Strategic Program Manager

Stevenson Search Partners; United States; On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Stevenson Search Partners recruits on behalf of a global biopharmaceutical client for a Strategic Medical Planning Program Manager of Medical Affairs. The role partners with Global Medical Leads and Global Medical Directors across the Solid Tumor portfolio to drive medical plans from strategy through execution. You will coordinate cross-functional teams and manage timelines, risks, and governance to keep initiatives aligned with medical strategy and objectives.

Qualifications

• Significant program/project management experience within Medical Affairs in the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry.
• Experience supporting global Medical Affairs teams and global medical planning.
• Strong understanding of cross-functional operations with Clinical Development, Commercial, HEOR, Publications/Medical Communications and other stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Serve as strategic program management partner to Global Medical Leads and Global Medical Directors across the Solid Tumor portfolio.
• Lead and coordinate global medical plans from strategy through execution, translating strategies into clear priorities, deliverables, timelines, and actions.
• Program-manage cross-functional Global Medical Teams, partnering across Medical Affairs, Medical Communications/Publications, HEOR, Clinical Development, Commercial, and other key functions.
• Establish and maintain integrated project plans, timelines, milestones, dependencies, action items, and decision points.

Skills

Program management

Global collaboration

Cross-functional leadership

Governance

Stakeholder management

Job description

Our On-Demand Talent Solutions team is excited to announce that we are hiring a Strategic Medical Planning Program Manager of Medical Affairs on behalf of our client. This client is a global, commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company that is focused on the discover, development and commercialization of innovative medicines with a broad and growing oncology portfolio.

Summary:

The Strategic Medical Planning Program Manager of Medical Affairs will serve as a strategic partner and act as the executional engine that keeps global medical planning moving forward.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as a strategic program management partner to Global Medical Leads and Global Medical Directors across the Solid Tumor portfolio.
• Lead and coordinate global medical plans from strategy through execution, translating strategies into clear priorities, deliverables, timelines, and actions.
• Program-manage cross-functional Global Medical Teams, partnering across Medical Affairs, Medical Communications/Publications, HEOR, Clinical Development, Commercial, and other key functions.
• Establish and maintain integrated project plans, timelines, milestones, dependencies, action items, and decision points to keep deliverables aligned and on track.
• Facilitate global team meetings, planning sessions, and governance discussions while identifying risks, competing priorities, resource constraints, and dependencies and driving resolution.
• Influence stakeholders across complex, matrixed global teams, creating accountability, navigating competing needs, and maintaining alignment with medical strategy and organizational objectives.
• Support knowledge transfer, governance structures, and ways of working while serving as a consistent point of connectivity across Global Medical and cross-functional stakeholders.

Qualifications:

• Significant program/project management experience within Medical Affairs in the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry.
• Experience supporting global Medical Affairs teams and global medical planning, rather than experience limited exclusively to U.S. or regional Medical Affairs.
• Strong understanding of how Medical Affairs operates cross-functionally and interacts with functions such as Clinical Development, Commercial, HEOR, Publications/Medical Communications, and other medical stakeholders.