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Project Manager

Employer
Alkahest, Inc.
Location
San Carlos, California
Start date
Aug 28, 2021

Job Details

Alkahest is seeking a Project Manager (PM) to lead full lifecycle management for drug development across an exciting array of new products. The PM will be responsible for working with internal and external resources to deliver exceptional, high quality project plans across all phases from concept to market.

This is a hands-on position with real leadership of every aspect of development with exposure to all stages of the process from discovery to man.

Starting from the day you join, you will have immediate impact supporting the development of a new product candidate. You will need to rapidly absorb relevant information and develop an understanding of interdependencies across functions. Working with these various functions, you will then, create and maintain project timelines and be instrumental in driving the next phases.

If you have the work ethic and mental agility to embrace a very fast paced and rapidly evolving environment, you will be rewarded through diverse and exciting experiences. This is your chance to add real value to an entrepreneurial organization that supports innovation and new ideas and welcomes passionate and team-oriented colleagues looking for a deeper understanding of human aging in order to improve the healthspan of patients worldwide.

Responsibilities include:

  • Create and maintain functionally integrated project schedules to enable accurate project, financial and portfolio analyses and ensure accurate inputs are provided into business planning processes
  • Develop and present status reports to peers and senior management
  • Ensure alignment with internal stakeholders, leadership and external partners.
  • Support tracking of project risks, mitigation and contingency plans
  • Prepare and track project budget including resources and costs, collaborating with Finance, Program Lead and other cross-functional departments
  • Communicate, document and archive project team activities and decisions. Act as a primary contact for project team related information
  • Facilitate project and sub-team meetings, cross-functional communication and decision making, ensuring alignment with internal and external stakeholders
  • Identify, recommend and implement opportunities for streamlining team and business processes
  • Partner with senior leaders to ensure the team achieves and maintains a high-level of sustainable performance by contributing to team management best practices

Requirements:

  • A BA or BS degree in the Life Sciences.
  • At least 2 years direct project management experience, managing cross-functional teams within research or development
  • Strong proficiency with the application of project management practices, tools, and methodology to the drug development process
  • Financial acumen; capable of planning and oversight of project budgets. Solid understanding of portfolio management concepts and product valuations is a plus
  • Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to develop important relationships with key stakeholders, good conflict management skills. You will need to be comfortable collaborating and communicating with stakeholders at all levels both within and external to the company
  • Excellent analytical skills, with an ability to communicate complex issues in a simple way
  • Ability to translate strategy into action; strong communication, negotiation, and presentation skills
  • Proven track record of good decision making and exercising sound judgement
  • Results and detail-oriented; self-motivated
  • Experience using Project Management software to manage complex project timelines and resources. Proficient in MS Project, PowerPoint, Excel and Word

    Apply today.  We'd love to meet you!

Company

At Alkahest, we strive to lead the way towards effective therapies for patients suffering from diseases associated with the detrimental processes of aging. We believe that as an industry, we simply haven’t done enough to help drive solutions for the most under-treated and devastating diseases affecting this growing demographic. We want to help.

Aging is the dominant risk factor in degenerative diseases. Many of the pressing age-related and neurodegenerative diseases have a profound impact on patients and their caregivers, yet have very limited treatment options. Alkahest has embarked upon a simple but elegant approach to treat disorders of aging by capitalizing on the body’s own natural regulatory and communication mechanisms, leveraging the plasma proteome. The promise of this science, and the potential to make a difference to patients around the world, was the founding principle of Alkahest.

For all of the great progress we have made so far, we credit our dedicated and impassioned team for driving our successes. Our culture is warm and supportive, genuine and ethical, rigorous and scientific, and collaborative yet entrepreneurial. Based in Silicon Valley, home to many leaders in the biotechnology industry, the heart of our culture is scientific innovation. We work hard, yet we have fun while we’re doing so. We are passionate about both our collegial atmosphere as well as working together on cutting-edge therapies that will change the lives of patients. We know we have a lot further to go, and we’re ready for the long haul.

Company info
Website
Phone
650-801-0474
Location
75 Shoreway Road, Suite D
San Carlos
California
94070
US

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