Manager, Clinical Supply Chain - Planning
About The Position
We are seeking an experienced individual for the role of Manager – Clinical Supply Chain, Planning. In this position, you will play a key role in developing and maintaining clinical supply plans across programs, supporting Alnylam’s growing pipeline and patient needs. Your focus will be on creating accurate, decision-ready demand and clinical finished good supply plans, ensuring alignment between protocol design, planning assumptions, and execution realities. You will partner closely with cross-functional teams including Clinical Operations, CMC, Global Planning, Regulatory Affairs, and Clinical Supply Chain Operations to ensure clinical supply strategies are well-defined and feasible. Overall, you will be responsible for translating complex inputs into clear planning outputs, identifying risks early, and ensuring planning assumptions enable successful trial execution. This position is hybrid and will be primarily located in the Alnylam Cambridge office.
Requirements
- B.Sc. in a scientific field or Supply Chain Management or related field.
- 4+ years of direct Clinical Supply Chain experience globally.
- Knowledge of GMP / GxP / GCP and global regulatory requirements (FDA, EU, etc.).
- Strong knowledge of clinical supply chain (packaging, labeling, inventory, global distribution) to enable accurate forecasting.
- Understanding of clinical trial operations and drug development lifecycle.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with ability to track forecast accuracy and inventory performance.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management, with ability to clearly present forecasts, risks, and trade-offs.
- Proven ability to operate in a fast-paced, matrixed environment while managing multiple studies with high accuracy and accountability.
- Proficient knowledge of MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Project, etc.).
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain clinical supply forecasts by translating protocol assumptions (enrollment rates, dosing schedules, country footprint) into study-level demand and continuously updating forecasts as trials progress.
- Develop integrated CFG supply plans that align forecasted demand with inventory strategy, ensuring adequate supply while minimizing overage, expiry risk, and waste across studies and programs.
- Anticipate and quantify future supply risks (assumptions, scenarios, and constraints), and recommend mitigations and tradeoffs before they impact trial continuity.
- Collaborate closely with Global Planning and CMC to relay demand forecasts into manufacturing, packaging, and release plans, ensuring alignment on lead times, capacity constraints, and material availability.
- Engage with Program Development / Clinical Teams to validate and refine forecasting assumptions based on evolving study designs, enrollment dynamics, and protocol changes, ensuring forecasts reflect latest program reality.
- Partner with Finance to connect demand forecasts to long range budget planning, and scenario modeling.
Benefits
- medical, dental, and vision coverage
- life and disability insurance
- a lifestyle reimbursement program
- flexible spending and health savings accounts
- a 401(k)with a generous company match
- paid time off
- wellness days
- holidays
- two company-wide recharge breaks
- generous family resources and leave
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
