Senior Manager, Program Management

This position will be on-site in one of the following locations: San Francisco Bay Area / Dallas, TX / Miami, FL

• Relocation support will be considered for this role

Overview of Role:

The Senior Manager, Program Management is an individual contributor position that will play a critical role driving the success of Summit programs by providing strategic and program leadership in cross-functional team settings and will help build the infrastructure, tools and processes contributing to the success of Program Management and Product Strategy department. This position requires a dynamic individual with strong program management skills, collaboration and the ability to work cross-functionally to achieve program goals. Role requires flexible, execution-focused capabilities with the ability to take on additional responsibilities as the department/company grow. If you enjoy the excitement and intensity of senior leader engagements where assignments may deeply embed you with targeted functions or teams, then this is the role for you!

Role and Responsibilities:

• Cross-functional Collaboration and Leadership
  • Represent the Product Strategy & Program Management department in cross-functional teams with clinical development, non-clinical and/or regulatory focus
  • Can quickly build strong and sustaining relationships with stakeholders at all levels
  • Be a rationale management voice, the person who asks the hard questions tactfully and is a thoughtful facilitator
  • Lead key activities or assigned projects, which may rapidly evolve based on business need
• Agile Drug Development and Execution
  • Provide strategic program input and operational planning considerations to project teams
  • Proactive and can rapidly execute, brings creative solutions and flexibility to change course
  • Connect assigned team and functions, communicating across channels to keep projects and teams on-track
  • Ability to prioritize and execute in a dynamic, complex global environment
• Program Management
  • Maintain decision-quality approaches within assigned areas with options and trade-off assessments
  • Actively identify, track and mitigate risks, to include opportunity creation that may accelerate project success
  • Develop, implement and maintain plans for assigned activities, to include, dashboards, reports and timelines that integrate into overall Program Plans
  • Lead assigned internal and external communications outputs
• Limited travel may be required depending on assigned activities or projects, plus flexibility for global virtual meetings in different time zones
• All other duties as assigned

Experience, Education and Specialized Knowledge and Skills:

• Bachelor’s Degree (scientific or business discipline preferred) with at least 5 years of experience is strongly preferred; MBA desirable
• A minimum of 6 years of previous experience as a pharmaceutical program manager, business and operations planner, or a pharmaceutical project manager with development, commercial and/or launch management. Blend of technical pharma and business roles will offer the best opportunity for readiness in this position.
• Prior pharmaceutical (drug development) experience required, late-stage to commercialization phase experience preferred
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or similar project management experience is desirable, or in-progress to earn PMP credential
• Prior oncology experience in late-stage development and understanding of registrational trials and commercial activity is preferred
• Familiarity with external collaborations is preferred (e.g., co-development, academic centers, international cooperative groups)
• Proficient user of MS Office suite (e.g., PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Project), experience using electronic document management systems, document review tools and can quickly build presentations for leaders/teams
• Prior experience with technology tools (e.g. Smartsheets, MS Project) in planning, maintenance and communication of program information is highly desirable
• Excellent communicator in public-speaking, meeting facilitation and email communication
• Ability to excel in a fast-paced, demanding and diverse environment

The pay range for this role is $153,000-$180,000 annually. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, depth of experience, certifications, and specific work location. This may be different in other locations due to differences in the cost of labor. The total compensation package for this position may also include bonus, stock, benefits and/or other applicable variable compensation.

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