What are the responsibilities and job description for the Associate Director, Alliance and Program Management position at Skyhawk Therapeutics?
Associate Director, Alliance and Program Management
Skyhawk Therapeutics is seeking an Associate Director, Alliance and Program Management to join the talented, growing startup in Waltham, MA or Basel, Switzerland. The ideal candidate will be an experienced and motivated alliance / program manager to drive small-molecule programs from discovery to clinical trials.
Position Overview
Skyhawk Therapeutics is seeking an experienced and highly motivated Associate Director of Alliance & Program Management to join our talented, growing startup in Waltham, MA or Basel, Switzerland. The successful candidate will be part of a dynamic team that develops processes, provides alliance and program management expertise, and leads cross-functional development teams to facilitate successful outcomes.
Responsibilities :
- Serve as a collaborative member of the alliance and program management team to manage multiple key partnerships and a significant number of programs while building and maintaining processes to support the group and the organization
- Lead cross-functional program teams / meetings that may include representatives from research, nonclinical development, regulatory, CMC, and clinical development to define the most appropriate drug development strategy
- Support cross-functional teams and stakeholders to facilitate technical and scientific discussions that define the product profile, integrated development plans, schedule and budget for various internal and partnered programs
- Mobilize and align the organization to drive decision-making and implement the development strategy
- In collaboration with the scientific / development leads, facilitate team meetings and documentation, decision making and tracking of milestones, critical path, timelines, risks, assumptions, alternative scenarios, and budgets
- Foster strong relationships within the organization and serve as a critical point person for program team members (in conjunction with scientific or development leads) on portfolio and program strategy, project-related communications, scientific discussions, issue identification, and management
- Manage alliance(s) with pharma partners to ensure strategic and operational alignment on discovery through clinical-stage programs in neurology, oncology, and autoimmune
- Effectively communicate with senior management on program strategy, progress, and timelines
Education / Skills / Experience Requirements :
About Skyhawk
Skyhawk is committed to discovering, developing, and commercializing small molecule therapeutics that correct RNA splicing. We use our novel SkySTAR® platform (Skyhawk Small molecule Therapeutics for Alternative splicing of RNA) to develop drug candidates directed to targets for some of the world's most intractable diseases including cancer, neurological conditions, and other "undruggable" targets against a wide range of conditions.
