[Hiring] Associate Director/Director, Clinical Program Management @Liquidia

Role Description

The Director/Assoc. Director of Program Management will have a cross-functional role in the planning, execution, and delivery of clinical trials, initially focusing on our L606 and Yutrepia programs. You will co-lead and work closely with internal and external stakeholders to bring transformative therapies to market innovative inhaled combination products.

• Strong product life cycle management experience, preferably in pulmonary hypertension (or related therapeutic areas).
• Understanding key elements of product and study conceptualization through to commercialization.
• Engaging, building, and maintaining excellent working relationships with functional leaders across Operations, Product Development, Clinical Operations, Regulatory, Medical Affairs, and Commercial.
• Strong relationships with vendors with critical oversight to help development and budgetary timelines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience with a focus on matrix management.
• Advanced degree (MS, PhD, MBA) preferred in a relevant biopharmaceutical discipline.
• Experience with program management from IND to NDA/BLA and global launch including a solid understanding of global registration processes.
• Experience with Phase 4 studies is also preferred.
• Experience in biotech/pharmaceutical industry with a demonstrated understanding of cross-functional interdependencies (i.e., R&D, commercial, technical development, regulatory).
• Experience managing integrated timelines, critical paths, resource constraints, and dependencies across concurrent development programs.

Requirements

• Demonstrated ability to lead, motivate, influence without authority a strategic direction; ability to effectively leverage and develop diverse perspectives and ideas from matrix teams and others.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, problem solving and decision-making abilities.
• Ability to develop forecasts, assess resource variances, and communicate risks.
• Ability to establish decision logs, ownership, escalation pathways, and follow-through across matrix teams.
• Demonstrated ability to identify critical program risks and develop mitigation plans.
• Experience supporting combination device programs, inhaled technologies and/or small molecules is strongly preferred.
• Proven experience managing complexity in global programs across multiple modalities.
• Proficiency with project management and reporting tools, such as Smartsheet.
• PMP or equivalent project/program management training is preferred.