Associate Director, Program Management Group Leader

LONZA BIOSCIENCE SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.; Southwest; On-site; SGD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the biotech sector seeks a Program Manager to lead a high-performing team, ensuring program success and compliance with industry standards. The role involves mentoring, strategic oversight, and financial accountability while fostering a collaborative culture.

Qualifications

• Experience in FDA regulated biotech/pharma industry.
• Proven experience in project management.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a high-performing Program Management team.
• Drive financial accountability for assigned programs.
• Ensure adherence to Global Program and Project standards.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Negotiation

Education

Degree in Life Sciences

PMP Certification

Job description

Key responsibilities:

• Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing Program Management (PM) team, fostering a culture aligned with PM values.
• Retain and nurture PM talent, ensuring continuous growth and professional development.
• Maintain oversight of the team’s program portfolio, providing strategic support where needed.
• Promote a balanced and healthy work-life culture.
• Implement and support best practices, tools, and methodologies within the PM team.
• Guide Program Managers in issue resolution, prioritization, and resource management to ensure program success.
• Act as the primary escalation point beyond Program Managers, both internally and externally.
• Establish and enforce robust internal and external governance structures, ensuring stakeholder alignment.
• Contribute to local Sales & Operations meetings by delivering accurate forecasting and demand planning insights.
• Ensure adherence to Global Program and Project Center of Excellence (PPM CoE) standards, with a focus on data integrity in Planview.
• Serve as the key interface between the Customer and Lonza, ensuring seamless execution and delivery per expectations.
• Advocate for Customer needs on-site, strengthening collaborative relationships with Account Management and Sales teams.
• Drive financial accountability for assigned programs, including forecasting, invoicing, and revenue recognition.
• Lead and inspire cross-functional project teams to deliver on all scope objectives with the highest quality standards.
• Hold team members accountable for their contributions and program milestones.
• Drive continuous improvement by developing and sharing best practices in PM tools and methodologies.

Key requirements:

• Degree in Life Sciences related discipline with commercial acumen or experience in project planning; PMP Certification highly desired.
• Experience working in FDA regulated biotech/pharma industry with proven experience in a project management capacity.
• Relevant business and customer interaction experience in a CDMO highly preferred, but not essential.
• Knowledge base of clinical research strongly preferred, with experience of moving pharmaceutical products from clinical into commercial manufacturing environments an advantage.
• Statistical techniques and failure analysis, validation concepts.
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills to be applied at high level.