Job Description
Cystic Fibrosis Portfolio & Program Management Team - Associate Director
Hybrid Role: 3-days in office
General Summary:
The Portfolio & Program Management Associate Director is a global role within the Program and Portfolio Management (PPM) organization. The incumbent is responsible for delivering cross-functional project management excellence to programs across the drug development lifecycle (Research, Pre-clinical and Clinical Development, Registration and Commercialization). This incumbent is expected to apply expertise in project management to shape objectives and drive execution of global strategy for cross-functional drug development teams and portfolio operations initiatives.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Oversee integrated project planning processes for one or more teams including scheduling, risk management, communication plans and reporting
- Oversee completion of project team deliverables and contribute to content development, when appropriate
- Independently facilitate cross-functional team discussions and drive the team toward decisions
- Partner with team lead(s) to set strategy, goals and milestones
- Proactively identify roadblocks and/or constraints impacting project execution
- With support, determine approach and stakeholders for cross-functional decision-making and issue resolution
- With support, establish project team operating norms and measure performance
- Provide active meeting management by capturing minutes and tracking action items, when required
- Apply professional experience to mentor junior PPM staff
Knowledge and Skills:
- Breadth of knowledge of project and portfolio management principles, best practices, tools, technology and methods
- Excellent written and oral communication skills, including well-developed presentation skills
- Pharmaceutical drug discovery and development specialized knowledge across multiple disciplines
- Organizational skills and an ability to manage multiple priorities
- Strong collaboration skills to effectively interact with internal or external stakeholders at all levels in the organization
- General business management knowledge to assess the impact of project decisions on financial and corporate objectives
Education and Experience:
- Typically requires a Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences or a relevant field
- Typically requires 8 years of experience, or the equivalent combination of education and experience
- Experience within the Life Sciences industry or similar
Flex Designation:
Hybrid-Eligible Or On-Site Eligible
Flex Eligibility Status:
In this Hybrid-Eligible role, you can choose to be designated as:
1. Hybrid: work remotely up to two days per week; or select
2. On-Site: work five days per week on-site with ad hoc flexibility.
Note: The Flex status for this position is subject to Vertex’s Policy on Flex @ Vertex Program and may be changed at any time.
Company Information
Vertex is a global biotechnology company that invests in scientific innovation.
Vertex is committed to equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to a person's race, color, sex, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, marital status, or any characteristic protected under applicable law. Vertex is an E-Verify Employer in the United States. Vertex will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities, in accordance with applicable law.
Any applicant requiring an accommodation in connection with the hiring process and/or to perform the essential functions of the position for which the applicant has applied should make a request to the recruiter or hiring manager, or contact Talent Acquisition at [email protected]
What We Do
Vertex is a global biotechnology company that invests in scientific innovation to create transformative medicines for people with serious and life-threatening diseases.
We discovered and developed the first medicines to treat the underlying cause of cystic fibrosis (CF), a rare, life-threatening genetic disease. In addition to clinical development programs in CF, Vertex has more than a dozen ongoing research programs focused on the underlying mechanisms of other serious diseases.
Founded in 1989 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, our corporate headquarters is now located in Boston’s Innovation District, and our international headquarters is in London, United Kingdom. We currently employ approximately 3,500 people in the United States, Europe, Canada, Australia and Latin America with nearly two-thirds of our staff dedicated to research and development.
Vertex is consistently recognized as one of the industry’s top places to work by Science Magazine, The Boston Globe, Boston Business Journal and the San Diego Business Journal. Our research and medicines have also received esteemed recognitions, including the Robert J. Beall Therapeutics Development Award, the French Prix Galien and the British Pharmacological Society awards.
