Senior Director, Program Leadership

BrainChild Bio is seeking to hire a Senior Director, Program Leadership. The role will assume the cross-functional matrix team leadership for BrainChild Bio’s lead program through late-stage clinical trials and on to BLA submission. The ideal candidate will bring a deep history of experience leading cross-functional teams in the cell therapy space and have been a key member of teams through clinical registrational studies and BLA enabling activities or submissions. The Program Lead has broad cell therapy experience and previous leadership and/or engagement with Clinical, CMC, and Non-Clinical development activities and can meet those functions in their language and requirement space to build robust development plans. They are someone who seeks out difficult problems with the belief that there’s a solution out there somewhere and they are excited to be a part of a team who finds that solution. The Program Lead will need to work to build consensus for cross functional program activity execution while also knowing when consensus isn’t possible; they will need to utilize compromise, experience-built judgement, and program governance to define the best possible path forward for the team. Representing the program to the company, this position must be a Master of Communication across all levels of the organization from scientific staff through company leadership and the Board of Directors. This role, additionally, will interact and collaborate with other members of our growing Program Management organization to develop best practices, share lessons learned, and drive success of all BrainChild Bio programs we seek to develop and deliver for our pediatric patients. 

• Lead cross-functional program development team for BrainChild Bio late-stage clinical program through pivotal clinical trial and toward BLA submission 
• Lead development of program strategy and goals, in alignment with BrainChild Bio corporate goals, and collaborate with functional areas to enable tactical execution of program deliverables supporting development 
• Ensure continued forward progress and development by rapidly managing new and incoming risks or functional area misalignments and recognize how and when to integrate company leadership for remediation and buy in  
• Manage program budget in coordination with functional teams and Finance to ensure alignment with forecast 
• Collaborate with project manager to develop and execute communication plan to deliver program updates to stakeholders and company leadership 
• Leverage experience to be a part of the conversation with the team and a driving force to help BrainChildBio deliver therapies for the children that need them  

• 12+ years of experience in the biotech/cell therapy industry 
• 5+ years in cross functional team leadership roles 
• Experience in key contributory or leadership role on late state clinical studies and/or Marketing Application submissions 
• Excellent communication skills and demonstrated aptitude and experience in influencing stakeholders 
• Experience with rare and/or pediatric indications a plus