Program Management Manager

About the Role

Join us in advancing our pipeline to address a number of diseases across therapeutic categories, including eye care and other conditions with high unmet need.

This role will lead program management for a late-stage (Phase 2b/3 through regulatory submission, approval, and launch readiness) drug development program. The Manager II, Program Management partners closely with the Program Team Lead and Development Core Team to drive cross-functional program strategy, integrated development planning, and disciplined execution through pivotal trial readouts, regulatory filing, approval, and commercialization.

Let’s talk about some of the key responsibilities of the role:

• Partner with the Program Team Lead and Development Core Team to develop and execute cross-functional program strategy and integrated development plans for a late-stage program
• Establish and maintain functionally integrated program timelines spanning clinical, regulatory, CMC/manufacturing, quality, nonclinical, medical affairs, and commercial activities to enable accurate program analyses, identify critical path activities, and surface resource constraints
• Lead cross-functional planning and coordination for pivotal (Phase 3) trial execution, database lock, and topline readout activities
• Drive integrated regulatory submission planning and execution (e.g., NDA/BLA/MAA) in close partnership with Regulatory Affairs, ensuring alignment of cross-functional deliverables to support on-time, high-quality filings
• Support launch readiness planning by coordinating cross-functionally across clinical development, regulatory, medical affairs, commercial, and supply chain/manufacturing
• Identify and assess program risks; develop, track, and drive mitigation and contingency plans, including maintenance of a program risk register
• Lead scenario planning efforts to prepare teams for differing outcomes at key milestones (e.g., pivotal readouts, regulatory interactions, launch)
• Challenge assumptions and provide recommendations to improve program processes, decision-making, and outcomes
• Facilitate and document Development Core Team and sub-team meetings, cross-functional communications, and governance decisions, ensuring alignment with internal functional groups and leadership
• Support program budget and resource planning in partnership with Finance and functional leads, tracking spend against forecast and flagging variances
• Develop strong relationships with key functional stakeholders and their leadership across the organization to support execution of program goals
• Serve as a Program Management subject matter expert and resource for the broader organization, championing program management best practices and continuous improvement