Senior Director, Program Management - PMO

Organizational Overview:

Immunovant, Inc. is a clinical-stage immunology company dedicated to enabling normal lives for people with autoimmune diseases. As trailblazers in FcRn inhibitor technology, the Company is boldly developing innovative, targeted therapies to meet the complex and variable needs of people with autoimmune diseases. Immunovant’s two investigational products, batoclimab and IMVT-1402, are novel, fully human, monoclonal antibodies that target FcRn and may reduce harmful immunoglobulin G (IgG) autoantibodies, which are common causes of autoimmune disease.

The Role: 

This position is responsible for leading and managing the Project Management Office, including but not limited to developing and implementing tools, processes, and best practices to support portfolio expansion, increase efficiency, improve communication flow, and provide a single source of truth for data and information.  In close partnership with functional leadership across Immunovant, they will create, drive, and improve business processes that are innovative in their approach to drug development and compliant with global regulations and financial obligations. This person will also support the SVP, Program Management, and the Executive Leadership Team on portfolio-level reporting, creation, and implementation of onboarding for the PM function, and a broad range of ad hoc process improvement projects for Immunovant.

Key Responsibilities: 

• PM Support:
  • Develop strong two-way partnership working relationships with all Program Managers and identify ways to enable their work within the Indications they support, including streamlining program level information and deliverables.
  • Lead and support identification and implementation of training and development needs for the Program Management team and oversee the creation and maintenance of onboarding.
  • Lead operational excellence initiatives within the program management organization, including the creation and delivery of tools, processes, templates, training, and guidance to drive efficiency and best practices with respect to program execution, while ensuring quality is integrated into the processes.
  • Support SVP, Program Management in the development of portfolio level presentations for Executive Leadership and Board of Directors.
  • Supervises and develops PMO staff with an emphasis on growing talent by providing timely and actionable feedback and growth opportunities for staff
• Enterprise Systems:
  • Develop and execute implementation plan and training to implement Veeva Enterprise Risk Management system.

• Implement Smartsheet across the organization. This will include ensuring connectivity of data and environments across the enterprise, working with company personnel to define needs and requirements, and guiding work of an external company on system architecture, smartsheet design, and tracking data points.

• Enterprise Continuous Improvement
  • Serves as the SME and/or leads enterprise process improvement projects.
  • Partner with Clinical business operations to ensure a strong connection between program management and clinical operations.
  • Partner and collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize cross-functional synergies and improvements.
  • Build collaborative relationships with key internal stakeholders.

Requirements:

• Work Experience:
  • 12+ years of experience at a life sciences, biotech, or pharmaceutical company
  • 5+ years of experience in a drug development project management role
  • BA/BS in business, science or engineering; MBA or advanced degree in a healthcare related field desired but not required
  • Demonstrated experience with full drug development lifecycle at a program level leading teams to deliver across all phases of development from (IND - BLA - to commercialization). Recent experience with Ph3 leading to submissions and launch highly desirable.
  • Demonstrated ability to manage cross-functional teams and diverse sets of stakeholders
  • Strong project management skills with a proven track record of success, expertise with PPM tools (eg: MS project). PMP certification desirable
  • Direct supervisory experience
  • Experience in training and leading process improvement projects
• Other:
  • Strong written and oral communication skills with incredible attention to detail
  • Demonstrated ability to think strategically with ability to develop solid executable tactical plans
  • Ability to think outside of the box and challenge the status quo
  • Natural entrepreneurial spirit with unrelenting dedication to delivering results
  • Natural collaborator who enjoys working on a cross-functional team

Work Environment:

• Immunovant’s headquarters is located in New York City. The position is flexible for remote work.
• Dynamic, interactive, fast-paced, and entrepreneurial environment
• Domestic or international travel is required (10-20%)

Compensation is based on a number of factors, including market location, and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Equity and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, dental, vision, 401k, and other benefits, including unlimited paid time off and parental leave. The annual base salary for this position ranges from $255,000.00 - $270,000.00.