The Opportunity

We are seeking an enthusiastic and highly-motivated Contract Project Manager to help advance our emerging pipeline from development candidate selection through IND-enabling studies and beyond.

Key Responsibilities:

• Drive integrated program plans spanning development candidate (DC) selection through IND-enabling activities
• Facilitate core team and sub-team meetings; ensure alignment on objectives, deliverables, and timelines
• Identify critical path, key risks, and decision points; proactively manage trade-offs to maintain timelines
• Work with external partners and collaborators to ensure adherence to timelines, budgets and deliverables
• Maintain clear communication of program status, risks, and mitigation plans to stakeholders and governance bodies
• Track progress against milestones including DC nomination, GLP tox initiation/completion, CMC readiness, and IND submission
• Ensure dependencies across functions are identified and managed effectively
• Proven ability to manage complex, cross-functional projects with competing priorities
• Partner with project leaders to charter teams, develop core documents, establish timelines and budgets, and align project tactics with project strategy

Other Skills & Abilities:

• Comprehensive understanding of drug development process, with working experience across product life cycle (early development products to mid-clinical stage products), including biologics and antibody-drug conjugates for cancer, autoimmune disease, nonclinical, CMC, and regulatory requirements
• Experience managing CROs for IND-enabling activities
• Proficiency with project management tools (e.g., MS Project, Smartsheet) and budgeting/resource planning
• Strong competencies in planning, project management, and organization with the ability to lead multiple activities in parallel while maintaining a focus on quality
• Exceptional interpersonal skills to effectively work in a team or matrix environment, to collaborate and coordinate with internal and external department staff at various levels, and to influence others effectively; able to build and collaborate with a cross-functional network
• Self-directed quick learner who is proactive and takes initiative, with the ability to adapt to a dynamic environment and a demonstrated ability to grasp general knowledge of multiple fields
• Creative and critical problem-solving skills with high comfort in ambiguous situations

Education & Experience:

• BS, Masters or PharmD in oncology, cell biology or related field
• Experience with antibody drug conjugates strongly preferred
• Demonstrated experience managing oncology biologics program from development candidate to IND stage and/or beyond in biotech or pharma environment
• Familiarity working in a fast-paced startup biotech environment strongly preferred
• 5-10+ years of research experience in either Oncology or Inflammation disease areas
• 5-10+ years of demonstrated project management experience supporting research programs in the biopharmaceutical or biotech industry
• 2+ years of managerial experience directly handling people and/or leadership experience leading teams, projects, programs, or directing the allocation of resources

Physical Work Requirements:

• Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer

Travel Requirements:

This position does not generally require travel.

Physical presence at the InduPro worksite, or in the field, is required for this role. At InduPro we believe that physical presence helps enhance collaboration, innovation, productivity, employee well-being, employee engagement, and Company culture.

96.15 - 105.77 USD