Senior R&D Program Manager

Senior R&D Project Manager

Vancouver, WA (onsite)

Ready to drive execution on high-impact programs? We are seeking an enthusiastic and highly experienced Program Manager to join our Program & Portfolio Management team. You will leverage your background and understanding of stakeholder management and leadership in order to drive execution on our highly cross-functional pipeline programs and play a significant role in the success of our overall portfolio strategy.

This position requires strategic thinking and a high level of collaboration across multiple levels of the organization, from individual contributors to executive leadership and across multi-disciplinary teams within Absci, including AI Research, Protein Engineering, High Throughput Screening, Disease Biology, and Purification & Analytics.  A sense of urgency and drive is essential to thrive in our dynamic, high-performance culture. With your passion for driving initiatives and proven ability to work autonomously, you will be highly successful in the following areas:

Responsibilities: 

• Support corporate and portfolio strategy by safeguarding the success of highly cross-functional Drug Creation pipeline programs and communicating effectively with leadership about risks, costs, and opportunities. 
• Facilitate cross-functional strategy discussion to align objectives, scope and pressure-test plans, surface and mitigate risk, drive decision making to deliver milestones on or ahead of schedule, and escalate issues with clearly presented solutions that link directly to the key program objectives.
• Define the program team's structure and culture to build high-performing cross-functional teams. 
• Facilitate and document program team meetings, cross-functional communication, and decision making, and ensure alignment with technical groups and leadership
• Drive execution of cross-functional programs by planning, tracking, and holding stakeholders accountable for program tasks and deadlines.
• Use project management software to forecast and track program costs and time to ensure milestones are achieved on time and within budget. 
• Identify, assess, prioritize & manage project-related risks, bottlenecks, and interdependencies to ensure milestones are achieved on time and within budget.
• Work with stakeholders and scientific leadership to challenge assumptions, understand failure modes, and implement corrective actions while working to build a system where operational activities are increasingly automatic and seamless. . 
• Simultaneously balance activities between multiple projects of various scopes.
• Contribute to the development and refinement of company-wide best practices for program management

Qualifications:

Program Manager

• Bachelor’s degree in a science-related field with 5+ years of experience in a biotech-related field or equivalent technical work experience; or a Master’s degree and 3+ years; or a PhD Degree and 1+ years.
• Proven experience with Change Management and Conflict Re