Neumora

Vice President, Program Team Lead – Biotech/Pharma

Neumora

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States • Massachusetts

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Salary

💰 $310,000 - $332,325 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Leads the program core team, responsible for creating and developing the program strategy and operational plan including realistic timelines, budget and resource planning, risk assessment and contingency planning
  • Accountable for the quality of the team’s output, consistently drives to generate the highest quality and highest integrity data that enables clear decision-making at the company level
  • 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 tests plans, creates 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 and 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
  • Leads ad-hoc cross-functional task forces, as needed, aiming at issue resolution or organizational efficiency
  • Manages project variance and root cause analysis, develops risk mitigation/ issue management plans with the objective to meet the financial targets

Requirements

  • Outstanding proven team leadership skills and experience in a complex matrix environment
  • Masters or Doctoral degree with a medical or scientific focus
  • 15+ years in the life-sciences, biotech and pharmaceutical industry; neuropsychiatry experience required
  • At least 7 years equivalent multi-/ cross-functional leadership experience
  • Experience with 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