Overview

Monte Rosa Therapeutics seeks a highly motivated Program Manager leader to support its Research and Development team. The Program Manager will work in a project team environment, interfacing internally with multiple functional areas such as Biology, Chemistry, DMPK/Tox, CMC and Clinical Development. The Project Manager will also interact externally with alliance partners, vendors, and others.

Responsibilities

• Manages multiple project teams in preclinical and clinical development
• Overseas cross-site Program Management team
• Manages both project team and R&D meetings and is responsible for scheduling meetings, preparing agendas and coordinating pre-read materials with input from team members, facilitating meetings that focus on clear decisions and actions, and documenting minutes
• Develops and maintains timelines for projects and certain functional areas, ensuring that adequate progress and milestones are met both internally and with external partners and that deviations are communicated
• Develops and maintains databases and electronic filing systems for project teams to organize documentation as projects advance toward IND
• Manages project communications tools in order to provide up-to-date project information and documentation to the team, functional area management, and R&D leadership
• Aligns corporate goals with project team goals by informing R&D leadership of critical data, resource requests, and changes in strategy and by informing teams on requests and recommendations from R&D leadership
• Attends functional area-specific meetings to ensure alignment with project teams and R&D leadership

Qualifications

• 12 years in the life sciences, biotech and pharmaceutical industry; at least 5 years equivalent multi-/ cross-functional program management leadership experience in clinical development. Experience of clinical program leadership required and leading a team from DC nomination through IND filing and subsequent clinical development. Ideally additional experience in a regulatory, translational medicine, clinical science, DMPK or other drug discovery roles. Small molecule expertise essential
• Immunology and/or oncology experience preferred
• Masters or Doctoral degree with a scientific focus
• Outstanding proven team leadership skills and experience in a complex matrix environment, advanced program management skills
• 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 knowledge of regulatory and business requirements
• Understanding of 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, ability to see big picture, well-organized, focused on results, capable of managing multiple projects, excellent time management with respect to priorities and self-management