The Director/Senior Director of Program Management at Clasp will have the opportunity to build and establish the PM function for the organization from scratch. Because of the cross-functional leadership responsibility for this role, it will have a great impact on the direction of the company. The ideal candidate will enjoy working on both clinical stage and early research and development programs. They will be a leader and collaborator, who will work across all groups within the organization.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Program Leadership to define program strategy, stakeholder management, and overall program leadership topics to ensure team achieves and maintains a high-level of sustainable performance.
• Establish, own, and maintain functionally integrated project plan and project assumptions (accounting for goals, key objectives, deliverables, risks) to enable accurate project, financial and portfolio analyses for business planning processes.
• Ensure identification and management of program risks; working with subject matter experts to construct appropriate mitigation plans.
• Evaluate alternative development scenarios (comprising costs, timelines, risks, and project strategy) during progression of the program through stage gates and as per business need.
• Lead the program development team through the preparation and update of key project documents and communications.
• Lead an efficient information flow within the cross-functional program development team, and internal advisory & governance bodies.
• Demonstrate effective meeting and information management including prioritizing the right topics for discussion, ensuring the objectives of the meeting are achieved, communicating decisions to key stakeholders and ensuring that action items are assigned and completed in a timely manner.
• Apply drug development expertise to coach and mentor program team members to ensure efficient and effective team operation.
• Identify, recommend, and implement opportunities for streamlining team and business processes including establishment and implementation of project management systems and best practices.
• Act as alliance manager, collaborating with external partners and stakeholders to ensure alignment and progress on joint initiatives.
• Collaborate on business development activities, such as compiling and organizing key program data for diligence processes.
• Build and lead Program Management function, when applicable; coach and mentor members of the Program Management team to ensure a strong bench of future leaders.
• Support new corporate development activities or other initiatives supporting department, portfolio, or corporate needs.
• Travel to our Rockville, MD site 10-20% as needed.
• Other duties, as assigned.

​Qualifications

• BA. or BSc. in Life Sciences and at least 10 years’ experience in the biotech/pharmaceutical industry, with at least 5 years’ direct development project management experience managing cross-functional teams; MS, MBA or PhD preferred
• Broad knowledge of the clinical drug development process coupled with strong proficiency in project management practices, tools, and methodology
• Expertise in developing and managing project scope, deliverables, risk & resource requirements including, timeline and risk management
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including clear, timely communication and proven ability to foster important relationships with key stakeholders
• Experience in oncology therapeutic areas
• Experience in early stage drug research and development
• Proven track record of good decision making and exercising sound judgment
• Experience using Project Management software to manage project timelines and resources (e.g., MS Project, SmartSheet, OfficeTimeline, and OnePager Pro etc.)
• Strong computer proficiency with MS Office suite, SharePoint and similar document archiving systems
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills