Associate Director - Project Office

Our Research & Development organization brings together the best minds in life science innovation. The teams located in facilities in Lexington, Watertown, Cambridge and Seattle reflect the full R&D continuum, from early research through late-stage clinical development. Here, we are building for the future, creating a distinct R&D community based on collaboration, partnerships, and cutting-edge research across multiple modalities and therapeutic areas.

We recognize that improving human health starts here and that patients rely on us. Our R&D hub merges biotech speed and agility with large pharmaceutical company quality, resources, and stability, uniting the best of both worlds to develop new medicines for patients.

The Associate Project Director provides on site leadership, coordination, and execution support for a multi year digital program within the R&ED organization. Based in Lexington, this role ensures cross functional alignment, supports implementation of key R&D platforms, and drives effective delivery of data, system, and process improvement initiatives that will support the new Waltham research facility.

Reports to the Head of IT Project Office in Lexington, MA, and works closely with lab and scientific research groups, R&D Tech Delivery and broader IT organization globally, primarily in Denmark.

• Lead planning, execution, and coordination of program and project activities to ensure delivery on time, within scope, and within budget
• Define project scope and deliverables in collaboration with stakeholders and establish clear direction for project teams
• Drive integrated program planning, governance routines, risk/issue management, and cross track alignment
• Identify, assess, and mitigate risks; communicate mitigation strategies to senior leadership and elevate issues when needed
• Manage interdependencies across initiatives to minimize delivery risk and ensure alignment between tracks, vendors, and global partners
• Support implementation of key R&D platforms, including ELN, LIMS, Data Capture, Registration systems, Data Hubs, and workflow/automation tools
• Lead moderate to high complexity projects involving global and senior stakeholders
• Stakeholder Engagement & Communication
  • Prepare consolidated program updates, RAID logs, dashboards, and executive ready presentations
  • Facilitate cross track stand ups, readiness reviews, workshops, retrospectives, and cutover planning
  • Provide content and insights for program committees, governance bodies, and steering committees
  • Ensure timely communication of project status, decisions, risks, and action items across all stakeholders
• Operational Coordination & Resource Management
  • Coordinate resource planning, onboarding, access, and tooling needs across multiple work streams
  • Oversee project team coordination and support productive team culture and collaboration
  • Mentor and provide daily guidance to project coordinators and other project team members; support feedback loops with functional managers
  • Address and resolve project team conflicts, resource gaps, and competing priorities, escalating when appropriate
• Track budgets, forecasts, accruals, purchase requests, and vendor invoices; support financial analyses and variance tracking
• Provide recommendations for corrective actions when financial risks arise while PMO maintains ultimate budget ownership
• Process, Quality & Change Management
  • Administer and optimize PMO tools, templates, cadences, and workflows to support efficient delivery
  • Promote continuous improvement and process simplification across project teams
  • Support change management activities, ensuring clear communication, stakeholder readiness, and successful adoption of new systems or processes
  • Ensure adherence to quality standards and compliance expectations, including GxP requirements where applicable

Travel to HQ in DK may be required. Travel to other US sites may be required. Approximately 5 % overnight travel is to be expected.

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university with a minimum of nine (9) years of project management experience required. Master’s degree in Biology, Chemistry, or…