
Director, Oncology Program Management
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Job overview
The Director, Oncology Program Management leads program management for oncology drug development and product lifecycle management. The role partners with team leads on global product development strategies, establishes team processes, drives strategic decisions and delivery, and improves team efficiency, quality, and performance. It also plans and tracks projects, manages budgets and risks, and supports cross-functional teams and governance activities.
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Full job description
General Description:
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Lead program management for oncology drug development and product lifecycle management.
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Partner with Team Lead to lead development of global product development strategies.
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Establish clear processes for program team management and communication.
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Drive strategic team decision-making and delivery of team goals and objectives.
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Lead process improvement initiatives and optimize team efficiency, quality and performance.
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Collaborate with team to deliver on commitments to the organization and to patients.
Essential Functions of the job:
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Plan and execute projects in accordance with the global asset development strategy.
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Facilitate alignment with key functions and stakeholders and ensure communication across project team.
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Develop, validate, and maintain integrated project plan(s) within the enterprise project system.
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Provide visuals of project plans for use with teams and other stakeholders.
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Ensure team understanding, alignment and achievement of key goals, milestones and deliverables.
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Plan, track, and manage project milestones, dependencies, and critical path.
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Facilitate team planning sessions: develop team charter, define project scope, and ensure global cross-functional alignment.
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Implement good project and risk management practices.
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Manage process for project budget oversight, planning and control.
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Liaise with internal collaborators to deliver high quality work product, presentations, governance investments and updates etc.
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Provide internal project management support to core and sub teams, as necessary.
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Coordinate team meeting schedules, prepare agendas and minutes, track action items and progress reports according to project management best practices.
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Assume additional responsibilities and leadership that are commensurate with experience and expertise such as independently providing alliance management for drug development partners, independently leading oversight steering committees.
Education and Experience:
- Bachelor’s Degree with 10 + years’ experience in clinical and drug development in the biotech/pharmaceutical industry
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- Master’s Degree or above with 7 + years’ experience in clinical and drug development in the biotech/pharmaceutical industry
Computer Skills: Efficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, Project, and Outlook
Other Qualifications: PMP certification a plus
Travel: As Needed
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.
How this job compares
Set against the 10,754 open Program Management jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- California median$148–220K/yr1,083 salary ranges
- California median$34–49/hr39 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 1,349 open Program Management jobs in California and 10,754 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
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- Experience
- Program Management postings that state a minimum ask for 7 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 5 to 10 years (9,229 postings).
- Education
- 4,238 of the 10,754 open Program Management jobs (39%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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