Senior Director, Project Management

Position Overview

We are seeking an experienced Executive/Senior Director of Project Management to provide strategic leadership and execution oversight for preclinical and clinical programs across the portfolio. This strategic role will serve as the primary driver of cross-functional program timelines, ensuring seamless transition between research and clinical development while optimizing resources in a fast-paced biotech environment. In addition, this leader will serve as a key driver in aligning program goals, timelines, budgets and resources while ensuring effective communication across stakeholders and executive leadership.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead project management for assigned programs, ensuring alignment of cross-functional teams with objectives, timelines, and deliverables
• Serve as the single point of accountability for end-to-end project management
• Develop and maintain integrated development plans (IDPs) that align scientific, clinical, regulatory and operational strategies
• Lead cross-functional program teams (Research, Pharmacology, Clinical, CMC, Regulatory, etc.) to ensure alignment with objectives, budgets, timelines and deliverance of key milestones
• Establish and maintain program critical paths, identifying interdependencies between functional areas
• Implement robust risk management frameworks to anticipate and mitigate development challenges
• Drive scenario planning to enable data-driven decision making at key inflection points
• Track and communicate critical path activities, risks, and opportunities across programs to program teams and executive leadership

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a life science related discipline required; advanced degree (PhD, MBA, MS) preferred
• 15+ years in biotech/pharma program/project management with demonstrated success leading programs from pre-clinical through Ph III clinical trials
• A Project Management (PMP) certification is preferred
• Deep understanding of drug development processes across functional areas (pre-clinical, clinical, CMC, regulatory)
• Proven track record managing complex, matrixed teams in resource-constrained environments
• Strong leadership, communication, organizational and stakeholder management skills to align diverse teams without direct authority
• Experience building alignment across geographically dispersed teams (e.g., US/China/AUS) and managing stakeholder expectations
• Thrives in fast-paced biotech environments, pivots quickly to address evolving priorities (e.g., regulatory feedback, pipeline changes)
• Proficiency in project management tools (e.g., MS Project, Smartsheet)