Associate Director, Project Management

Sana Biotechnology • Cambridge, MA

1d • $160,000 - $200,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Sana Biotechnology is growing, and we are hiring new team members who believe in the potential of engineered cells as medicines, who want to challenge status quo, and who lead with the desire to work on novel ideas. As an Associate Director, Project Management, you will report to the program team lead (PTL) and work directly with our functional leaders to coordinate research, development, and manufacturing activities for Sana’s in vivo CAR T cell engineering program. You’ll help us target those small details that unlock big successes. This is a hybrid role that requires onsite presence at least 3 days a week in Cambridge.

Requirements

• Batchelor’s degree in life sciences, biotechnology, or engineering field
• 6+ years of experience in pharmaceutical or life sciences industry, including 3+ years direct project management experience
• Proficiency in project management methodologies and tools such as Smartsheet and MS Timeline
• Excellence in stakeholder management with track record of working in matrix organization and influencing across multi-site, multi-function project teams
• Flexibility to work with external vendors in various time zones
• Strong understanding of drug development lifecycle and compliance in biotechnology
• Ability to operate effectively in a dynamic start-up environment that requires learning agility and the ability to plan and execute through ambiguity

Nice To Haves

• PM Experience in Cell and Gene Therapy development
• PMP certification
• Global experience

Responsibilities

• Partner with the PTL to manage a complex, cross-functional in vivo CAR T cell engineering program from preclinical through clinical development.
• Owner of project plan templates, tools, and project management best practices to organize and facilitate program team activities.
• Create and maintain a comprehensive project timeline and dashboard to monitor program performance, identify risks, and implement mitigation strategies in real time.
• Maintain close collaboration and great communication with internal and external key stakeholders to track program milestones where critical path risks at CDMO, CTL, and CRO are identified, escalated, and resolved promptly.
• Manage development and program budget.

Benefits

• For benefit eligible employees, we cover a generous portion of the cost for employee health coverage, making high-quality care more accessible and affordable.
• We offer ample time-off (various paid time off benefits, such as holidays, vacation, sick time, and parental leave), short- and long-term disability, employer paid basic life insurance, additional voluntary life insurance protection, financial wellness programs including financial planning resources, a 401(k) Plan with an immediately vested employer match, Tuition Reimbursement and Student Loan Repayment, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, commuter subsidy and a variety of wellness offerings to support each person individually.
• For more details on our benefits, visit Sana’s Benefits Portal.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees