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COMPANY OVERVIEW:
Disc Medicine is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company committed to discovering, developing, and commercializing novel treatments for patients who suffer from serious hematologic diseases. We are building a portfolio of innovative, first-in-class therapeutic candidates that aim to address a wide spectrum of hematologic diseases by targeting fundamental biological pathways of red blood cell biology, specifically heme biosynthesis and iron homeostasis. Disc Medicine values collaboration, professional development, and scientific integrity and promotes an inclusive company culture that empowers and inspires.
POSITION OVERVIEW :
The Director, Program Management is responsible for managing resources, timelines, and budgets for late clinical and pre-commercial programs at Disc Medicine. This is a highly cross-functional and collaborative role, providing operational leadership for cross-functional teams and demanding excellent cross-functional collaboration skills, with ability to build trusting relationships. The Program Manager (PM), in collaboration with the Program Lead (PL), will have a firm understanding of program strategy, critical path activities, interdependencies, risks and mitigation plans, and organizational governance.
Additionally, the PM will lead program long-range planning, adhere to the organization’s Program Management best practices, and drive program team goal planning and execution.
The successful candidate will be proactive, highly organized, detail-oriented, possess a strong understanding of the whole spectrum of the drug development process (from Phase 1 first-in-human to Phase 3 confirmatory studies) in the biopharmaceutical industry, be comfortable with ambiguity, and have a proven track record managing stakeholders and driving multifaceted, inter-disciplinary program teams. The candidate will also have strong communication and facilitation skills, enabling effective collaboration and conflict resolution within program teams and throughout the organization.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Partner closely with PL to drive the development and execution of strategic, integrated program team goals for late clinical programs.
Collaborate across Clinical Development, Clinical Operations, Regulatory Affairs, CMC, Quality Affairs, Medical Affairs, Business Development, Finance, and Commercial.
Ensure cross-functional coherence and maintain alignment through effective communication with cross-functional program team members, Executive Team members, and key stakeholders on program status, objectives, risks, and mitigation plans.
Identify appropriate presentation topics and coordinate preparation of and program team alignment with compelling presentation materials for governance meetings.
Ensure cross-functional reporting and presentation of relevant information to program team and other key stakeholders.
Facilitate decision-making, collaboration, and problem-solving with people at all levels of the organization to accomplish program team goals that are ambitious yet achievable.
Identify program bottlenecks and issues. Proactively drive for their resolution.
Recognize, track, and monitor key program assumptions, milestones, and decision points to drive delivery of program objectives.
Facilitate team meetings using program management best practices and tools to drive cross-functional communication, timely and effective decision making and conflict resolution, and successful execution of project objectives.
Develop and maintain risk registry along with the Portfolio and Program Management team including detailed risk assessments, mitigations, and resolutions.
Identify process improvement opportunities and develop and implement solutions.
Apply experience and lessons learned to manage program team dynamics and performance.
Partner with Finance to develop budgets/forecasts/long-range plans for…