Senior Director, Drug Development Portfolio Manager

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🕒 May 4

🍂 Massachusetts – Remote

🍂 Massachusetts – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

👔 Director

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ICON plc

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1990

💊 Pharmaceuticals

🧬 Biotechnology

⚕️ Healthcare Insurance

Pharmaceuticals • Biotechnology • Healthcare Insurance

ICON plc is a global provider of clinical, consulting, and commercial services across various sectors in the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries. They offer a wide range of clinical solutions, including decentralised clinical trials, cardiac safety solutions, early clinical laboratories, and medical imaging. ICON also provides technology solutions that support drug development from early phases to post-marketing. Their therapeutic expertise spans cardiovascular, oncology, internal medicine, and more, with a strong focus on transformative therapies like cell and gene therapies and biosimilars. ICON is recognized as a leading Contract Research Organisation (CRO), regularly providing thought leadership and contributing to industry publications and events. Their services are tailored to optimize clinical trials, offer regulatory intelligence, and deliver real-world evidence through robust data analysis and patient-centric solutions.

📋 Description

• Oversees the high-level plans and progress of teams, managing projects from pre-clinical stages through to commercialization. • Responsible for incorporating overarching indication activities and milestones, documenting their downstream impact, and justifying changes in project budget and resources. • Involves close collaboration with the Asset Strategy Lead and function leads within the EDST or AST. • Compiles and owns the integrated cross-functional project plan, ensuring alignment with corporate strategy. • Advocates for project management techniques and processes, coaching team members on consistent utilization, including risk mapping, mitigation strategies, and logging lessons learned. • Supports the development of team members, enhancing their confidence, skills, and experiences in alignment with corporate strategy. • Establishes a project lifetime plan with appropriate detail, proactively identifying risks and resolving issues. • Maintains and communicates project timelines, budgets, and resource allocations, flagging delays and discrepancies. • Fosters high team performance by proactively engaging stakeholders and partnering with project leadership. • Collaborates with various teams and function leads to translate strategies into integrated project plans. • Communicates any significant project accelerations or delays to leadership, driving corrective actions as needed. • Develops and implements methods and frameworks for quality decision-making to support operational excellence in drug development projects.

🎯 Requirements

• Strong leadership skills, promoting values that enhance team dynamics. • Excellent communication skills, fostering inclusivity and collaboration. • Proven interpersonal skills for conflict mediation and management. • Solid project management skills with broad exposure to the pharmaceutical R&D process; advanced planning experience with MS Project is essential. • PMP certification is a plus. • Adaptability to continuous change. • Proficient verbal and written English communication skills (full professional proficiency required). • Advanced degree (Master’s or PhD) in a health-related discipline or equivalent experience. • Minimum of 10 years of experience in drug development across various phases and disease areas. • At least 5 years of program management experience in a pharmaceutical or biotech setting, preferably in cross-cultural environments. • Genuine interest and some experience in people management. • Experience in Regulatory Affairs and/or Clinical Development is an advantage.

🏖️ Benefits

• Various annual leave entitlements • A range of health insurance offerings to suit you and your family’s needs. • Competitive retirement planning offerings to maximize savings and plan with confidence for the years ahead. • Global Employee Assistance Programme, TELUS Health, offering 24-hour access to a global network of over 80,000 independent specialised professionals who are there to support you and your family’s well-being. • Life assurance • Flexible country-specific optional benefits, including childcare vouchers, bike purchase schemes, discounted gym memberships, subsidised travel passes, health assessments, among others.