Senior Director, Global Program Management (Remote)

Scorpion Therapeutics; Bridgewater (MA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Scorpion Therapeutics seeks a Senior Director, Program Management to act as the operational backbone of the Global Program Team, guiding development through regulatory submission, manufacturing, and launch. You’ll embed with Respiratory Diagnosis Expansion 25% of the time and mentor PM talent across geographies.

You will lead critical path planning, governance, risk management, and executive communications for cross-functional programs, partnering with Regulatory, Clinical, and Commercial teams

Qualifications

• 15+ years progressive Program/Project Management experience in biotech/biopharma.
• Experience with GPT or equivalent cross-functional program structures in Program-First/matrix models.
• Experience managing Life Cycle Management activities, Health Authority interactions, and cross-functional launch readiness.
• Commercial program management exposure (launch readiness, milestone tracking, or market-facing execution).
• Executive presence; ability to lead through ambiguity and represent the PM function credibly at senior levels.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the senior operational proxy to the Global Program Head; co-own integrated program strategy and ensure alignment between GPT priorities, functional plans, and corporate/portfolio objectives.
• Lead GPT facilitation and organizational effectiveness (meeting design, working norms, decision rights, cadence, communication pathways) and champion Program-First mindset.
• Define/manage critical path activities, integrated timelines, resource plans, and program budgets; identify and resolve cross-functional dependencies and risks.
• Lead program documentation and risk governance (TPPs, IDPs, IEPs, dashboards, risk assessments, decision logs, version-controlled records).
• Prepare/present scenario planning and executive communications; own the program narrative for C-suite audiences.
• Oversee Life Cycle Management and Health Authority submissions (IND, NDA, JNDA, MAA, BLA) with Regulatory Affairs; support launch readiness and milestone tracking.
• Facilitate governance forums and executive readiness reviews; co-create Executive Committee materials.
• Support commercial and cross-functional execution for Respiratory Diagnosis Expansion (Advocacy, Medical, Market Access, Commercial, CE).
• Improve program management operating model/processes, tools, and standards across geographies.
• Mentor and develop program management talent; strengthen long-term execution capacity.

Skills

Program management

Cross-functional leadership

Executive communication

Budget management

Life cycle management

Regulatory submissions

Risk governance

Mentoring

Operational leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in scientific, medical, or business discipline

Advanced degree preferred (PhD/MD/MBA)

Tools

MS Project

Smartsheet

Veeva

SharePoint

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Scorpion Therapeutics seeks a Senior Director, Program Management to act as the operational backbone of the Global Program Team, guiding development through regulatory submission, manufacturing, and launch. You’ll embed with Respiratory Diagnosis Expansion 25% of the time and mentor PM talent across geographies.

You will lead critical path planning, governance, risk management, and executive communications for cross-functional programs, partnering with Regulatory, Clinical, and Commercial teams