Strategic Product Development Program Lead

Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc.; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc. is seeking a Senior Program Manager to lead a portfolio of product development projects and drive integrated cross-functional plans.

You will coordinate clinical, regulatory, CMC, manufacturing, quality, and commercial efforts to meet milestones and optimize resources. The role emphasizes leadership without direct authority, strong communication, and the ability to navigate a matrixed environment while maintaining a focus on program goals and timelines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a scientific, engineering, healthcare, or business discipline; advanced degree preferred.
• Proven track record of leading pharmaceutical, biotech, or life sciences development programs.
• Ability to build productive relationships with internal and external partners.
• Strong leadership and cross-functional management skills.
• Experience managing integrated timelines, budgets, risks, and governance deliverables.

Responsibilities

• Leads the assigned portfolio of product development projects to success.
• Develops and owns comprehensive development plans with timelines, resources, budgets, risks, milestones.
• Integrates functional plans into a single cross-functional plan with clear ownership and dependencies.
• Identifies and manages project risks and mitigation strategies.
• Maintains program-level risk, issue, decision, and dependency tracking and escalation.
• Represents the company on external pipeline projects and ensures proper resourcing and progress.

Skills

Program management

Cross-functional leadership

Stakeholder relations

Risk management

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

PMP certification

Tools

MS Project

Jira

Excel

Job description

Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc. is seeking a Senior Program Manager to lead a portfolio of product development projects and drive integrated cross-functional plans.

You will coordinate clinical, regulatory, CMC, manufacturing, quality, and commercial efforts to meet milestones and optimize resources. The role emphasizes leadership without direct authority, strong communication, and the ability to navigate a matrixed environment while maintaining a focus on program goals and timelines.