Hiring: Director, Drug Development Project Management & Pipeline Strategy Company: Flagship Pioneering Location: Cambridge, MA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-09 17:58:09 Employment Type: Full-time Target Skills & Keywords : Drug Development Project Management, Pipeline Strategy, Integrated Project Plans, Matrix Team Leadership, Cross-Functional Coordination, Governance Dashboards, Decision Logs, Risk & Issue Management, Budget & Resource Forecasting, CRO Management, Regulatory & Compliance, Competitive Intelligence, Scenario-Based Analysis, R&D Operations, SharePoint Experience: - Proven experience in drug development project management and pipeline strategy within a biotech or pharmaceutical environment - Track record of partnering with drug development project leaders and matrix teams to translate scientific strategy into integrated development plans - Experience coordinating across functional teams (drug discovery, translational medicine, biology, drug development strategy, finance) and external CROs/collaborators - Experience supporting executive and Board-level governance reviews - Exposure to regulatory and compliance requirements supporting submissions Required Skills: - Ability to translate overarching drug development strategy into detailed project plans (scope, milestones, critical paths, dependencies, risks) - Monitoring progress versus plan, identifying issues and interdependencies, escalating to project leads, and coordinating cross-functional mitigation plans - Scheduling, structuring, and running project team meetings (agendas, pre-reads, minutes, action logs) and driving closure of decisions and actions - Building and maintaining governance-ready dashboards, status summaries, and decision logs - Supporting operational execution with external partners (e.g., CROs) to ensure deliverables, timelines, and obligations are met - Forecasting and tracking resource needs (FTE, external partners) across projects and pipeline; flagging constraints and proposing options - Coordinating budgets with finance leadership and tracking spend vs. plan and contracted scopes - Establishing structured risk and issue management processes (identification, impact assessment, mitigation/contingency, owners, timelines) - Maintaining shared repositories (SharePoint, dashboards, trackers) for plans, data summaries, and decision histories - Identifying and implementing continuous operational improvements to increase matrix team efficiency - Supporting pipeline strategy development with scenario-based analyses using landscape and competitive intelligence data Qualifications: - Strong understanding of end-to-end drug development and R&D pipeline strategy - Ability to provide operational and planning leadership to drug development matrix teams - Skilled at managing risks, interdependencies, and regulatory/compliance considerations - Effective collaborator with subject matter experts across key Research and Development functions - Experience interfacing with research operations and strategy to build an end-to-end view of the R&D pipeline - Excellent organizational, communication, and stakeholder management skills - Role reports to the Chief Development Officer (CDO); could be based at the UK or US site Compensation: Not specified Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don’t miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!