About This Role:

We are seeking an Associate Director, Project Management Lead to oversee our portfolio of programs across various phases of development. You will play a pivotal role in ensuring the success of our programs by driving effective cross-functional collaboration and seamless program execution. This position involves partnering with project team leads and key stakeholders to resolve issues, generate plans, and deliver results effectively. You will coordinate program team efforts across multiple indications and maintain detailed integrated program timelines, including scenario planning. Your role will bring value to our business by ensuring clear communication of program updates and milestones to internal and external stakeholders, including senior leadership. You will design and maintain dashboards and trackers to support information sharing, manage project team governance meetings, and implement risk management and mitigation efforts. As a crucial part of our structure, you will help facilitate goal setting and lead goal tracking efforts to drive organizational success.

What You’ll Do:

• Partner with project team leads and key stakeholders to identify and drive resolution of issues, generate plans, and deliver results.

• Coordinate program team efforts across multiple indications.

• Drive decision making and team effectiveness.

• Maintain detailed integrated program timelines, including scenario planning.

• Effectively communicate program updates and milestones to internal and external stakeholders, including senior leadership.

• Design and maintain dashboards and trackers to support information sharing.

• Manage project team governance meetings.

• Implement risk management and risk mitigation efforts.

• Help facilitate goal setting and lead goal tracking efforts.

Who You Are:

You are a strategic thinker who thrives in a fast-paced, dynamic environment. Your excellent communication skills enable you to influence, negotiate, and resolve conflicts effectively. You have a keen attention to detail and a knack for identifying gaps and innovating solutions. Your ability to manage multiple priorities and allocate tasks efficiently sets you apart. You excel at facilitating workshops and group meetings, and you thrive when adapting to changing circumstances with minimal oversight.

Required Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree required. Advanced degree preferred.

• 5+ years direct experience in a Project Management related function required.

• 10+ years direct experience in the Pharmaceutical/Biotech industry required.

• Strong understanding of clinical trials/drug development.

• Ability to manage multiple priorities and allocate tasks efficiently.

• Strong attention to detail and an ability to identify gaps and innovate solutions.

• Excellent written and interpersonal communication skills and experience in facilitating workshops and group meetings.

• Ability to influence, negotiate, and resolve conflict.

• Ability to adapt and thrive in a rapidly changing, fast-moving, matrix environment with little oversight.

• Time management and self-prioritization skills.

Preferred Skills:

• Nephrology experience.

• Regulatory/Filing team support.

• PMO experience.

• PMP certification.

• Systems implementation experience.

• Discovery/Biomarkers experience.

Job Level: Management

Additional Information:

The base compensation range for this role is: $162,000.00-$223,000.00
Base salary offered is determined through an analytical approach utilizing a combination of factors including, but not limited to, relevant skills & experience, job location, and internal equity.

Regular employees are eligible to receive both short term and long-term incentives, including cash bonus and equity incentive opportunities, designed to reward recent achievements and recognize your future potential based on individual, business unit and company performance.

In addition to compensation, Biogen offers a full and highly competitive range of benefits designed to support our employees’ and their families physical, financial, emotional, and social well-being; including, but not limited to:

• Medical, Dental, Vision, & Life insurances
• Fitness & Wellness programs including a fitness reimbursement
• Short- and Long-Term Disability insurance
• A minimum of 15 days of paid vacation and an additional end-of-year shutdown time off (Dec 26-Dec 31)
• Up to 12 company paid holidays + 3 paid days off for Personal Significance
• 80 hours of sick time per calendar year
• Paid Maternity and Parental Leave benefit
• 401(k) program participation with company matched contributions
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Tuition reimbursement of up to $10,000 per calendar year
• Employee Resource Groups participation

Why Biogen?

We are a global team with a commitment to excellence, and a pioneering spirit. As a mid-sized biotechnology company, we provide the stability and resources of a well-established business while fostering an environment where individual contributions make a significant impact. Our team encompasses some of the most talented and passionate achievers who have unparalleled opportunities for learning, growth, and expanding their skills. Above all, we work together to deliver life-changing medicines, with every role playing a vital part in our mission. Caring Deeply. Achieving Excellence. Changing Lives.

At Biogen, we are committed to building on our culture of inclusion and belonging that reflects the communities where we operate and the patients we serve. We know that diverse backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives make us a stronger and more innovative company, and we are focused on building teams where every employee feels empowered and inspired. Read on to learn more about our DE&I efforts.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, race, color, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, religion, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law. Biogen is an E-Verify Employer in the United States.