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Definium Therapeutics

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2019

🏥 Healthcare

🧬 Biotechnology

💊 Pharmaceuticals

Healthcare • Biotechnology • Pharmaceuticals

Definium Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing precision psychedelic-derived therapeutics for psychiatric and neurodevelopmental disorders. The company focuses on pharmaceutically optimized formulations of lysergide (LSD) and an R-enantiomer of MDMA to treat conditions such as major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and core symptoms of autism spectrum disorder, advancing candidates through preclinical and clinical trials with a science-led, evidence-backed approach.

📋 Description

• Lead development and maintenance of integrated project plans aligning program strategy, milestones, deliverables, dependencies, and decision points across key functions • Partner with sub-team functional leads to ensure plans are realistic, aligned, and support successful program execution • Drive cross-functional execution by monitoring progress against milestones, deliverables, timelines, resources, and critical path activities • Facilitate productive team meetings and ensure accountability for decisions, actions, and follow-up activities • Identify, assess, and manage risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies, and opportunities affecting program objectives • Develop mitigation strategies, contingency plans, and escalation recommendations with teams • Support governance and leadership forums by preparing decision-focused materials, status updates, risk summaries, and recommendations • Communicate and align key program priorities, decisions, milestones, and risks across stakeholders • Identify opportunities to improve planning, execution, team effectiveness, and operational processes

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a scientific, business, operations, or related discipline required • Minimum 10 years of overall experience in the pharmaceutical or biotech industry preferred • Minimum 8 years of project/program management experience in the pharmaceutical, biotech, or life sciences industry • Strong understanding of end-to-end drug development business processes • Experience supporting cross-functional development teams, functional workstreams, or program-level initiatives in a matrixed environment • Ability to develop and manage integrated project plans, milestones, critical paths, dependencies, risks, issues, assumptions, and decision points • Experience working across one or more development functions, including clinical development, clinical operations, CMC, regulatory affairs, preclinical, translational, commercial, or medical affairs • Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office and project management tools such as Microsoft Project, Planisware Enterprise, Smartsheet, or equivalent systems • Experience in late-phase development organizations or late-stage asset planning preferred • Experience supporting NDA, BLA, MAA, major regulatory submissions, or submission-readiness planning preferred • Experience using Planisware Enterprise or other portfolio/project management systems in a development environment preferred • PMP, Agile, Lean Six Sigma, or other relevant project management certification preferred

🏖️ Benefits

• 100% paid health benefits including Medical, Dental and Vision for you and your dependents • 401(k) program with company match and vesting after the turn of the first month after your start date • Flexible time off • Generous parental leave • Fun fringe perks • Additional compensation, including bonus and equity may be available