Senior Director, Program Lead

Deciphera Pharmaceuticals•Waltham, MA

About The Position

Deciphera’s cross-functional program teams drive the strategy and operations of our late preclinical, clinical, and commercial assets. We are seeking a dynamic, seasoned Sr Director, Program Lead (PL) who will be responsible and accountable for one or more therapeutic assets. The successful candidate will be a strategic leader who can leverage their strong drug development expertise, EQ, and organizational skills to develop and drive the asset strategy and for leading all development and life-cycle management projects associated with the asset. Key attributes of the successful candidate include:

Requirements

A minimum of 15 years drug development experience in the biopharmaceutical industry including a minimum of 3 years’ development program leadership experience
Solid understanding of drug development process (steps, functions and their roles, key interdependencies)
Strong interpersonal skills, with a proven track record of influencing without authority across a matrixed organization
Highly effective influencer without authority at all levels
Builds consensus, but identifies a final decision maker / escalates when required
Outstanding written and oral communicator, able to clearly and accurately express complex ideas
Demonstrated ability to be flexible and open to adjusting approaches as new information or circumstances emerge
Resilient in a fast-paced, rapidly evolving environment
Highly motivated with a "hands on" leadership style - no task is too big or small!
Strategic, efficient, organized, and empathetic leader who can zoom both in and out
Committed to driving the program forward to the next strategic inflection point to enable an informed decision for next steps, in line with corporate objectives.

Nice To Haves

Has experience managing cross functional teams
Late Phase/commercial experience a plus
Experience working with the Alliance and Business Development Teams and understanding the importance of partnerships
Experience with MS office suite (PowerPoint, Excel, MS Teams) required, project management tools (Smartsheet, ThinkCell, MS Project) a plus

Responsibilities

For a given asset/program, responsible for the development and execution of the overarching global program strategy. The PL leads all research and development activities associated with an asset from approximately nomination of lead candidates to the marketplace with full accountability.
Drive the development and execution of the strategic plan, appropriately balancing data quality, timelines and costs based on current internal corporate considerations and the external landscape.
Lead one or more cross-functional program teams to define program vision, strategy, goals, decision points, investments and areas of risk and associated mitigations and contingencies.
Partners closely with the program manager to provide strategic, process and operational leadership to the Program team
Identifies and communicates risks and appropriate mitigations
Lead data-driven decision-making processes to enable timely and objective development decisions
Holistic and confident communication: ensure PT clearly understands expectations from leadership, ensure leadership clearly understands program status, timelines, milestones, risks and mitigations
Focus team efforts on most critical tasks; identify and resolve communication bottlenecks
Participate in Portfolio Strategy Steering Committee meetings as the key representative of the program team
Liaise with relevant stakeholders within the Ono Pharma Group to ensure alignment across entities. Liaise with peers within the Program Leadership and Management function to maintain consistent cross-project standards, ensure aligned strategies, and to determine overlap of competing priorities.
Promotes organizational reputation by engaging with internal and external stakeholders and collaborating actively with other Deciphera PLs
PLs are experienced, versatile and strong enterprise leaders
PLs are highly collaborative cross-functional leaders who consistently drive top performance and deliver against challenging goals
PLs ensure that risks and challenges are addressed proactively and collaboratively with partner functions, with joint decision making when appropriate to drive, deliver and maximize asset value.
PLs are effective in communicating to partners and stakeholders at an appropriate level of detail.
Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.