# VP, Program Management & Business Operations **Company**: Alltrna **Location**: Cambridge, MA **Experience**: executive **Job type**: full-time **Salary**: $250,000 - $330,000 **Category**: Product Management **Industry**: Healthcare **Apply**: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/flagshippioneeringinc/jobs/8520490002?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/job/vp-program-management-and-business-operations-348a1337-e0a/ ## Description Alltrna is seeking a talented and highly motivated VP, Program Management and Business Operations, reporting to the President & CFO. The successful candidate is a proven leader with extensive experience in leading research and early drug development program teams from research through the clinic with a particular initial focus on IND enabling and early/mid-stage clinical development. Key Responsibilities: Program Management: - Work closely with the Chief Medical Officer to lead the program team for the Company’s lead program, AP003, and future programs instilling a culture of scientific rigor, open debate, collaborative teamwork, sense of urgency and accountability - Possess a comprehensive understanding of the drug discovery process to guide program teams to define the key scientific questions, program strategy and objectives, translating these into optimal deliverables, cross-functional plans, timelines and budgets - Identify bottlenecks, risks, issues and proactively develop appropriate mitigation proposals with input from team members - Ensure all key decisions are identified and properly assessed as to their impact and alternative scenarios developed and evaluated, where appropriate - Work closely with finance and functional teams to develop the operational plans to support program activities with realistic timelines, budget, and resource planning and monitor performance against plans - Interface with and drive collaboration between the various functional teams and with the Leadership Team on program-related matters - Be the key accountable person for communicating matters related to the programs to management including strategy, work product, updates and issues; producing the one “source of truth” for program-related topics and timelines - Point person for alliance management and coordination, as needed - Lead and/or manage strategic or platform development projects as required and collaborate with Chief Scientific Officer and Research Leadership Team to coordinate relevant content for quarterly business review meetings Operations: - Collaborate with Leadership Team in development of strategic plans, company goals, long-range planning assumptions, portfolio-level reports and analyses to support business processes and strategic discussions - Develop and deliver impactful presentations that effectively distill complex issues to the critical points and lead to increased understanding and optimized strategic planning & decision-making - Prepare strategic communications utilizing a clear understanding of the business strategy and issues; develop and maintain consistent, relevant content for use in executive-level communications and to further organizational and business goals - Lead the Scientific Communications process, working with the Scientific Communications Committee - Manage schedule, agenda, and content for Leadership Team, Board of Directors and Town Hall meetings - Proactively seek opportunities for organizational improvements (e.g. team structure, processes, communication, etc.) Other: - Support CEO / LT with partnership discussions and negotiations, including background research, preparation of presentation materials, supporting diligence activities, participating in analysis of terms, etc. - Assist in mapping competitive landscape and proactively identify potential and emerging competitive threats and opportunities - Promote strategic discussions on external trends, competitor strategies, and potential disruptors, and translate these into strategic choices/ recommendations - Collect insights and intelligence from a variety of sources including literature searches, reviewing analyst research, KOL and patient group interactions, etc. Key Competencies: - Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, creative thinking, and early drug development experience - Self-confidence and poise to manage complicated programs and projects with multiple stakeholders - Sense of urgency and can-do attitude to develop therapies for patients with significant unmet medical needs Minimum Qualifications: - BS/MS Degree in a scientific discipline, ideally life science or chemistry - At least 15 years relevant experience in pharma or biotech drug discovery and development - 10+ years of Program Management experience, preferably in early-stage drug discovery and development - Experience in the development of advanced therapies to treat rare genetic disease is a plus - Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional teams; strong interpersonal and communication skills - Scientific curiosity and passion for discovering new, innovative medicines - Openness to embrace new technologies and digital approaches in drug discovery - Proven track record in driving successful, collaborative drug discovery teams The salary range for this role is $250,000 - $330,000. Compensation for the role will depend on a number of factors, including a candidate's qualifications, skills, competencies, and experience. Alltrna currently offers healthcare coverage, annual incentive program, retirement benefits and a broad range of other benefits. For more fresh new jobs, check out [yubhub.co](https://yubhub.co/). ## Skills ### Required - drug discovery - program management - biotech - leadership - communication - strategic planning ### Nice to have - advanced therapies - rare genetic disease - tRNA medicines --- Source: [Apply at job-boards.greenhouse.io](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/flagshippioneeringinc/jobs/8520490002?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)