Our client is a biopharmaceutical company focused on neuroscience. They have asked us to assist them in their search for a Senior/Executive Director, Development Program Management.

Major tasks and responsibilities include:

• Lead the planning and execution of the company’s late-stage development program through commercialization.
• Provide operational expertise in collaboration with other leaders within the PM department to define, establish, refine and continuously improve project methodologies, performance metrics, and best practices, ensuring efficient delivery of initiatives on time and within budget.
• Partner with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to drive the development, implementation and maintenance of high-quality integrated plans addressing program scope, timelines, budget, communications, risks, staffing and change management, ensuring cross functional alignment.
• Build and maintain tools to monitor and communicate program progress to the program team and all levels of the organization, including supporting the development of presentations for Senior Management.
• Co-lead or lead program team and/or sub-team meetings and maintain decisions and action items for tracking to completion.
• Collaborate with program management leaders to shape the five-year roadmap and formulate development objectives as part of the Annual Operating Plan cycle.
• Partner with other functional leads to develop budgets, address program variances, budget requests, and staffing needs.
• Ensure effective, proactive and open communications, to achieve transparency and clarity of program goals, progress and issues.
• Establish key metrics and monitor performance, through dashboards and reports to enable timely information and analyses for senior leaders.
• Present to senior leadership, governance teams and external audiences the project strategy and plans.
• Develop and propose short- and long-term objectives for the function in accordance with overall company strategies and plans.
• Act in accordance with company policies, including, for example, the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics and ensure policies are understood and followed by direct reports, if any.
• Some international travel may be required.
• Other duties as assigned.

We seek candidates with the following qualifications:

• Must have 12+ years of pharmaceutical industry experience.
• Demonstrated expertise in program management, particularly within late-stage drug development, supported by a strong cross-functional background across key domains such as Clinical Development, Regulatory Affairs, and CMC. Must have a proven track record of driving complex initiatives in a pharmaceutical setting.
• Demonstrated strength in clearly conveying and presenting critical information to diverse audiences across all organizational levels, including senior leadership.
• Ability to inspire, influence, motivate and negotiate across matrixed teams to optimize development and overcome obstacles.
• Demonstrated ability to positively influence outcomes, key project decisions, and strategic problem-solving.
• Proactive risk management with ability to propose solutions and deliver appropriate mitigation plan.
• Ability to communicate (written and verbal) with impact to provide appropriate context, articulate views, drive clarity, and address barriers to progress program development.
• Ability to drive decision-making within a cross-functional and cross-cultural, global team structure.
• Effective organizational skills and presentation skills.

If interested, please apply directly to this job posting. No calls please. Include your daytime phone number and we will contact you confidentially or reply to your email.

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