Director/Sr. Director Program Management

BioSpace - Redwood City, CA

Hiring: Director/Sr. Director Program Management Company: BioSpace Location: Redwood City, CA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-03 10:20:22 Employment Type: Full-time About the job Experience: •10+ years industry experience, including minimum of 5 years of project management experience in a cross functional pharmaceutical/biotech team environment. Required Skills: •Creates and drives integrated program timelines (Gantt charts) for tracking of activities and milestones based on clear dependencies and assumptions. Collaborate with cross-functional leaders in planning, coordinating, and tracking cross-functional activities. Ensures continued maintenance and communication of critical path activities. •Partners with cross-functional leaders to optimize team effectiveness, team dynamics and ensure effective decision making. •Facilitates highly effective team building and communication. Facilitates meetings and keeps them on track. Provides meeting minutes to ensure adequate documentation of decisions/actions and drives follow up on Action Items. Proactively, and independently, identifies and resolves program team challenges. •Performs effective risk management assessments and drives implementation of mitigation plans. •Drives information flow and communicates program status to all stakeholders. Creates regular status reports (milestones, status, issues, decisions) for senior management with input from the team. •Assists the Finance group in the compilation and tracking of the program budget in alignment with the company’s goals and objectives •In partnership with the functional managers, ensures that resources assigned to the program are adequate to meet program objectives and identifies resource constraints. •Maintains effective communication within the program team through oral and written correspondence and ensures adequate documentation of each communication. Qualifications: •BA/BS is required; advanced degree (PharmD, PhD) is highly desirable. •Comprehensive expertise in the drug development process. •Excellent planning, organizational and analytical skills, keen attention to detail. •Teams and functions in a matrix environment. •Demonstrated capacity to drive program plans and timelines (across multiple functional areas) is essential. Proven success in goal setting, prioritization and time management is required. •Proactive mindset with strong leadership, facilitation, teamwork and influence management/negotiation skills. •Demonstrated capacity to work independently in decision-making and resolution of program obstacles and Excellent verbal and written communication skills. •Cell therapy experience is a plus. •Adicet fosters a collaborative, high-performing environment by prioritizing in-person engagement. To enhance teamwork and communication, employees are required to be onsite at least three days per week Compensation: •$231,000 - $319,000 / year 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!