ProFound Therapeutics is seeking a Senior Director, Alliance & Program Management to serve as an operational and strategic partner to the Chief Operating Officer, leadership team, and program teams.
This role has two primary responsibilities: (1) serving as the day-to-day operational leader for ProFound's strategic pharmaceutical collaborations and (2) building the company's portfolio and program management capabilities. The role ensures successful alliance and program execution while developing the governance, planning processes, and operating systems that enable disciplined execution across the company's growing portfolio. This is a highly visible role requiring exceptional judgment, operational rigor, and the ability to influence without authority. The successful candidate will lead day-to-day alliance execution, enable governance, implement practical program management systems, and partner with scientific leadership to translate decisions into disciplined execution and ensure that programs remain aligned on objectives, timelines, budget, risks, and resource needs.
The ideal candidate is an experienced biotechnology operator who combines strategic thinking with hands-on execution.
They thrive in a lean, entrepreneurial environment where priorities evolve rapidly and success depends on bringing structure to complexity, building practical solutions, fostering collaboration, and driving accountability across highly matrixed teams.
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Qualifications
Experience
Ph.D. or M.S. in life sciences, or MBA with at least 5 years of direct experience working closely with scientific teams in a biotech or pharmaceutical setting.
10-15+ years’ experience in biotech or pharma alliance management, portfolio management, program management, and operational leadership.
Demonstrated success managing complex external partnerships, including governance, contractual obligations, and relationship management requiring judgement and influence across multiple stakeholders.
Hands-on experience leading program management across multi-program biotech portfolios, from early discovery through translational development.
Proven track record of building portfolio management processes, governance models, and project management capabilities within a growing biotechnology company.
Experience supporting portfolio prioritization, strategic planning, and executive governance.
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Experience working closely with scientific leadership and large pharma partners.
Capabilities
Exceptional judgment and credibility, with a demonstrated ability to influence senior scientific leaders and external partners while navigating complex, cross-organizational decisions.
Outstanding operational rigor and systems thinking, with the ability to build practical governance processes, tools, and execution frameworks that improve accountability and visibility without creating unnecessary bureaucracy.
Excellent communication and facilitation skills, translating complex scientific, operational, and business issues into clear decisions, action plans, and executive-level communications.
Proven ability to influence without authority, build consensus, proactively manage stakeholders, and drive accountability across highly matrixed organizations.
Skilled at resolving conflict constructively, balancing diplomacy with accountability while building trusted relationships with internal teams and external partners.
Highly organized and detail-oriented, with the ability to seamlessly shift between execution details and strategic organizational priorities.
Collaborative, low-ego leader with a solutions-oriented mindset and a demonstrated ability to build trust across functions and organizations.
Thrives in lean, fast-paced, entrepreneurial environments, demonstrating adaptability, resourcefulness, and a strong bias toward action.
Values and Behaviors
We are seeking leaders who demonstrate strategic thinking, extreme teamwork, executional excellence, adaptability, and a commitment to inclusion and diversity. We particularly value candidates who combine intellectual curiosity with a strong bias toward action - who are as comfortable asking a question as they are driving a workstream to close. We encourage candidates with passion, leadership capability, and depth across these functional areas - even if not meeting every requirement - to apply.
ABOUT FLAGSHIP PIONEERING:
Flagship Pioneering invents and builds platform companies, each with the potential for multiple products that transform human health, sustainability and beyond. Since its launch in 2000, Flagship has originated more than 100 companies. Many of these companies have addressed humanity’s most urgent challenges: vaccinating billions of people against COVID-19, curing intractable diseases, improving human health, preempting illness, and feeding the world by improving the resiliency and sustainability of agriculture.
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We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
We recognize that great candidates often bring unique strengths without fulfilling every qualification. If you have some of the experience listed above but not all, please apply anyway. We are dedicated to building diverse and inclusive teams and look forward to learning more about your background and interest in Flagship.
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The salary range for this role is $217,000 - $275,000. Compensation for the role will depend on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies, and experience. ProFound Therapeutics, Inc. currently offers healthcare coverage, annual incentive program, retirement benefits and a broad range of other benefits. Compensation and benefits information is based on ProFound Therapeutics, Inc.'s good faith estimate as of the date of publication and may be modified in the future.
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