Associate Director, Accelerando Program Leader

Jobtailor; New Jersey; On-site; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in New Jersey is seeking an experienced senior project manager to lead complex clinical development programs. You will create and maintain integrated study schedules using MS Project, align timelines with development plans, and drive decisions with predictive analytics and dashboards.

The role requires 8+ years in pharma or healthcare, mentoring teams, and ability to operate in global matrixed organizations; Planisware experience is a plus; strong budgeting and risk management skills

Qualifications

• Minimum of a Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences, Nursing, Pharmacy, Business, or related discipline is required.
• Minimum 8 years of experience in pharmaceutical, healthcare, biotechnology, or related industries.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex clinical development programs.
• Knowledge of project management methodologies, systems, and tools.
• Demonstrated expertise in MS Project.
• Proficiency with technology enabling tools including Visio, Excel, etc.
• Experience mentoring/coaching others.
• Experience operating in matrixed global organizations and leading without authority.
• Demonstrated ability to be creative and flexible to change/improve working environment in broad context.
• Hands on experience in Planisware

Responsibilities

• Create, maintain, and manage integrated study schedules in Microsoft Project including key events, roadmaps, and critical-path visualizations.
• Identify opportunities to accelerate development timelines while maintaining quality and compliance.
• Leverage digital planning platforms, integrated timelines, predictive analytics, dashboards, and program management tools to improve predictability and execution.
• Align clinical trial timelines with integrated clinical and compound development plans.
• Develop budget, timeline, and FTE forecasts; create scenario analyses in Planisware to support decision‑making.
• Identify and proactively manage risks, issues, assumptions, decisions, and dependencies.
• Collect, consolidate, and report financial, timeline, and resource metrics for governance reviews and external funding partnerships.
• Maintain study governance documentation, After Action Review and lessons learned.
• Support governance reviews, investment decisions, and portfolio prioritization activities.

Skills

Integrated Study Schedules

Predictive Analytics

Budget Forecasting

Timeline Management

Scenario Analysis

MS Project

Visio

Excel

Mentoring

Leading without Authority

Education

Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences, Nursing, Pharmacy, Business, or related discipline

PMP

CPM

Tools

Planisware

Job description

Responsibilities

• Create, maintain, and manage integrated study schedules in Microsoft Project including key events, roadmaps, and critical-path visualizations.
• Identify opportunities to accelerate development timelines while maintaining quality and compliance.
• Leverage digital planning platforms, integrated timelines, predictive analytics, dashboards, and program management tools to improve predictability and execution.
• Align clinical trial timelines with integrated clinical and compound development plans.
• Develop budget, timeline, and FTE forecasts; create scenario analyses in Planisware to support decision‑making.
• Identify and proactively manage risks, issues, assumptions, decisions, and dependencies.
• Collect, consolidate, and report financial, timeline, and resource metrics for governance reviews and external funding partnerships.
• Maintain study governance documentation, After Action Review and lessons learned.
• Support governance reviews, investment decisions, and portfolio prioritization activities.

Requirements

• Minimum of a Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences, Nursing, Pharmacy, Business, or related discipline is required.
• Minimum 8 years of experience in pharmaceutical, healthcare, biotechnology, or related industries.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex clinical development programs.
• Knowledge of project management methodologies, systems, and tools.
• Demonstrated expertise in MS Project.
• Proficiency with technology enabling tools including Visio, Excel, etc.
• Experience mentoring/coaching others.
• Experience operating in matrixed global organizations and leading without authority.
• Demonstrated ability to be creative and flexible to change/improve working environment in broad context.
• Preferred: Professional project management certification (i.e., PMP, CPM, etc.)
• Hands on experience in Planisware

Hard Skills

• Integrated Study Schedules
• Predictive Analytics
• Budget ForecastingTimeline Management
• Scenario Analysis

Soft Skills

• Mentoring
• Creative Problem Solving
• Flexibility to Change

Certifications & Qualifications

• PMP
• CPM