Position Summary:The Associate Director, Program Management provides operational support for one or more Zenas clinical development programs. Serving as a trusted thought partner to the Global Project Leader (GPL), the ideal candidate uses exceptional communication and their high EQ to ensure Global Development Teams (GDTs) are organized and operating effectively.
Key Responsibilities:- Manage all GDT meeting operations, including agenda and pre-read preparation, facilitation, minutes, and action follow-up, ensuring that topics, objectives, and timing are appropriate for a cross-functional audience
- Develop and maintain the integrated program timeline, including activities, assumptions, risks, and key interdependencies, in alignment with the development strategy
- Maintain the program risk and mitigation log, driving regular team review and escalating risks to impacted functions and program leadership
- Support development of team governance presentations
- Serve as a trusted thought partner to the GPL in setting program priorities, running meetings, and creating deliverables
- Promote team operating principles, fostering a "one team" mindset and removing barriers to cooperation across functions
- Implement program management systems and best practices to ensure consistency and operational effectiveness across GDTs
Qualifications:Required:- Bachelor's degree
- 8+ years of prior program management experience within clinical drug development
- Demonstrated understanding of drug development and all relevant core functional areas, including the interdependencies needed to develop integrated timelines
- Ability to prioritize and deliver on simultaneous complex workstreams
- Ability to change direction quickly as business needs require, embracing change as an opportunity and helping team members navigate it
- Continuous growth mindset
- Exceptional written and oral communication skills
- Demonstrated emotional intelligence, including the ability to navigate cross-functional dynamics and foster team health
Preferred:- Experience with Smartsheet, ThinkCell, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Teams
- Experience across multiple phases of drug development
The position is eligible for a competitive compensation and benefits package.
Zenas is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The base salary pay range for this role is $155,200 to $194,000. Actual compensation packages will depend on various factors, including, but not limited to depth of experience, education, skillset, overall performance and/or location.
Zenas believes in providing a competitive compensation and benefits package to all employees. Our base salary is just one component of Zenas' competitive total rewards strategy that also includes annual performance bonus, equity, full range of benefits and other incentive compensation plans.
