Associate Director, Translational Program Manager; Early Development & Cell Therapy

Associate Director, Translational Program Manager (Early Development & Cell Therapy)

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Position Summary

The successful candidate will be responsible for supporting Translational Research Leaders in a Thematic Research Center (TRC) to enable the effective and efficient execution of our translational development plans. The Translational Program Manager, as part of the Translational Development team in Research, would support the development and management of integrated program timelines for biomarker activities within clinical studies from Phase 1 through clinical Proof of Concept and/or for cell therapy studies through commercialization.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and manage the integrated program timeline of translational activities to support the execution of the translational plan for defined portfolio of assets, including but not limited to facilitating assay development/validation, clinical contracting, data transfer, and internal and external collaborations
• Provide strong collaboration, coordination, and communication skills to support cross-functional interactions and prioritization of activities to meet demands across Translational Research team in line with program priorities
• Establish, manage, and maintain cross-functional relationships in coordination with BMS biomarker leads, supporting teams, and relevant stakeholders/technical experts
• Identify, track, and monitor project risks, confirming mitigation and contingency plans are in place for identified risks to reduce the risk of failure and support success of the project
• Responsible for ensuring timely delivery of project goals from various types of technologies
• Establish and maintain a book of work for relevant assets, creating visibility and maintaining transparency into translational activities to key stakeholders
• Contract monitoring for assay development/validation to ensure execution and delivery
• Coordinate review with biomarker lead and appropriate stakeholders of documents from vendors and storage of appropriate final documents
• Facilitate publication planning and ensure data delivery for internal/external presentations and publications
• Provides strategic operational leadership, including oversight of translational budgets and alliances
• Inform senior leadership of key activities and create periodic dashboard/visualizations summarizing project status, risks, and required actions and associated timelines
• Support transition of programs/assays internally from collaborations and/or due diligence, and/or to late-stage translational team, as appropriate per program
• Support continuous evolution and measurement of processes and tools to drive efficiency and enhance business value across all Thematic Research Centers and Translational Development

Qualifications &

Experience:

• B.S., M.S. (or Ph.D.) in a scientific discipline; PMP or equivalent experience is desirable
• 5+ years pharmaceutical industry experience in a variety of operational/scientific roles minimum 5+ years' experience as a team leader in a highly matrixed environment
• Shapes strategic approaches to scientific delivery, utilizing sophisticated negotiation and scenario planning
• Works with a sense of urgency and experience managing multiple projects, building structure from ambiguity and helping teams to develop priorities
• Experience designing…