Company Description
Biogen’s West Coast Hub, based in South San Francisco, is specifically focused on transforming the lives of patients with severe immune-mediated diseases by developing novel targeted therapies with outsized clinical impact, faster. To accomplish this, we are seeking top talent to join us on our journey.
Job Description
The Sr. Project Manager, R&D - Biogen West Coast Hub is a position accountable for providing strategic and operational drug discovery and development leadership across the West Coast Hub business unit portfolio, integrating drug development across all functions and translating strategy into execution to deliver medicines to patients.
What You’ll Do
Ensure internal functional alignment, create and maintain integrated project timelines and scenarios, trac and verify completion of project deliverables and milestones, identify and mitigate project risks, and ensure timely communication to relevant partners via regular and ad-hoc status reports.
Collaborate with Project Teams to create and execute project plans and delivery of project milestones
Drive decision making and team effectiveness
Manage project team meetings
Collaborate with other West Coast Hub program managers and leadership to ensure alignment across the portfolio and indications
Partner with the Business Operations & Analytics team to develop, update, and optimize internal dashboards for the West Coast Hub and broader team visibility
Facilitate ongoing training for team members, ensuring consistent utilization of SharePoint sites and internal tools to support standardized workflows and cross-team alignment
Who You Are:
You work collaboratively with your global cross-functional project teams to progress the R&D portfolio. You ensure high quality project planning and execution of drug development programs. You are detail-oriented, can manage multiple priorities and tasks efficiently, and can adapt and thrive in a rapidly moving matrix environment.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s Degree in Sciences or Engineering is required. Advanced Degree preferred. PMP certification is a plus.
Minimum five years of experience in an R&D scientific and/or R&D project management role is required.
Proficient understanding of R&D drug discovery and development processes, in one or more drug modalities, in the biopharmaceutical industry is required. Experience with late-stage development, marketed products, and/or managing collaborations is a plus.
Outstanding ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing; ability to communicate to a broad range of stakeholders.
Commitment to a customer-first culture and motivation to solving complex problems and leading teams to success.
Proven ability to network and collaborate across multiple teams with flexible, positive attitude and ability to get results.
Proficiency with integrated timeline/gantt chart development and technical experience with project management systems & collaboration tools is a plus. (e.g. Planisware, Smartsheet, OnePager Pro/Express, MS Teams, O365 Sharepoint)
Regulatory/Filing team support is a plus.
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Additional Information
Base salary offered is determined through an analytical approach utilizing a combination of factors including, but not limited to, relevant skills & experience, job location, and internal equity.
Regular employees are eligible to receive both short term and long-term incentives, including cash bonus and equity incentive opportunities, designed to reward recent achievements and recognize your future potential based on individual, business unit and company performance.
In addition to compensation, Biogen offers a full and highly competitive range of benefits designed to support our employees’ and their families physical, financial, emotional, and social well-being; including, but not limited to:
- Medical, Dental, Vision, & Life insurances
- Fitness & Wellness programs including a fitness reimbursement
- Short- and Long-Term Disability insurance
- A minimum of 15 days of paid vacation and an additional end-of-year shutdown time off (Dec 26-Dec 31)
- Up to 12 company paid holidays + 3 paid days off for Personal Significance
- 80 hours of sick time per calendar year
- Paid Maternity and Parental Leave benefit
- 401(k) program participation with company matched contributions
- Employee stock purchase plan
- Tuition reimbursement of up to $10,000 per calendar year
- Employee Resource Groups participation
Why Biogen?
We are a global team with a commitment to excellence, and a pioneering spirit. As a mid-sized biotechnology company, we provide the stability and resources of a well-established business while fostering an environment where individual contributions make a significant impact. Our team encompasses some of the most talented and passionate achievers who have unparalleled opportunities for learning, growth, and expanding their skills. Above all, we work together to deliver life-changing medicines, with every role playing a vital part in our mission. Caring Deeply. Achieving Excellence. Changing Lives.
At Biogen, we are committed to building on our culture of inclusion and belonging that reflects the communities where we operate and the patients we serve. We know that diverse backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives make us a stronger and more innovative company, and we are focused on building teams where every employee feels empowered and inspired. Read on to learn more about our DE&I efforts.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, race, color, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, religion, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law. Biogen is an E-Verify Employer in the United States.
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What We Do
Through cutting-edge science and medicine, Biogen discovers, develops and delivers innovative therapies worldwide for people living with serious neurological and neurodegenerative diseases.
Founded in 1978, Biogen is a pioneer in biotechnology and today the Company has the leading portfolio of medicines to treat multiple sclerosis, has introduced the first and only approved treatment for spinal muscular atrophy, and is at the forefront of neurology research for conditions including Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Biogen also manufactures and commercializes biosimilars of advanced biologics.
With approximately 7000 people worldwide, we are truly a global organization, headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, which is also home to our research operations. Our international headquarters are based in Zug, Switzerland and we have world-class manufacturing facilities in North Carolina and Denmark. We offer therapies globally through direct affiliate presence in 30 countries and a network of distribution partners in over 50 additional countries.
For more information, please visit www.biogen.com. Follow us on social media – Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, YouTube.

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