Senior Director, Program Team Lead (PTL)

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The Senior Director, Program Team Lead will drive strategic management of for one or more of the organization’s neuropsychiatric or neurodegenerative development programs. This individual will play an integral role in building and leading efficient and collaborative cross-functional teams to achieve program goals. This is a critical and highly visible role, making a substantial contribution to the company.

Responsibilities:

• Leads the program core team, responsible for creating and developing the program strategy and operational plan, including realistic timelines, budget and resources planning, risk assessment and contingency planning
• Accountable for the quality of the teams’ output, consistently drives to generate the highest quality and highest integrity data that enables clear decision making at the company level
• Drives decision-making and issues resolution within the team and through the governance process
• Ensures cross-functional alignment and organizational support for the execution of the operational plan by facilitating internal and external stakeholder meetings
• Drives the team to out-of-box thinking and creative issue resolution
• Challenges assumptions, timelines and expenses at program level, pressure tests plans, creates alternative scenarios to enable strategic and operational agility
• Manages prioritization of program team activities to enhance program value
• Acts as spokesperson for the program and represents program internally and externally
• In partnership with the team Project Manager, responsible for comprehensiveness and quality of program information in the internal systems, databases. Responsible for communication to Senior Management
• Identifies bottlenecks, surfaces issues, and proactively drives for their resolution, and leads contingency planning efforts
• Leads ad-hoc cross-functional task forces as needed, aiming at issue resolution or organization efficiency
• Manages project variance and root cause analysis, develops risk mitigation/ issue management plans with the objective to meet the financial targets

Qualifications:

• Outstanding proven team leadership skills and experience in a complex matrix environment
• Masters or Doctoral degree with a scientific focus
• 10+ years in the life sciences, biotech and pharmaceutical industry; neurological disorder experience preferred
• At least 5 years equivalent multi-/ cross-functional leadership experience
• Experience of clinical program leadership required; experience leading a team through a regulatory filing strongly preferred
• Excellent relationship building skills and ability to influence to achieve desired outcome
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills for bridging between scientific and business participants, for negotiating timelines and for effective collaboration
• Broad and deep understanding of the drug development process and associated operational experience
• Advanced level of basic science. Small molecule expertise desired
• Advanced knowledge of regulatory and business requirements
• Understanding of basic financial aspects, including knowledge of resource planning (headcount and budget) and management
• Ability to critically and objectively interpret and evaluate scientific and competitive business-related information
• Expert planning and tracking skills, ability to see big picture, well-organized, focused on results, capable of managing multiple projects, excellent time management with respect to priorities and self-management
• Advanced Program Management skills

Company benefits include:

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
• 401k plan: Neumora matches 50% of an employee’s eligible contribution, up to the first 6% of salary (up to 3% employer contribution)
• New hire stock options
• Annual paid time off: 15 accrued vacation days, 10 sick days, 12 holidays plus a winter shut-down
• Leave of Absence: Paid family leave, paid short- and long-term disability
• Discretionary year-end bonus

The salary range posted describes the minimum to maximum base salary range for this position in the location listed.  Actual salary may vary based upon geographic location, work experience, education, licensure requirements and/or skill level and will be finalized at the time of offer. Base Salary Range: $245,000- $ 255,535

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