Senior PMO Consultant

Kaye/Bassman International; New Jersey; On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Kaye/Bassman International is seeking a senior operator to support the CMO's organization in New Jersey. This full-time, 12-month consulting role requires extensive experience in clinical development program management, strong regulatory knowledge, and the ability to lead cross-functional teams efficiently.

The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences or higher, with at least 10 years of relevant experience. Responsibilities include running operating rhythms, managing dependencies, and ensuring sustainable outcomes.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in clinical development program/portfolio management.
• Experience in chief-of-staff or a senior operating role.
• Consulting background is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Run the operating rhythm for the CMO's organization.
• Coordinate delivery across the clinical development chain.
• Track milestones, deliverables, and risks.

Skills

Clinical development program management

Cross-functional delivery orchestration

Regulatory knowledge (FDA, EMA/ICH)

Strong written communication

Ability to work under ambiguity

Education

Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences

Advanced degree preferred

Job description

Full-Time Consulting Role (40 hours/week)

Duration: 12 months

Position: The CMO's organization is managing multiple concurrent deliveries against competing priorities and finite capacity. This engagement brings in a senior operator to install the operating rhythm, orchestrate cross-team execution, and create the visibility and decision discipline needed to land commitments on time and to leave behind an operating system the organization can sustain.

Responsibilities:

• Run the operating rhythm for the CMO's organization, leadership meetings, prioritization, and clear paths for decisions and escalations.
• Maintain a single, transparent view of priorities and force resolution when demands compete for the same capacity.
• Coordinate delivery across the clinical development chain (Clinical Ops, Biostatistics, Data Management, Regulatory, CMC, Medical), managing the dependencies that gate submissions.
• Track milestones, deliverables, and risks across the portfolio; maintain a live view of what's on track and what's not, and drive timely course corrections.
• Prepare the CMO for board, executive, and governance meetings, briefings, decision materials, and follow-through.
• Triage demands on the CMO's office and cleanly tee up decisions.
• Lead discrete cross-cutting initiatives on the CMO's behalf (e.g., portfolio prioritization, capacity planning).
• Stand up simple, fit-for-purpose reporting so status and trade-offs stay visible.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences; advanced degree preferred.
• 10+ years across clinical development program/portfolio management and a chief-of-staff or equivalent senior operating role.
• Deep clinical development background, with program management experience in a senior role within a clinical development organization.
• Consulting background.
• Fluent from phase through submission: study start-up, trial execution, CRO management, and coordination across Clinical Ops, Biostatistics, Data Management, CMC, and Regulatory.
• Regulatory experience, working knowledge of FDA (ideally EMA/ICH) processes and submission requirements, enough to anticipate regulatory dependencies rather than react to them.
• Hands‑on BLA experience has personally worked on a Biologics License Application, including module coordination, submission timeline, and the cross‑functional submission team.
• Strong record orchestrating cross‑functional delivery under competing priorities and fixed regulatory timelines.
• Experience in building repeatable operating systems, not just task lists.
• Drives accountability across teams that don't report to them.
• Credible in the C‑suite and trusted to prepare an executive for high‑stakes moments.
• Strong written communication; turns complexity into clear decisions.
• Comfortable with ambiguity, with the judgment to know what to elevate versus absorb.