Program Team Lead (PTL)

We are pioneers inspired by our vision to be the leader in developing breakthrough treatments for patients with brain disorders.  We are seeking a highly motivated Program Team Lead to drive strategic management of program development activities for the organization’s clinical-stage programs.  This leader will report to the Head of Portfolio and Program Management.   This individual will play an integral role in building and leading efficient and collaborative cross-functional teams to achieve effective execution of program goals. This is a critical and highly visible role, making a substantial contribution to the company.

Responsibilities & Duties:

• Leads the program core team, responsible for developing the overarching program strategy and operational plan, including realistic timelines, budget and resources planning, risk assessment and contingency planning
• Accountable for the quality of the teams’ output, consistently drives to generate the highest quality and highest integrity data that enables clear decision making at the company level
• Drives the process for the elaboration, maintenance, and execution of the integrated development strategy for one or more CNS clinical-stage programs
• Drives decision-making and issues resolution within the team and through the governance process
• Ensures cross-functional alignment and organizational support for the execution of the operational plan by facilitating internal and external stakeholder meetings
• Drives the team to out-of-box thinking and creative issue resolution
• Challenges assumptions, timelines and expenses at program level, pressure test plans, create alternative scenarios to enable strategic and operational agility
• Manages prioritization of program team activities to enhance program value
• Acts as spokesperson for the program and represents program internally and externally
• In partnership with the team Project Manager, Responsible for comprehensiveness and quality of program information in the internal systems, databases. Responsible for communication to Senior Management
• Expected to identify bottlenecks, surface issues, and proactively drive for their resolution, and to lead contingency planning efforts
• Lead ad-hoc cross-functional task forces as needed aiming at issue resolution or organization efficiency
• Manage project variance and root cause analysis, develops risk mitigation/ issue management plans with the objective to meet the financial targets

Qualifications & Skills:

• Outstanding proven team leadership skills and experience, in a complex matrix environment
• Masters or Doctoral degree with a scientific focus.
• 10 years in the life-sciences, biotech and pharmaceutical industry; neurological disorder experience preferred
• At least 5 years equivalent multi-/ cross-functional leadership experience
• Experience of clinical program leadership required; experience leading a team through a regulatory filing strongly preferred
• Excellent relationship building skills and ability to influence to achieve desired outcome
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills for bridging between scientific and business participants, for negotiating timelines and for effective collaboration.
• Broad and deep understanding of the drug development process and associated operational experience
• Advanced level of basic science. Small molecule expertise desired.
• Advanced knowledge of regulatory and business requirements
• Understands basic financial aspects, including knowledge of resource planning (headcount and budget) and management
• Ability to critically and objectively interpret and evaluate scientific and competitive, business related information
• Expert planning and tracking skills, able to see big picture, well-organized, focused on results, capable of managing multiple projects, excellent time management with respect to priorities and self-management
• Advanced Program Management skills

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