Senior/Project Manager, Pharmacology

SUMMARY OF THE ROLE 

You will be accountable for program/project management activities within the Pharmacology and Toxicology (PT) team as part of the broader Cell Therapy Discovery organization, with primary focus on CAR-T programs. You will translate scientific strategy into integrated, executable plans for PT workstreams, drive day-to-day delivery discipline, and ensure PT outputs are aligned with and enable cross-functional milestones across Discovery, Translational, CMC, Regulatory Affairs, Quality, and other key functions. This role combines program-level governance with embedded operational execution, including externalization/vendor management and delivery of decision-ready data packages. 

ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES 

PT integrated planning and critical path ownership: Build and maintain the integrated plan for PT workstreams across the cell therapy discovery portfolio, capturing scope, milestones, dependencies, resourcing assumptions, and decision points. Ensure alignment between PT plans and overall program strategy, including clear interfaces with Discovery (construct/design), Translational (biomarkers), CMC (manufacturing/analytical readiness), and Regulatory Affairs (documentation expectations and timelines). 

Governance, cadence, and execution management: Run the PT execution cadence (core meetings, sub-team check-ins, and cross-functional touchpoints), ensuring agendas drive decisions, actions are owned and closed, and risks/issues are surfaced early. Maintain high-quality RAID and decision logs, manage change control to scope/timelines, and drive predictable delivery through ambiguity. 

Cross-functional stakeholder management (Discovery/CMC/RA and beyond): Coordinate handoffs and alignment points between PT and partner functions, ensuring PT study deliverables are fit-for-purpose for program decisions and downstream requirements. Facilitate clear communication in English to global and local stakeholders, tailoring content for technical teams versus leadership forums. 

Externalization and operational delivery (embedded): Support and/or lead operational management of CRO/vendor activities supporting pharmacology and toxicology-related exploratory work, and associated bioanalytical/immune monitoring deliverables as applicable. Coordinate scope readiness (scope clarity, assumptions, timelines, deliverables), establish governance routines with partners, track in-life/reporting progress, escalate issues, and ensure outputs meet quality and data integrity expectations. 

Deliverable readiness and data package coordination: Drive definition of done for PT deliverables, coordinating review cycles, version control, and compilation of decision-ready packages (study summaries, data tables/figures, and interpretation narratives) for governance and cross-functional decision points. Ensure documentation is consistent, traceable, and ready for downstream use (including potential regulatory-facing needs, depending on stage). 

Budget/forecast tracking for PT scope (as applicable): Support financial discipline for PT workstreams by tracking spend vs plan, maintaining forecasts, coordinating PO/invoice workflows with internal partners, and making timeline/cost trade-offs visible and decisionable. 

Continuous improvement: Standardize and improve ways of working within PT program management, including templates, operating rhythms, metrics, lessons learned, and interfaces with partner functions, keeping processes appropriately lightweight for a fast-paced discovery environment. 

REQUIREMENTS 

Education: Minimum Master's degree in a biomedical field (e.g., Immunology, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Pharmacology, Medicine, Biotechnology, or related discipline). 

Relevant experience: Demonstrated experience in project/program management within a CRO and/or cell therapy (CAR-T) company/environment, with a track record of driving complex scientific workstreams to on-time, decision-ready outputs. 

Strong English communication: Exceptional written and verbal English skills, including meeting facilitation, stakeholder alignment, crisp status reporting, and ability to communicate risks/trade-offs to senior and cross-functional stakeholders. 

Execution rigor: Strong skills in integrated planning, dependency management, critical-path thinking, risk/issue/change management, and operational follow-through across multiple parallel workstreams. 

Collaboration and influence: Proven ability to influence without authority, align diverse technical stakeholders, and resolve priority conflicts constructively while maintaining delivery momentum. 

Quality mindset: Working awareness of data integrity, documentation expectations, and study/report readiness. Familiarity with GxP and regulatory documentation concepts is a plus (depth expected may vary by stage). 

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE 

Experience managing nonclinical workstreams that interface with CMC and Regulatory Affairs, including compiling coherent development narratives and ensuring deliverables are suitable for downstream packages. Familiarity with external vendor ecosystems supporting in vivo studies, bioanalysis, and specialized immunology assays is beneficial. Formal PM certification/training (e.g., PMP/PRINCE2/Agile) and comfort with common planning/action/document control tools are also preferred. 

Date Posted

09-2月-2026

Closing Date

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