Vice President, Product Management

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Vice President of Product Management will provide key leadership, build and optimize the GPM organization across key therapeutic areas (TA) of focus in oncology and hematology. This position will be responsible for managing development programs across all current and future TA’a, which are critical to the continued growing and diversification of Rigel’s development and commercial portfolio. This position will successfully build good relationships and partner cross functionally with other department leaders and team members to coordinate all program activities, ensuring that these programs are moving forward on the expected timelines and in line with company goals and objectives. This position will have project management reporting to them and will be responsible for driving excellence in the project management function across the portfolio.

Salary Range: $300,000 to $375,000

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Establishes, leads and drives program strategy, goals, near-term and long-term plans as aligned with the portfolio strategy
• Directs highly complex project communications at the executive level and ensures that all TA stakeholders are fully informed and knowledgeable of project activities and their status
• Supports the team system, fostering connections between teams, functions, and governance
• Schedules, coordinates preparation for and manages portfolio management team (PMT) meetings, governance meetings, and core team meetings in partnership with team leaders
• Ensures pre-read content is complete with the required cross-functional input and is delivered sufficiently in advance to key stakeholders to allow for proper review before all meetings occur
• Facilitates goal deliverable and timeline setting for all programs, ensuring alignment with company and program goals
• Liaises with Senior Management, Development, Commercial, CMC, Finance, Legal, and Program and Portfolio Strategy leadership to facilitate alignment on strategy and project priorities
• Leads, coaches and develops their team of program or project managers
• Works with project leaders & project management to appropriately resource programs according to priority and team structure
• Due Diligence - participates in assessing and reviewing potential opportunities; provides integration and project management support post-acquisition
• Out-licensing- participates and supports the partnering process for internal assets; provides project management support post-transaction
• Facilitates smooth transition of a molecule through early development to commercialization
• Provides updated program level documents and information for quarterly PMT meetings, regular budget reviews with finance, quarterly earnings and Board of Director meeting, portfolio review process, and other required reporting

• Actively influences and aligns senior stakeholders to drive decision-making and consensus within the core team
• Provides expert guidance on the drug development process and applies best practices in program management to all programs
• Provides strategic insights on overall program, team, and operational performance to ensure portfolio alignment, program prioritization, and issue escalation are addressed efficiently
• Effectively manages, maintains, and circulates Development and CMC program dashboards to key stakeholders and senior management
• Drives execution of program plans and critical decision making, while taking accountability for ‘on time, on budget’ delivery of program goals & milestones
• Provides expert guidance on budget planning, forecasting, and leverages quantitative analytics to forecast time and cost to goals & milestones
• Supports/manages cross-functional meetings, including scheduling logistics, the creation and distribution of meeting agendas and minutes, and drive completion of action items
• Ensure data integrity to support accurate reporting and communications
• Track progress against project plans and ensure project teams/stakeholders have the tools necessary to deliver assays/contracts/decisions, etc.
• Drives continuous improvement activities for all project management processes
• Proactively identifies program risks and implements mitigation plans to prevent issues, ensuring timely communication with senior executive management

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelors degree with 18 years OR Masters degree or PhD with 16 years in a scientific discipline/DVM/MD with 10 years of program management and pharmaceutical line management and/or pharmaceutical functional area scientific experience
• Structured and strategic thinker and leader, strong organizational bias with the ability to implement structure without impacting efficiency of team
• Extensive understanding of and experience leading Project Teams through the drug development process with specific focus in the oncology and hematology TA
• Extensive experience participating in cross-functional project management at the TA level; Previous experience in portfolio strategy is a plus
• Extensive understanding of and application of principles, concepts, practices, and standards of pharmaceutical program and project management
• Ability to understand and communicate scientific and business elements associated with all programs at the executive level interpersonal, organizational, and written and verbal communication skills
• Prior people leadership experience
• Advanced knowledge and skill with Microsoft Project, Microsoft Excel, Power Point, Tableau and other reporting and tracking tools
• Ability to focused on problem solving, troubleshooting, and issue resolution with demonstrated track record of taking initiative to resolve problems rapidly in large cross functional environments
• Solid analytical thinking with preference for analysis to support decisions and a good process orientation
• Focuses on results and ability to focus on the bigger picture/departmental objectives.
• Solid financial knowledge of cost-based budgeting (internal and external costs) and ability to seek out savings/efficiencies; earned value analysis and time to completion
• Strong communication skills with excellent written and verbal proficiency to communicate information succinctly, in English
• Entrepreneurial: Demonstrates perseverance, identifies, and actively pursues potential opportunities in self-motivating and self-directed manner

Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by the law.

Salary : $300,000 - $375,000