Director Program Management

Responsibilities

As a Karyopharmer, reporting to the Senior Director Program Management, you will positively impact patients’ when you:

• Acts as the COO of Program, partnering with the Program Lead to drive team alignment on program strategy and operationalize the strategic vision
• Provides an independent voice to shape the program strategy and acts as an integrator of cross-functional input to drive optimal decisions for the program
• Leads effective Program Team meetings and presents program strategy to various audiences
• Accountable for the cross-functional execution of one or more program strategy plans. Can be assigned to any disease area, at any stage of development
• Manages program timeline, cost, quality, and risk mitigation as well as timely escalation where needed
• Acts as a leader in the PM organization to help build cross-portfolio capabilities. Recognizes consistent challenges and innovates solutions, shares best practices and coaches more junior PMs
• Manages the effective operations of Karyopharm’s cross-functional program teams, focused on the development of one or more disease area programs
• Partners with the Program Lead to drive development of the Program Strategy Plan, adding value by deriving insights from cross-functional discussions and summarizing those insights in a plan that can be easily communicated and implemented across the enterprise
• Partners with the Program Lead to coordinate the development, and implementation of high quality, global, cross-functional, integrated project plans that are aligned with the program strategy
• Fosters a high-performing team by championing team norms, operating principles and introducing best practices. Monitors the heath and operating efficiency of the team on a regular basis and shares feedback
• Mentors and coaches team members to drive accountability, alignment, and excellence
• Facilitates effective business decisions by ensuring integration of key cross-functional input and robust analysis of scenarios. Ensures all decisions are assessed as to their impacts and communicated to stakeholders in a transparent and timely manner
• Highlights key interdependencies and downstream impacts of strategic decisions to stakeholders
• For programs that are being jointly developed, works closely with alliance management and partner counterparts to ensure appropriate level of engagement in program strategy discussions  
• Responsible for maintaining and updating program dashboards for assigned program team(s), provides regular status reports on key deliverables, risks and issues to Program Lead
• Proactively coordinates risk management and ensures contingency and/or risk mitigation plans are developed

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in a science related or business related field required. Advanced degree preferred (e.g., MBA, MS, PhD, PharmD).
• Five (5) or more years of demonstrated drug development project/program management experience with 7 years of relevant experience in the Pharmaceutical or related Life Sciences industry.
• Strong knowledge in drug discovery and development and/ or clinical research or related health sciences field with solid understanding of project strategy, interdependencies, and disease content to contribute to strategic discussions
• Experience with operational study start-up into Registrational/Phase 3 trials with a deep understanding of the necessary steps required for market application submissions in multiple regions (US, EU, Japan, China)
• Well-developed program leadership and strategic thinking skills, experience in development of Program Strategy Plans
• Experience in partnering with functional leads across the organization to meet strategic goals and demonstrated ability to collaborate in a cross-functional environment
• Excellent organizational skills ability to manage several priorities simultaneously
• Ability to influence without authority and to act as a leader on a wide range of complex activities where judgment and expertise are critical to project success
• Strong communicator able to integrate information and tailor messages to audience, including senior leaders
• Ability to manage difficult discussions with stakeholders and capitalize on conflict
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Overview

At Karyopharm, we live and demonstrate our ICARE values every day!

We are passionately driven in our mission to positively impact patients’ lives and defeat cancer! This is personal, and we approach every challenge fiercely and tenaciously, but with enthusiasm, empathy, and passion. The work we do is both inspiring and life-changing. It requires the most diverse, the most unique, and the most authentic team in the industry. We are 400 cancer driven conquerors, across the globe, with a strong sense of our values and our purpose. We are innovators, disrupters, and collaborators, and we challenge the norm and do things differently. At Karyopharm you will have the opportunity to do well by doing good, while learning and growing along the way. We invite you to join us and make your own personal contribution to our mission!

What We Offer:

In addition to our exciting, supportive, and intellectually challenging global workspaces(s), Karyopharmers enjoy a comprehensive and generous benefits package (active on day one) that makes them more productive and contributes directly to the development of their professional skills.

• A fun, collaborative, work environment
• A culture of employee engagement, diversity, and inclusion
• Competitive salary, bonus, and generous equity offerings (RSU’s at time of offer and annual awards) – we are partners in prosperity!
• Peace of mind through best in class medical (deducible paid by KPTI), dental, vision, disability, and life insurance, parental leave, a matching 401k program (immediate vesting), and tuition reimbursement.
• Generous PTO and Holidays – we encourage you to recharge and spend time with family and friends.
• Ample opportunities to learn and take on new responsibilities in a fast-paced, and patient focused company. (tuition reimbursement, management development programs, and a variety of reward and recognition programs)
• Cell phone allowance

• In the U.S., the salary range for this position is $154,000 to $275,000 per year, which factors in various geographic regions. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors

*Karyopharm requires all employees to be fully vaccinated against the Covid19 virus at the time of employment

* This position is eligible for remote/hybrid working arrangement (may work from home/virtually; may also work hybrid on-site-virtual as required/approved by hiring manager.

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Salary : $154,000 - $275,000