Director, Program Management — Biotech Drug Development

Kailera Therapeutics; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 196,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Flexible time off

Paid holidays

Wellness stipend

401(k) match

Tuition reimbursement

Commuter benefits

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Bonus opportunities

Equity grants

Job summary

Kailera Therapeutics in Waltham, MA seeks a Director, Program Management to lead multiple drug development projects from initiation to completion. You will partner with Clinical, Regulatory, Non-clinical, Technical Operations, and Commercial teams to ensure plans stay on time, in scope, and within budget, while proactively addressing risks.

The role focuses on building relationships across functions, detailing integrated plans, and driving program execution in a fast-paced biotech environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 10+ years of project management experience in biotech/pharma.
• Advanced degree with at least 8 years of PM experience in biotech/pharma.
• Masters in life sciences, PMP certification preferred.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration across clinical, regulatory, and technical operations; lifecycle awareness.

Responsibilities

• Support the Program Leader with planning, execution, and delivery of multiple projects across asset development
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to ensure alignment with company and program objectives
• Collaborate with Program Leader to ensure agenda topics and outputs align with the development plan
• Develop and own detailed integrated project plans, including goals, deliverables, timelines, and resource requirements
• Identify and manage project risks, issues, and dependencies, and proactively implement mitigation strategies
• Monitor project progress and provide regular updates to Program Leader and stakeholders
• Create and own program reports to executive and other governance teams

Skills

Drug development

Cross-functional leadership

NDA planning

US commercialization

Project management

Problem solving

Organizational skills

Communication

Smartsheet

MS Project

Excel

think-cell

OnePager

Biotech/pharma experience

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in science or engineering, 10+ years PM experience

Advanced degree in life sciences, 8+ years PM experience

Masters in life sciences

PMP certification preferred

Tools

Smartsheet

MS Project

Excel

think-cell

OnePager

Job description

Kailera Therapeutics in Waltham, MA seeks a Director, Program Management to lead multiple drug development projects from initiation to completion. You will partner with Clinical, Regulatory, Non-clinical, Technical Operations, and Commercial teams to ensure plans stay on time, in scope, and within budget, while proactively addressing risks.

The role focuses on building relationships across functions, detailing integrated plans, and driving program execution in a fast-paced biotech environment.