Portfolio and Program Management, Associate Director - Boston, MA, United States - Vertex Pharmaceuticals

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Portfolio and Program Management, Associate Director - Cystic Fibrosis

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General Summary:

The Associate Director (AD) of Portfolio and Program Management (PPM) sits within the COO's organization at Vertex and leads assets from development through commercialization. In this role, the AD will partner with program leads and cross-functional teams to establish cross-functional plans and ensure execution against program goals and strategy.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Support disease strategy development and drive decision-making throughout the drug development lifecycle
• Support program leads in defining the approach and identifying key stakeholders for cross-functional decision-making and issue resolution
• Collaborate and communicate cross-functionally to measure and achieve program goals
• Lead the generation of disease area assumptions for long range planning and annual budgeting across clinical development, manufacturing, and commercial
• Effectively manage meetings, inclusive of stakeholder management and preparation, communication, and management of action items, decisions and follow-through.
• Communicate complex topics to stakeholders through effective storytelling and content creation
• Develop integrated program planning timelines and reporting. Define critical path activities, interdependencies, and anticipate bottlenecks.
• Proactively manage project risks, through identification, assessment, mitigation and escalation of gaps, challenges, and potential roadblocks
• Identify, communicate, and manage resource constraints, synergies, and redundancies
• Establish team operating norms and identify opportunities to improve team performance

Knowledge and Skills:

• Comprehensive knowledge of project and portfolio management principles, best practices, tools, technology and methods
• Leadership experience managing cross-functional teams
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including well-developed presentation skills
• Comprehensive pharmaceutical drug discovery and development knowledge across multiple disciplines
• Exceptional organizational skills and an ability to manage multiple priorities
• Strong collaboration skills to effectively interact with internal or external stakeholders at all levels of the organization
• General business management knowledge to assess the impact of project decisions on financial and corporate objectives

Education and Experience:

• Typically requires a Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences or a relevant field
• Typically requires 8 years of experience, or the equivalent combination of education and experience
• Experience with drug development on cross-functional teams and/or in more than one function

This is a full time hybrid position which will require three days onsite in our Boston, MA office.

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Company Information

Vertex is a global biotechnology company that invests in scientific innovation.

Vertex is committed to equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to a person's race, color, sex, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, marital status, or any characteristic protected under applicable law. Vertex is an E-Verify Employer in the United States. Vertex will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities, in accordance with applicable law.

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Vertex is a global biotechnology company that invests in scientific innovation to create transformative medicines for people with serious diseases. The company has approved medicines that treat the underlying causes of multiple chronic, life-shortening genetic diseases — cystic fibrosis, sickle cell disease and transfusion-dependent beta thalassemia — and continues to advance clinical and research programs in these diseases. Vertex also has a robust clinical pipeline of investigational therapies across a range of modalities in other serious diseases where it has deep insight into causal human biology, including APOL1-mediated kidney disease, acute and neuropathic pain, type 1 diabetes, myotonic dystrophy type 1 and alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency .

Founded in 1989 in Cambridge, Mass., Vertex's global headquarters is now located in Boston's Innovation District and its international headquarters is in London. Additionally, the company has research and development sites and commercial offices in North America, Europe, Australia, Latin America and the Middle East. Vertex is consistently recognized as one of the industry's top places to work, including 14 consecutive years on Science magazine's Top Employers list and one of Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For. For company updates and to learn more about Vertex's history of innovation, visit or follow us on Facebook , Twitter/X , LinkedIn , YouTube and Instagram .

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Our vision is clear: to be the place where an authentic, diverse mix of talent want to come, to stay, and do their best work.