Global Program Manager - Oncology

Position: Global Program Manager - Oncology

Location: Greater Boston/Cambridge

Compensation: $120k-$150k bonus equity grant

POSITION OBJECTIVE:

This position provides excellent project management support of drug development teams. GPMs drive development and deliver results in early to late phase major development and/or lifecycle management programs to meet strategic objectives.

• Responsibilities include supporting the strategic direction and translating the cross-divisional, integrated Global Product Team (GPT) strategy into an efficiently executable plan working closely with an Assoc Dir/Dir/Sr Dir/ GPM; predicting and planning solutions to achieve program goals and objectives; driving clarity and removing barriers to ensure team success; interfacing with management and influencing decision-making, proactive management and mitigation of development risks, and ensuring appropriate communication and interface with internal governance.
• Partners with the Global Program Leader (GPL) and/or a more senior Global Program Manager (GPM), as well as other R&D and Commercial functions to ensure the scientific and commercial strategies are incorporated into the asset strategy and integrated development plan.
• Play a key role in supporting team effectiveness, partnering with GPL, and/or a more senior GPM and CoOP to administer team health checks to generate insights, plan & execute appropriate follow-up actions.
• Contributes to innovative process improvements with organizational impact and manages, as needed, non-project responsibilities, which can include processes and system optimizations.
• Works closely with more senior GPMs and/or the GPM Head to produce portfolio-level reports to inform senior management.

POSITION ACCOUNTABILITIES:

Strategic Direction

• Maintains GPT documentation, timelines and budgets, working closely with a more senior GPM.
• Works closely with the Global Program Leader (GPL) and/or a more senior GPM and other cross-functional teams to ensuring scientific & commercial strategies, lifecycle management (LCM) requirements, and evidence generation/publication needs are incorporated into the product strategy and project plan
• Works closely with the GPL and/or a more senior GPM and with Global Product Team (GPT) and other relevant stakeholders to communicate product strategic imperatives to ensure appropriate prioritization

Program Execution

• Accountable to maintain the project plan, ensuring delivery of critical path activities to progress product development
• Helps identify and capture resource requirements necessary to progress product development in alignment with business objectives
• Plays a key role in ensuring team effectiveness, partnering with GPL and/or a more senior GPM and Center of Operational Performance (CoOP) to administer team health checks to generate insights, plan & execute appropriate follow-up actions
• Partners with the GPL and/ or a more senior GPM to provide financial oversight of the program including global, cross-divisional budgets. Includes consolidation, vetting and prioritization of GPT spending to deliver critical path activities

Risk Management

• Supports the GPL and/or a more senior GPM in the GPT project risk management process and generates the cross-functional, cross-divisional project risk register for assigned products
• Proactively addresses and removes barriers to program progress, keeping leadership informed of critical considerations (e.g., resources, performance)
• Proactively identifies potential issues or obstacles and achieves resolution or plans contingencies. Follow issues through to resolution ensuring that all key stakeholders are informed of outcomes and program implications
• Provides clarity and direction in urgent or unexpected situations. Partners with GPL and/or a more senior GPM to resolve complex issues & competing priorities that may impact goal achievement, creates mitigation plans and drives to resolution

Communication and Reporting

• Manages scheduled/ad-hoc program reporting, citing program goals/KPIs status, proactively identifying risk & planned mitigation(s), provide rationale for timeline & budget variances
• Participates in the quarterly Portfolio Review Committee (PRC) reporting to communicate program development progress, opportunities, and risks to Senior & Executive Management
• Responsible for coordinating preparation efforts for governance engagement to support and drive asset objectives and deliverables
• Proactively manages key stakeholders and facilitates or leads relevant communications to appropriate cross-regional, cross-functional, cross-divisional and Alliance partners

Non Product -related

Participates in process improvement initiatives and takes on, as needed, non-product responsibilities, which can include processes and system optimizations related to business objectives

EDUCATION, BEHAVIORAL COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS:

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree science or business-related field
• Advanced degree in science or business is preferred

Experience

• Minimum of 3-5 years of strong pharmaceutical industry experience and drug development in all phases of development with significant experience within related functions (e.g. Marketing, Clinical Operations, Regulatory, Manufacturing, CMC, Clinical Science)
• Minimum of 1 years program management experience leading complex pharmaceutical projects in a multi-disciplinary, global environment

Knowledge and Skills

• Therapeutic Area knowledge preferable, but not required
• Experience with Microsoft Project Professional, Excel, PowerPoint & Word
• Fluent in English
• Simultaneous management of multiple tasks of varied complexity
• Ability to positively influence outcomes, key project decisions, and strategic problem-solving in a matrix environment
• Ability to communicate clearly and present key information objectively to all levels of the organization including executive management; Highly effective presentation, written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to break down highly complex problems into small manageable pieces for execution
• Ability to drive decision-making within cross-functional & cross-cultural, global team structures
• Ability to work in a virtual setting/across time-zones, i.e., making effective use of communication tools (WebEx, MS Teams, TelePresence etc.); Must demonstrate flexibility in working hours when dealing with different time zones
• Ability to inspire and motivate in a matrix and global, cross-geographical team
• Ability to work in a highly complex, multi-cultural, environment