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Tech Stack
Tools & technologiesPMP
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Serve as the dedicated program management partner to a program leader across a portfolio of assets from discovery through IND and clinical entry
- Build and maintain integrated, cross-functional development plans covering critical path, scope, timeline, and budget
- Translate the AI-driven platform's design-build-test-learn cadence into executable, resourced plans
- Extend planning into novel modalities, bespoke IND paths, and first-in-human transitions
- Forecast and align program resources with functional leaders
- Shape development strategy through scenario modeling, milestone forecasting, and resource trade-off analysis
- Manage multiple CROs, CDMOs, and other external partners against scope, schedule, budget, and quality standards
- Maintain escalation criteria and early-warning thresholds; raise risks with proposed mitigations
- Adapt programs when priorities, data, timelines, or resources change
- Prepare programs for stage-gate and governance reviews
- Represent programs to executive leadership, governance committees, and alliance partners
- Support evidence-based decisions, including recommendations to discontinue programs
- Maintain portfolio dashboards and provide updates on status, spend, and cycle-time metrics
- Improve program management standards, tools, and planning disciplines
- Mentor program managers and serve as a change agent for planning and governance practices
- Use agentic tools and multi-agent workflows to accelerate planning, analysis, and reporting
Requirements
What you’ll need- Bachelor's degree in a scientific, engineering, or technical discipline
- 10+ years of professional experience in fast-paced biotech environments
- 5+ years leading drug development programs
- Equivalent combinations with an advanced degree will be considered
- Track record of success in fast-paced biotech organizations
- Experience managing drug development programs across discovery, preclinical, and IND-enabling stages
- Exposure to clinical trial execution and regulatory submissions strongly preferred
- Hands-on ownership of integrated development plans, critical-path management, budgets, and cross-functional resource planning across concurrent programs
- Direct experience managing CRO and CDMO execution to schedule, budget, and quality
- Ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage senior stakeholders, including executive leadership, governance committees, and alliance partners
- Strong command of program management tools and practices, including MS Project, Smartsheet, portfolio dashboards, and scenario planning
- Strong command of drug development processes and milestones
- Hands-on experience with agentic AI tools, AI agents, and multi-agent workflows
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Self-starter with sound judgment who thrives in ambiguity and operates autonomously in a fast-paced environment
- Experience advancing antibody or other biologics programs from discovery through IND preferred
- Experience partnering with AI, machine learning, or computational platform teams in drug discovery preferred
- Experience in a small- to mid-cap or clinical-stage biotech, or rapidly scaling organization preferred
- PMP, PgMP, or equivalent project/program management certification preferred
- Familiarity with GxP requirements and clinical-stage quality expectations preferred
- Direct experience managing clinical-stage programs preferred
- Legal authorization to work in the United States is required
Benefits
Comp & perks- Equity
- Bonus
- Equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination
- Reasonable accommodation during the hiring process and for essential job functions