VP, Program Operations

Who We Are:

Click Therapeutics, Inc. develops, validates and commercializes software as prescription medical treatments for patients with unmet medical needs. Through cognitive and neurobehavioral mechanisms, Click’s Digital Therapeutics™ enable change within individuals, and are designed to be used independently or in conjunction with biomedical treatments. The Clickometrics® adaptive data science platform continuously personalizes user experience to optimize engagement and outcomes. Following a groundbreaking clinical trial, Click’s industry-leading smoking cessation program is available nationwide through a wide variety of payers, providers, and employers. Click’s lead prescription program has entered a pivotal, fully remote, randomized, controlled trial on the Verily platform for the treatment of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) in up to 540 adults. Click is progressing a broad pipeline of Digital Therapeutics™ across a variety of high-burden therapeutic areas, including MDD, Schizophrenia, Migraine, Chronic Pain, Atopic Dermatitis, Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS), Obesity and more.

About the Role:

As Vice President, Program Operations, you will lead the execution of Click’s program management activities across the company’s digital therapeutics portfolio. You will be the responsible and accountable asset lead for key portfolio programs and will lead cross-functional program teams to ensure delivery of best-in-class programs on budget and on time. You will manage and develop a team of program managers to support your efforts. This position requires equal parts operational team leadership, cross-functional strategic planning, and disciplined project management.

In this role, you will work directly with the Chief Strategy Officer and the executive team to help establish and document our overall program management practices and procedures, communicate these throughout the organization, and ensure operational excellence in their execution. You will work closely with company leadership, internal cross-functional teams, and interface with our external collaboration partners for partnered products. This is a high visibility, high impact role at a leading startup in a rapidly growing new industry. If you have an entrepreneurial spirit, are success-orientated, and have a stellar operational and team leadership track record, you may be the right candidate to join our team. 

Generally positions at Click can be on-site, remote or hybrid (an optimal combination of remote and on-site). Our headquarters is located in Tribeca, NYC, at the center of one of the fastest-growing digital health communities. We also have dedicated spaces in central Miami, San Francisco, and Boston, and, in addition, via our partnership with Industrious, any Click employee can access co-working locations nationally.

The role includes great benefits and is an excellent wealth-building opportunity at a fast-growing pre-IPO company in a nascent and extremely exciting space. 

Responsibilities:

• Lead program management activities at Click, including establishing and executing program management procedures and best practices and ensuring consistent understanding of and application of Click’s program management structure across the organization.
• Act as asset lead for key programs. You will be accountable for delivery of best-in-class assets on time and on budget, consistent with the company’s pipeline priorities and strategic objectives. This includes progressing assets through key development milestones such as clinical trials, FDA registration and commercial launch. This will require you to lead cross-functional program teams with a thoughtful and collaborative approach to ensure all functional areas are represented and integrated effectively.
• Represent Click to external partners as the asset lead on partnered assets. Establish high quality relationships founded on trust and transparency that support collaboration success and growth.
• Work with Product, Medical, Commercial and Business Development to define, execute and evolve Click’s pipeline progression system for advancing assets through distinct development phases. This will require incorporating the latest best-practices and agile development strategies from across the organization.
• Manage and develop a high-performing team of program managers and grow it efficiently as Click’s portfolio expands both in number of products and internationally. This team will be expected to provide portfolio, program and project management support to all company assets.
• Direct portfolio progress reporting activities, including reports to the Executive Committee, as well as organize and lead key internal governance meetings such as the Portfolio Steering Committee.

Qualifications:

• 12+ years of experience in Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical or Medical Device Program Management, Program Leadership, Operations, or equivalent. Experience in Management Consulting in these industries may comprise a portion of this experience, but you must have previously been responsible and/or accountable for moving one or more regulated therapeutic assets through development to market.
• Prior experience successfully leading cross-functional strategic programs, with a strong preference for specific experience in life science, digital therapeutic or digital health asset development. This should include a track record of setting, being accountable for and successfully delivering on key program objectives, on time and on budget.
• Fluency in subject areas essential to the development and commercialization of prescription digital therapeutics, such as product development, clinical development, FDA regulatory and market access.
• Expertise in operations, program governance and project management, with the ability to design, implement and achieve organizational buy in for best-in-class practices and procedures.
• Team leadership experience, with ability to recruit, develop and mentor a high performing team.
• Superb writing and communication skills, with ability to correspond effectively with internal and external contacts in a professional manner.
• Strong organizational and time management skills, and excellent attention to detail.
• Ability to set objectives, prioritize and drive projects, ensuring teams are aligned and working effectively together to meet all deadlines.
• Highly adaptable to a dynamic atmosphere of changing requirements and scope.
• Analytical mindset and strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to anticipate potential needs and challenges before they occur

Benefits:

Stock options | Competitive salary with annual review | 401(k) matching | Annual performance-based cash bonus | Comprehensive medical benefits through Aetna | Flexible Spending Accounts | Life insurance and disability benefits | Open vacation policy / unlimited PTO | Generous paid parental leave | Commuter subsidies | Monthly catered lunches | Choice of Mac, Windows, or Linux equipment | Sponsored company events | Free, unlimited office snacks and beverages | Much more…

Equal Employment Opportunity:

Click Therapeutics is committed to equal opportunity in the terms and conditions of employment for all employees and job applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, disability or veteran status. Click Therapeutics also complies with all applicable national, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment as well as employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act. All applicants must have authorization to work for Click Therapeutics in the U.S. In certain circumstances it may be advantageous to Click Therapeutics to support the application(s) for temporary visa classification and/or sponsor applications for permanent residence so that a foreign national colleague can accept or remain in a work assignment in the U. S. For certain classes of temporary visas, the resulting work authorization may be specific to Click Therapeutics and the specific job and/or work site. Click Therapeutics may at its business discretion decide to or refrain from obtaining, maintaining and/or extending the temporary visa status and/or sponsoring a colleague for permanent residency and /or employment eligibility, considering factors such as availability of qualified U.S. workers and the colleague's long-term prospects for securing lawful permanent residence, among other reasons. Employment applicants requiring immigration sponsorship must disclose, when initial application for employment is made, whether or not they are legally authorized to work for Click Therapeutics in the U.S. and, if so, whether that authorization permits them to work in the job they seek. In no case should Click Therapeutics support of a colleague's temporary visa application or sponsorship of a colleague for permanent residence be construed to guarantee success of that application or amend or otherwise invalidate the "at-will" employment relationship between the colleague and Click Therapeutics.