About the role

The Associate Director, Project Management at CG Oncology plays a critical role in leading cross-functional projects that support the company's evolution from a clinical-stage organization to one with scalable business processes, governance routines, and support systems for commercial operations. As part of the Program Management Office, this role partners with functional leaders and project teams to plan, organize, track, and drive enterprise priorities, including organizational readiness, post-approval initiatives, and other strategic projects defined by the company. The role requires strong project leadership, clear communication, disciplined follow-through, and the ability to create structure in complex, fast-moving work environments.

Essential Functions

• Support enterprise transformation initiatives as CG Oncology evolves from a clinical-stage organization to an organization with scalable business processes and support systems for commercial operations, including organizational readiness, cross-functional operating model development, governance, process implementation, and post-approval project execution.
• Develop and maintain integrated project plans, including objectives, deliverables, timelines, dependencies, risks, decision points, and success criteria, in collaboration with cross-functional teams.
• Facilitate decision-making, issue resolution, and problem-solving by clarifying options, surfacing tradeoffs, documenting outcomes, and driving follow-through with team members and stakeholders.
• Conduct scenario planning and support business case preparation for enterprise initiatives, including resource needs, operational impacts, timing considerations, implementation risks, and decision options.
• Maintain consistent meeting management, governance routines, action tracking, decision logs, and communication protocols to support effective collaboration, stakeholder alignment, and timely escalation.
• Identify project objectives, milestones, risks, decisions, and interdependencies; track progress against plan; and provide clear, timely updates to stakeholders and leadership.
• Assist in developing and sustaining scalable project management processes, tools, templates, and governance practices within the PMO.
• Collaborate with global and cross-functional teams on improvement initiatives, operational readiness activities, and other enterprise projects as defined by the company.
• Champion cross-functional collaboration to support strategic decision-making, alignment across functions, and coordinated execution of business-critical priorities.
• Drive communication and build relationships with cross-functional partners.
• Use sound judgment, influence, and negotiation skills to help teams resolve issues, align on business-critical solutions, and maintain momentum against priority timelines.
• Apply strong problem-solving skills to design, structure, and lead projects through ambiguity, complexity, and changing business priorities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required. Advanced degree in life sciences, business, project management, or a related discipline preferred.
• Minimum of 8+ years of relevant industry experience in project management, program management, operations, organizational readiness, business process implementation, or related fields within biotechnology, pharmaceutical, or life sciences environments.
• Knowledge of project management software, collaboration tools, reporting tools, and document management systems used to plan, track, communicate, and govern cross-functional work.

Work Authorization: Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.

Please note that CG Oncology does not accept unsolicited information and/or resumes from search firms or agencies for our job postings. Any resumes or client information submitted to our careers page or any employee of CG Oncology by any search firm or agency without an applicable contract in place will become the property of CG Oncology and no fee(s) will be paid.

Total Rewards

CG Oncology offers very competitive and comprehensive Total Rewards, helping to support and reward our global team of high-performing employees focused on developing bladder-saving therapeutics for patients afflicted with bladder cancer.

• HIGHLY COMPETITIVE SALARIES
• ANNUAL PERFORMANCE/MERIT REVIEWS
• ANNUAL PERFORMANCE BONUSES
• EQUITY
• SPECIAL RECOGNITION

Well-Being Benefits

In addition to our Total Rewards, CG Oncology offers a variety of Well-Being Benefits to meet the majority of the needs of our unique and growing workforce. These benefits are designed to support our team to achieve a healthy balance between work and their personal lives to remain refreshed, engaged, and creating an environment where each person can find a deeper meaning and purpose in their work.

Well-Being Benefits eligibility begins the 1st of the month after hire. While a majority of these benefits are for our US-based workforce, we continue to assess comparable levels of benefits for our international team members that are aligned with country-specific regulations and their national programs offered.

• FULLY REMOTE WORK ENVIRONMENT
• REST AND RECHARGE BENEFITS - Unlimited Flexible Time Off
• HOLIDAYS -In 2026 we will observe 14 holidays
• RETIREMENT - 401K with 100% company Safe Harbor match up to 4% of base salary
• HEALTH (MEDICAL, DENTAL, VISION) - PPO & HDHP - Cigna/Principal
• HEALTH SPENDING ACCOUNTS - HSA (with Annual Company Contribution), FSA, FSA-DC
• ILLNESS & DISABILITY PROTECTION - Company Paid LTD Coverage + Voluntary Plans
• LIFE INSURANCE - Company Paid 2 x base salary + Voluntary Plans
• ADDITIONAL EXCLUSIVE BENEFITS - Voluntary Legal, Pet, Plus More