Senior Manager Alliance and Project Management (Part-Time Contract) - Life Edit Therapeutics

The Role

Life Edit is seeking an experienced Alliance and Project Manager to work on our partnered programs with an internal and external facing component.

The role has responsibility for ensuring that the alliance and operational objectives for partnered projects are reached in line with the jointly developed plans and ensuring that a close collaborative relationship is developed and maintained with internal and external cross-functional stakeholders. The ideal candidate possesses a win-win mindset, is detail-driven and has a proven record in successfully managing alliances and projects and preferable experience from gene therapy ones.

This position will be a core part of the Life Edit team and work closely with scientific leads, subject matter experts, alliance – and project/program management to develop and implement best practices internally and externally. This role reports into the Vice President Alliance Management.

This will be a part-time, 9 month contract role.

Here’s What You Will Do 

• Leading research alliances in a fast-paced environment with the goal to drive joint success and meet or exceed set goals and milestones
• Proactively manage risks: human, financial and Alliance disputes
• Develops a fit for purpose governance infrastructure ensure transparent decision-making
• Develop cross-functional alliance and project plans, track progress to goals
• Apply alliance and project management best practices in the development, initiation, planning, execution, control and closing of projects
• Standardization of internal and external processes, tools, and communication
• Perform yearly joint Alliance Health Survey

• Ensure good understanding of contractual obligations, and ensuring compliance with it by both the partner and Life Edit

• Budget planning and tracking
• Enable and support information and data exchange between Life Edit and its partners
• Arrange partnered team meetings using best practices

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree required. Advanced degree in Life Sciences or MBA preferred 
• 5+ years of experience in pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry; 2+ years in an alliance/project/program management role. 
• Ability to facilitate collaboration, effectively work on cross-functional teams, possess strong interpersonal skills and be capable of interface with the broader organization, and to build professional relationships with external and internal stakeholders 
• Exceptional planning, communication, and creative problem-solving skills

• Strong business acumen and cultural awareness
• Experience working with MS Project/Smartsheet, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, and MS Word 
• Diligence and accuracy with respect to internal and external reporting
• Excellent presentation, problem solving, risk analysis and critical thinking skills
• Strong project management and resourcing tools skills, including Smartsheet
• CA-AM certification PMP® certification preferred

Why join Life Edit and the ElevateBio ecosystem?

Life Edit Therapeutics is an integrated subsidiary of ElevateBio, a technology-driven cell and gene therapy company that is accelerating access to the cutting-edge technologies and expertise that can change the future of medicine. Our integrated model combines multiple R&D technology platforms – including Life Edit gene editing – and cGMP manufacturing to power the discovery and development of advanced therapeutics. Our ecosystem is designed to enhance speed, delivery, and probability of success to change patient lives.

Life Edit is an integral part of ElevateBio’s ecosystem of platform technologies and is pioneering focused next-generation gene editing technologies and therapeutics. Located in Durham, NC, members of Life Edit work closely with the ElevateBio Research and Development and BaseCamp manufacturing teams in Waltham, MA. Life Edit is advancing therapeutic programs in collaboration with industry partners while building its own internal pipeline of gene editing therapies. We are looking for a unique individual who can continue to lead the cultural development of Life Edit and build on its momentum as an integral part of the ElevateBio ecosystem.

Our Mission:
To power the creation of life-transforming cell and gene therapies, at a speed the world deserves.

Our Vision:
We seek to be the world’s most indispensable cell and gene therapy technology company, redefining how companies operate, how products are created and how disease is treated.

ElevateBio is committed to equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to a person’s race, color, gender, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation or any characteristic protected under applicable law. ElevateBio will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities, in accordance with applicable law.