Director, Program Management at Entrada Therapeutics in Boston, MA

What’s happening at Entrada Therapeutics?Our mission is simple and direct and that is to treat devastating diseases.Using our proprietary Endosomal Escape Vehicle (EEV) platform, we are advancing a diverse pipeline of oligonucleotide, enzyme, protein and peptide programs to efficiently engage intracellular targets across multiple therapeutic areas. We’re a tight-knit team of experts and leaders in both therapeutics development and rare disease spaces -- our novel approach to drug design and delivery addresses several important challenges associated with the development of large and small molecule therapeutics, and represents a fundamental advancement in the field of intracellular therapeutics delivery.

Entrada Therapeutics is excited to grow and attract colleagues who are ready to join a high energy, dedicated team that likes to get things done and dramatically improve the lives of patients and their families.

The perfect fit:

You operate independently, live in the details and able to anticipate the team’s needs, while seamlessly pivoting to meet changing priorities in a fast-paced environment. You follow up and follow through, connecting problems with solutions with efficiency.You work successfully in a team environment with strong interpersonal skills to effectively build working relationships inside and outside the company.

The opportunity:

The Director of Program Management should be goal oriented, disciplined, and have the ability to work with technical program management and cross functional leadership to drive discovery and early-stage clinical programs through key milestones.Responsibilities may include:

• Translate goals into detailed project tasks, properly sequenced, resourced and budgeted with estimated timeframes (Gantt charts) to key milestones.
• Continuous support for teams to proactively track and monitor project progress. Work with teams to identify criteria for decision making and support team in creating forums for presentation of new information, timely decision making and responsiveness.
• Summarize complex topics and relay information regarding project status, issues, decisions, etc. team members, senior leadership and staff as appropriate.
• Lead team through periodic risk identification and management process.
• When needed, work with project sub team leads from all functions to support outsourced work related to program deliverables.
• Work with project lead and sub team leaders from science, pharmacology/safety, CMC, Clinical, and Regulatory to create a highly functional team environment. Develop strong and trusting relationships with team members.
• Interact with support functions (legal, finance, strategy an operations) to ensure transparency alignment for programs.

The necessities:

At Entrada, our passion for science, our devotion to patients and our values drive our behavior:

Humanity- We genuinely care about patients and about one another

Tenacity- We are relentless and persistent in the pursuit of developing therapies for patients

Creativity- We are creative problem solvers

Collaboration- We are more than the sum of our parts

Curiosity- We have a growth mindset and push conventional thought and theory

To thrive on our team, you will need to come with:

• BS/BA degree required
• MS/MBA/PhD and / or PMP certification preferred
• Experience in the pharmaceutical/biotech industry
• 5+ years of experience managing cross-functional teams in discovery, preclinical, and/or clinical
• High level of mastery in basic project management including scope, time, and cost management
• Experience guiding teams through goal setting, planning, budgeting, timeline management, and transition through stage gates
• Leadership skills, personal integrity and the ability to work well with others in a fast paced environment is critical
• Good working knowledge of various functional groups including science, pharmacology/safety, CMC, Clinical, and Regulatory
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Good skills with Microsoft Project, Excel, PowerPoint and Word
• Experience with contractor management, familiarity with success factors