Associate Director, Development Project Management
$150,000–$195,000 year
RemoteUnited States or New York, United States
Job Summary
Lead development and maintenance of integrated project plans that align program strategy, milestones, deliverables, dependencies, and decision points across key functions. Partner with sub-team functional leads to ensure plans are realistic and support successful program execution. Drive cross-functional execution by monitoring progress against timelines, resources, and critical path activities while proactively identifying and managing risks, issues, and assumptions. Facilitate productive team meetings to ensure clear accountability and support governance forums by preparing decision-focused materials and status updates. Identify opportunities to improve planning, execution, and operational processes to enhance organizational performance. Requires strong drug development experience, stakeholder management skills, and proficiency with tools such as Planisware Enterprise.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in a scientific, business, operations, or related discipline
- Minimum 10 years of overall experience in the pharmaceutical or biotech industry
- Minimum of 8 years of project/program management experience in the pharmaceutical, biotech, or life sciences industry
- Strong understanding of end-to-end drug development business processes
- Demonstrated ability to develop and manage integrated project plans, milestones, critical paths, dependencies, risks, issues, assumptions, and decision points
- Experience working across one or more development functions, such as clinical development, clinical operations, CMC, regulatory affairs, preclinical, translational, commercial, or medical affairs
- Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office and project management tools, such as Microsoft Project, Planisware Enterprise, Smartsheet, or equivalent systems
Desired Qualifications
- Advanced degree in science, business, operations, or related discipline
- Experience in late-phase development organizations or late-stage asset planning
- Experience supporting NDA, BLA, MAA, major regulatory submissions, or submission-readiness planning
- Experience using Planisware Enterprise or other portfolio/project management systems in a development environment
- PMP, Agile, Lean Six Sigma, or other relevant project management certification
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