Job Description
Job Description
Alumis Inc. is a precision medicines company with the mission to transform the lives of patients with autoimmune diseases. Even with treatment innovations of the last two decades, many patients with immunologic conditions continue to suffer - our goal is to fundamentally change the outcomes for these patients.
Alumis Inc is a precision medicines company with the mission to transform the lives of patients with autoimmune diseases. Even with treatment innovations of the last two decades, many patients with immunologic conditions continue to suffer – our goal is to fundamentally change the outcomes for these patients.
We are seeking an experienced and motivated Director, CMC Program Management. In this highly visible, exciting role, you will guide our CMC Tech Ops team in partnership with the molecule development team and cross-functional team leads, providing exceptional program management for our lead molecule, currently in Phase 3. This position will report to the Head of Program and Portfolio Management (PPM).
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Actively partner with CMC team leads, providing leadership and guidance for team and to team members
- Provide Project Management support by coordinating and aligning teams and associated workstreams, and managing their activities. This includes meeting facilitation, tracking of action items and team deliverables, to execute on program's strategic plan and strategic objectives.
- CMC Teams this position will support include but are not limited to CMC operations for our lead molecule, strategic CMC core team across portfolio, and Module 3 team for NDA filing
- Partner with other PMs (Ex. Molecule PMs (supporting Project Team, Clinical Development teams, etc), Medical Affairs PM, Commercial PM) to ensure seamless PPM support across molecules
- Act as a vendor liaison, providing contract, requisition processing, and invoice management support, as well as following up with vendor on project updates and status reports, to ensure timely and quality deliverables, including tracking of reports for Module 3
- Ensure effective communication within functional team and stakeholders to support good decision-making in fast-paced small company environment
- Proactively identify, analyze and communicate decision points and project risks, including tradeoff and scenario analyses (including timelines, costs, and risks), framing options within broader molecule or portfolio context
- Identify needs and propose solutions to project and portfolio tools, systems and practices to support the growth and evolution of PPM's capabilities
- As needed, provide Business Manager support to Head of Technical Operations – potential responsibilities include project managing quarterly functional meetings, serving and functional rep for enterprise processes (ex Training system) and facilitating team culture within function
- As needed, support other business priorities within PPM, including but not limited to potential assignments in research, development, clinical, medical affairs, or commercial project management
THE IDEAL CANDIDATE
- Minimum 12 years industry experience, with at least 5 years of drug development project management (e.g. research, clinical, CMC, commercial, medical affairs), including CMC project management experience
- Experience with filing and launch for small molecules
- Highly skilled in communication, stakeholder management, and influencing without authority, where you are able to effectively interact with, and facilitate complex conversations across the organization
- Excellent critical thinking, verbal and written communication skills, with ability to simplify and integrate multiple cross-functional perspectives and inputs for team
- Agile and flexible: Able to step in, assess situations, and help team to make sound decisions in alignment with program strategy
- Strong organizational skills with critical attention to detail and ability to track to numerous deliverables
- Broad scientific and business acumen in the biotech or pharmaceutical industry, including a strong understanding of cross-functional dependencies
- Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite, as well as project management software such as MS Project and Smartsheets
EDUCATION
B.A. or BSc. with MSc., MBA or Ph.D. a plus
Project Management Professional (PMP) or other PM certification a plus
Alumis Values
Elevate
Challenge
Nurture
This position is located in South San Francisco, CA. At this time we are not considering remote applicants.
Alumis Inc. is an equal opportunity employer.