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Associate Director / Director, Customer Program Management, Life Sciences

Lila Sciences· Corporate Development
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Cambridge, MA$148k - $224kFull-timePosted 7mo ago

About the role

Senior program management leader to drive planning, execution, and delivery of therapeutic programs on Lila's platform, with both internal operations leadership and external partner-facing responsibilities.

Responsibilities

  • Own end-to-end project management for active therapeutic programs, including timeline development, resource coordination, milestone tracking, and dependency management across product, science, machine learning and automation teams
  • Drive day-to-day execution discipline; ensuring internal teams have clear priorities, deliverables, and decision points, and that blockers are identified and resolved quickly
  • Manage resource allocation discussions and trade-off decisions across a complex set of priorities
  • Establish and maintain program-level reporting, including status updates, milestone tracking, and resource utilization views for internal leadership and external deliverables
  • Proactively identify, communicate, and manage program risks, escalating appropriately and ensuring transparency with scientific and executive leadership
  • Structure and facilitate effective internal program meetings, decision forums, and reviews; ensuring the right information reaches the right people at the right time
  • Serve as the primary operational interface with partner organizations, coordinating joint governance, managing deliverable timelines, and driving alignment on milestones and expectations
  • Translate internal program status into clear, structured updates for external partners, ensuring transparency without overexposing internal complexity
  • Support alliance obligations including joint steering committees, milestone reporting, and deliverable handoffs
  • Partner closely with scientific and product leadership to ensure program plans reflect both Lila's platform capabilities and partner-specific goals
  • Lead the development of scalable project management practices, templates, and tools as portfolio grows
  • Help build repeatable operating models for how Lila plans, tracks, and delivers partner programs

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of experience in the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry in drug discovery or development, project management, or operations
  • 5+ years in program management or similar cross-functional coordination with direct responsibility for timelines, resourcing, and tracking
  • Demonstrated ability to independently drive execution across complex, multidisciplinary programs with significant scientific and commercial stakes
  • Strong understanding of drug discovery and development processes; ability to engage credibly with scientific stakeholders
  • Experience managing programs with external partners, including milestone management, governance, and stakeholder communication
  • Outstanding communication skills, with the ability to distill complex scientific and operational information for executive leadership and external partners
  • Proven ability to influence without authority and drive alignment across cross-functional teams

Skills

Required:Program managementStakeholder managementCommunication

Benefits

  • Comprehensive U.S. benefits package (medical, dental, vision)
  • Employer-paid life and disability insurance
  • Flexible time off with generous holidays
  • Paid parental leave
  • Educational assistance program
  • Commuter benefits (bike share)
  • Company subsidized lunch program
  • Region-specific international benefits program
Last updated Aug 12, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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