Program Manager, Preclinical & Early Development
On-siteBrisbane, California, United States
Job Summary
Build and maintain integrated project plans for early development programs, mapping dependencies and critical paths across Research, Translational Sciences, Nonclinical Safety, CMC, Clinical Development, Clinical Operations, Regulatory Affairs, and Biometrics. Run the day-to-day rhythm of a partnered governance committee by building agendas, drafting minutes, and converting action items into named commitments with owners and due dates. Flag the practical impact of scope, timing, or resourcing shifts for program and functional leadership while supporting program-level resourcing and forecasting. Help define project management tools, templates, and processes as the capability grows.
Required Qualifications
- Master's degree in life sciences, engineering, or a related technical field
- 7+ years of project or program management experience in a biotech, pharmaceutical, or CRO setting, spanning discovery through translational and early clinical development
- Demonstrated ability to build and manage integrated project plans and translate technical or scientific input from functional experts into realistic timelines and dependency maps
- Strong meeting facilitation skills, with a track record of driving cross-functional groups to clear, documented decisions
- Good judgment in weighing the downstream effects of program changes, with the ability to clearly explain trade-offs and recommendations to leadership
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with scientists, functional leads, and senior leadership
- Comfortable building relationships and getting things done without formal authority over the people involved
- Organized and able to juggle more than one complex program at a time
Desired Qualifications
- advanced degree
- Background in immunology, oncology, or another complex therapeutic area, particularly with exposure to clinical pharmacology
- Experience supporting formal governance structures with an external partner, such as joint committees or working teams under a collaboration agreement
- Experience working within a project management structure
- Alliance experience
- PMP or equivalent project management certification
- Comfortable with a role that will change as the project management capability grows
- Strong team orientation; highly collaborative
- Solutions and results-oriented focus
- Hands-on approach; resourceful and open to diverse points of view
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