Associate Director, Program Management Office, Global Medical Affairs - Solid Tumor Franchise

General Description:

The Associate Director, Global Medical Affairs Program Management Office (GMA PMO), will partner with the Director, GMA PMO to support the global solid tumor franchise. Serving as a Franchise Program Manager and strategic thought partner to global disease leads, this role helps shape priorities and leads the planning, coordination, and execution of key Medical Affairs initiatives.

Working closely with Global Hematology Medical Directors and Franchise Leadership, the Associate Director will drive major deliverables including advisory boards, integrated evidence plans, thought leader engagement strategies, and launch planning and budgets. This role also develops tracking tools and reporting to monitor progress and ensure alignment across cross-functional teams. This role will provide constructive challenge, surface risks and trade-offs, and develop tracking tools and reporting to monitor progress and ensure alignment across cross-functional teams.

As a core member of the PMO, the Associate Director will lead additional initiatives to enhance processes and improve operational efficiency across Global Medical Affairs.

The ideal candidate is a strategic, execution-focused leader who thrives in a complex, matrixed, and dynamic environment. They are a strong communicator and problem solver who can build trusted partnerships, manage competing priorities, synthesize complex information, and drive initiatives forward with a high level of ownership and initiative. Flexibility, adaptability, sound judgment, and comfort navigating ambiguity are essential.

This position will report to the Director, GMA PMO.

Essential Functions of the job:

• Lead cross-functional planning and execution of global solid tumor medical initiatives across disease areas and assets

• Drive development and tracking of integrated evidence plans and medical strategies

• Facilitate alignment across disease teams, franchise leadership, regions, and key cross-functional stakeholders; surface decisions, risks, dependencies, and trade-offs

• Develop and manage integrated project plans, including timelines, milestones, resources, dependencies, risks, and critical path activities

• Lead effective team meetings, including agenda development, documentation of decisions and action items, and tracking of follow-ups in accordance with project management best practices

• Synthesize complex information and develop clear, high-impact presentations that communicate medical strategy, recommendations, plans, progress, and decisions to stakeholders

• Drive continuous improvement within the PMO by identifying efficiencies, sharing best practices, and implementing fit-for-purpose processes and performance metrics across Global Medical Affairs; adapt approaches as franchise needs evolve

Required Experience

• Bachelor’s degree with 8+ years, or Master’s degree with 6+ years of relevant experience in drug development within academia, consulting, pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry.

• 5+ years of experience in project or program management

• Demonstrated understanding of the solid tumor oncology landscape and the medical affairs environment (preferred)

• Experience supporting Global Medical Affairs activities, including medical strategy and planning, advisory boards, integrated evidence planning, thought leader engagement, or launch readiness

• Strong proficiency in project and program management tools and systems (e.g., Smartsheet, MS Project, Excel, PowerPoint), including development of dashboards, trackers, and reporting

• Proven ability to lead complex, cross-functional initiatives

• Experience with integrated evidence generation planning highly desirable

Computer Skills:

Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel, Power Point, Word, Teams) is required. Proficiency (or familiarity with an ability to learn quickly) in Smartsheet is required.

Other Qualifications:

• PMP Certification a plus

Travel:

Work-related travel will be less than 10%. Over-time and weekend travel may be required on occasion.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.