables, milestones, dependencies, and risks are tracked accurately and communicated
clearly and effectively. Partners closely with GPMs, planners and functional partners to maintain
reliable reporting and visibility to execution status and health. Manages key program
information with rigor to support decision-making and transparency across the team.
9. Actively contributes to a more strategic, execution-focused Program Management
organization. Shares best practices and helps improve how teams are supported and facilitated.
Champions process consistency, st
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in a relevant scientific, business, or technical field
7+ years of experience in a variety of roles and associated teams in the pharmaceutical/biotech
industry (research & development, commercial, project management, operations) with a record
of expertise in one or more therapeutic areas
Minimum of 4 years supporting cross-functional teams in a core function (Program
Management, Commercial, Development, Regulatory, Operations)
Demonstrated ability in strategic thinking, leadership, and strategic communication, with the
ability to articulate strategy and downstream impacts clearly and effectively across multiple
assets, stakeholders, and audiences
Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to tailor messaging to different
levels and functions within the organization
Demonstrated knowledge of program management practices in the pharmaceutical industry
Preferred: Experience across all stages of drug-development pro
Additional Information
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The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.
We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.
This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentive programs.
Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law.
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