Director Program Manager, Product Launch (Rare Disease)

Scorpion Therapeutics; Redwood City (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Disability insurance

Life & long-term care

Holiday pay

Vacation program

401(k) match

Educational assistance

Fitness center reimbursement

Job summary

Scorpion Therapeutics seeks an experienced Launch Program Manager to lead the market readiness plan. You will coordinate with the PMO and Commercial teams to ensure timelines, ownership, and interdependencies are aligned for a successful launch.

You will develop dashboards and KPIs, identify risks, and escalate issues to senior leadership. The role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration in rare disease launches and post-launch transition support.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA/MS preferred.
• 8+ years in program/project management in biopharma; at least 3 years leading/supporting commercial launch in rare disease.
• Working knowledge of commercialization functions for rare disease launches; experience in rare disease/specialty/first-launch environments preferred.
• Ability to manage complex cross-functional projects and align stakeholders.
• Strong commercialization processes/timelines knowledge.
• Excellent organizational, communication, and presentation skills.
• Proficiency with tools such as Smartsheet and MS Project; collaboration platforms.
• PMP or related certification a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead, facilitate, coordinate, and guide all aspects of the Launch Plan with the Launch Team Leader(s) to enable market launch.
• Serve as central coordination point to ensure launch plan completeness, accuracy, timelines, and interdependencies.
• Coordinate daily between PMO and Commercial Chief of Staff; monitor tasks/deliverables, measure variances, outline risks, and adjust for change.
• Support cross-functional launch team meetings; ensure clear ownership, alignment, and accountability for tasks, milestones, and deliverables.
• Develop/maintain dashboards, reports, and KPIs for launch readiness; identify risks, gaps, and mitigations and support enterprise PMO inputs.
• Escalate critical issues timely and align with senior leadership for decision-making.
• Drive program governance, PMO best practices, and change control processes.
• Build trust-based relationships to drive collaboration and transparency.
• Support post-launch transition activities as needed.

Skills

Program management

Biopharma

Cross-functional leadership

Smartsheet

MS Project

PMP

Education

Bachelor’s degree

MBA/MS preferred

Tools

Smartsheet

MS Project

Job description

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead, facilitate, coordinate, and guide all aspects of the Launch Plan with the Launch Team Leader(s) to enable market launch.
• Serve as central coordination/communication point to ensure launch plan completeness, accuracy, timelines, and interdependencies.
• Coordinate daily between PMO and Commercial Chief of Staff; monitor tasks/deliverables, measure variances, outline risks, and adjust for change.
• Support cross-functional launch team meetings; ensure clear ownership, alignment, and accountability for tasks, milestones, and deliverables.
• Develop/maintain dashboards, reports, and KPIs for launch readiness; identify risks, gaps, and mitigations and support enterprise PMO inputs.
• Escalate critical issues timely and align with senior leadership for decision-making.
• Drive program governance, PMO best practices, and change control processes.
• Build trust-based relationships to drive collaboration and transparency.
• Support post-launch transition activities as needed.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA/MS preferred.
• 8+ years in program/project management in biopharma; at least 3 years leading/supporting commercial launch and/or pre-commercial readiness in rare disease.
• Working knowledge of commercialization functions for rare disease launches; experience in rare disease/specialty/first-launch environments strongly preferred.
• Ability to manage complex cross-functional projects and align stakeholders.
• Strong commercialization processes/timelines knowledge.
• Excellent organizational, communication, and presentation skills.
• Proficiency with tools such as Smartsheet and MS Project; collaboration platforms.
• PMP or related certification a plus.

Benefits (as stated):

• Health (medical/dental/vision)
• disability
• life & long-term care
• holiday pay
• vacation program
• 401(k) match
• educational assistance
• fitness center reimbursement.