Director, Program Management (Commercial)

Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ARWR) is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company that develops medicines that treat intractable diseases by silencing the genes that cause them. Using a broad portfolio of RNA chemistries and efficient modes of delivery, Arrowhead therapies trigger the RNA interference mechanism to induce rapid, deep, and durable knockdown of target genes. RNA interference, or RNAi, is a mechanism present in living cells that inhibits the expression of a specific gene, thereby affecting the production of a specific protein. Arrowhead’s RNAi-based therapeutics leverage this natural pathway of gene silencing.

Arrowhead is focused on developing innovative drugs for diseases with a genetic basis, typically characterized by the overproduction of one or more proteins that are involved with disease. The depth and versatility of our RNAi technologies enables us to potentially address conditions in virtually any therapeutic area and pursue disease targets that are not otherwise addressable by small molecules and biologics. Arrowhead is leading the field in bringing the promise of RNAi to address diseases outside of the liver, and our clinical pipeline includes disease targets in the liver and lung with a promising pipeline of preclinical candidates.

Arrowhead’s corporate headquarters is in Pasadena, CA with research and development teams in Madison, WI and San Diego, CA. Our employees are nimble, science-driven innovators who are collaborating to bring new therapies to patients in need.

The Position

Arrowhead is looking for an experienced Program Manager at the Director level with the leadership, passion and creativity to bring great medicines for cardiometabolic diseases to patients that need them. The individual will be a self-starter with excellent leadership, communications and project management skills and the ability to build strong rapport across functions. In addition, the successful candidate will be part of the management to help define various organizational level processes.

The successful candidate will be ready for a career defining experience and have the passion to drive a number of therapeutics to successful commercialization. This position will report to the Group VP Program Management and will be responsible for leading late stage clinical assets to successful launch and commercialization. Experience in late stage drug development and commercial stage assets would be critical.

This role is based in Pasadena, California, with an expectation to be in office 5 days a week.

Responsibilities

• Drives the process for the elaboration, maintenance and execution of the integrated product launch and commercialization strategy for one or more late stage and commercial pharmaceutical products.
• Works closely with commercial, finance, business, clinical, regulatory, medical affairs, CMC and other functions to assure commercial success.
• Drive decision-making and issues resolution through governance
• Responsible for development of the operational plan including realistic timelines, budget and resources planning, risk assessment and contingency planning.
• Ensures cross-functional alignment and organizational support for the execution of the operational plan by facilitating internal and external stakeholder meetings.
• Responsible for monitoring and tracking the project against approved timelines and milestones and ensures adherence to agreed-upon team objectives and deliverables.
• Manages prioritization of program team activities to enhance program value.
• Responsible for comprehensiveness and quality of program information in the internal systems, databases, and communication to Senior Management.
• Expected to identify bottlenecks, surface issues, and proactively drive for their resolution.
• Accountable for accurate forecasting, tracking and adherence to program budget (headcount and external costs) by liaising with team members. Challenges assumptions, timelines and expenses on program level.
• Manages project variance and root cause analysis, develops risk mitigation / issue management plans with the objective to meet the financial targets.
• Ensures effective, proactive and open communications, horizontally and vertically, in order to achieve transparency and clarity of program goals, progress and issues.
• Responsible for high performing and healthy program team
• Identifies and resolves conflicts at functional team level
• Create healthy work team environment

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Biology, Chemistry, Business, or related area
• 10+ years in the life-sciences, pharmaceutical industry
• At least 5+ years equivalent multi-/ cross-functional program leadership experience
• Previous work and leadership experience in program management of globally approved medicines
• Demonstrated program management experience with Phase 3, Phase 4, and commercial-stage assets
• Broad operational experience with an understanding of drug development, launch and commercialization process
• Advanced Project Management skills
• Ability to work collaboratively in a matrixed, team-based environment, with strong organizational and time management capabilities
• Advanced knowledge of regulatory and business requirements
• Understands basic financial aspects, including knowledge of resource planning (headcount and budget) and management
• Expert planning and tracking skills, able to see big picture, well-organized, focused on results, capable of managing multiple projects, excellent time management with respect to priorities and self-management
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills for bridging between scientific and business participants, for negotiating timelines and for effective collaboration.
• You may be required to travel for up to 10% of your time

Preferred:

• MBA
• PMP Certification
• Experience in cardiometabolic therapeutic area, preferably with a focus on dyslipidemias

California pay range

$190,000—$225,000 USD

Arrowhead provides competitive salaries and an excellent benefit package.

All applicants must have authorization to work in the US for a company.

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