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Senior Project Manager - Drug Development
2025-10-25 Planet Pharma South San Francisco,CA
Description:
What You Will Bring:
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Job Description
Senior Project Manager - Drug Development
Seeking a highly motivated Senior Project Manager to play a key role in advancing our genetic medicine drug development programs. The Senior Project Manager will bring expertise in both drug development and project management to support research and manufacturing teams and cross-functional stakeholders. Responsibilities include identifying and managing critical project deliverables, dependencies, and milestones, while maintaining accurate tracking of research and nonclinical timelines through dashboards to support effective planning, communication, decision-making, and risk management. This role will require close collaboration with internal and external cross-functional teams, academic and industry collaborators, and consultants.
What You Will Do:
- Lead project planning and execution of research and nonclinical aspects of development programs from early-stage research to early clinical phase.
- Facilitate cross-functional planning of deliverables and activities across departments to align scope, dependencies, schedules, budget, deliverables, and risk mitigation strategies.
- Develop and manage detailed project plans that integrate key activities, timelines, and track the critical path aligned with cross-functional stakeholders.
- Partner with Research and Manufacturing team leads to facilitating team meetings including, development of meeting agendas, meeting minutes, and tracking of cross functional action items.
- Track budgets, anticipate scope changes, and communicate changes that may impact the project budget to appropriate key stakeholders.
- Contribute to the creation and use of project management standards, processes, methodologies, and tools.
What You Will Bring:
- BS/BA in Biological Sciences or closely related field of study required; MS, PhD, MBA, or PMP certification is a plus.
- 8 years of experience in gene therapy drug development.
- 3-5 years of formal project management experience in biotech, pharma, or life sciences.
- Proven track record supporting biologic or drug development programs.
- Demonstrated leadership and ability to work effectively with project teams.
- Ability to build and foster cross-functional collaborations both internally and externally at SonoThera.
- Strong proficiency with Smartsheet project management software.
- Comfortable operating in an agile, rapidly evolving startup environment.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment.
- Strong planning and organizational skills
- Startup experience desired
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Equal Opportunity Employer: We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We welcome and encourage applications from all qualified candidates regardless of race, sex, gender identity or expression, disability, age, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws and regulations. It is our policy not to discriminate against any applicant or employee, and we are committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and respectful work environment across all locations in which we operate. We believe that diversity, equity, and inclusion are fundamental to our mission and enhance our ability to serve clients globally. If you have a disability or require any reasonable accommodations during the application or interview process, please inform your recruiter or contact us directly so that we can explore the appropriate arrangements.
Fraud Alert: Candidate safety is a top priority at Planet Pharma. The industry has seen an increase in people falsely representing themselves as recruiters to gather personal information from job seekers. For your safety, do not provide sensitive data to anyone you have not spoken with thoroughly, never provide banking information during the application process and always double check the email address of the Recruiter to ensure it's from an official Planet Pharma domain (@planet-pharma.com, @planet-pharma.co.uk, and @ppgadvisorypartners.com) and not a domain with an alternative extension like .net, .org or .jobs.