Job Description
Overview:
We are partnering with a Cambridge based biotech who looking for a Scientific/R&D Senior Programme Manager to take a key role in managing product and platform development projects, working closely with cross-functional and product teams. The role will involve leading their flagship drug development programmes at both the strategic and operational levels.
The Senior Programme Manager will also play an important part in setting up the Project Management Office, helping to implement tools and processes and encouraging best practices across the business. To be successful, you’ll need a strong understanding of the drug development process and proven experience in coordinating programmes across areas such as clinical, regulatory, pre-clinical, and CMC.
This is a fantastic opportunity to make a real impact in an ambitious and innovative organisation.
This is a full-time role with hybrid working, three days per week required on-site in Cambridge. The position is available on either a permanent or contract basis, depending on preference.
Key Responsibilities:
* Manage programmatic inputs and consolidate to create an integrated view of timelines, budget and interdependencies and determine critical path.
* Support the program team to develop, maintain and execute the strategy for multiple discovery phase, pre-clinical and early clinical development programs. The number of programs will depend on stage and scope of the programs.
* Work with and coordinate with cross functional sub teams.
* Lead and develop the cross functional plans including realistic but aggressive timelines, budget and resources planning, risk assessment, and contingency planning.
* Work with the team to identify risks and manage these with understanding of impact for this programme and others.
* Ensure cross functional alignment and organizational support for the execution of the program plan by facilitating internal and external stakeholder meetings.
* Monitor and track the program against approved timelines and milestones and ensure adherence to objectives and deliverables.
* Be responsible for completeness and quality of program information in the internal systems, databases, and communication to senior management and program team.
* Identify bottlenecks, surface issues, and proactively drive their resolution.
* Assist with contingency planning efforts.
* Manage core program documents such as, minutes, agendas, action items, development plans, integrated timelines, assumptions, TPPs, and publication plans.
* Ensure effective, proactive and open communications, horizontally and vertically, in order to achieve transparency and clarity of program goals, progress and issues. Including preparing periodic management reports (e.g. monthly reports, programme milestones, dashboards).
* Assist with the development of PM departmental processes, procedures and tools to embed programme management tools and best practices across all programmes.
Qualifications and Experience:
* Bachelor’s degree required, scientific background
* 5+ years experience in pharma/biotech industry, exposure to clinical development a bonus.
* 2+ years project management experience in pharmaceutical or biotech setting required.
* Understanding of the development of a product from discovery through research, pre-clinical development and early clinical development.
* Proven proficiencies in the analysis and communication of a wide range of data and information, such as scientific, clinical, technical, legal, regulatory, business, financial and market analytics.
* Demonstrated project management excellence.
* Demonstrated success supporting integrated cross functional teams.
* Strong interpersonal and communication skills including attention to detail.
* Strong technology skills including PowerPoint, MS Project, Excel, MS Teams, and MS Project.
* Experience in Oncology/small molecule drug development highly desirable
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