Associate Director, Project Management

Sana Biotechnology is growing, and we are hiring new team members who believe in the potential of engineered cells as medicines, who want to challenge the status quo, and who lead with the desire to work on novel ideas. As an Associate Director, Project Management, you will report to the program team lead (PTL) and work directly with our functional leaders to coordinate research, development, and manufacturing activities for Sana’s in vivo CAR T cell engineering program. You’ll help us target those small details that unlock big successes. This is a hybrid role that requires onsite presence at least 3 days a week in Cambridge.

What you’ll do:

• Partner with the PTL to manage a complex, cross-functional in vivo CAR T cell engineering program from preclinical through clinical development.
• Owner of project plan templates, tools, and project management best practices to organize and facilitate program team activities.
• Create and maintain a comprehensive project timeline and dashboard to monitor program performance, identify risks, and implement mitigation strategies in real time.
• Maintain close collaboration and great communication with internal and external key stakeholders to track program milestones where critical path risks at CDMO, CTL, and CRO are identified, escalated, and resolved promptly.
• Manage development and program budget.

What we’re looking for:

• Bachelor’s degree in life sciences, biotechnology, or engineering field.
• 6+ years of experience in pharmaceutical or life sciences industry, including 3+ years direct project management experience.
• Proficiency in project management methodologies and tools such as Smartsheet and MS Timeline.
• Excellence in stakeholder management with a track record of working in a matrix organisation and influencing across multi-site, multi-function project teams.
• Flexibility to work with external vendors in various time zones.
• Strong understanding of drug development lifecycle and compliance in biotechnology.
• Ability to operate effectively in a dynamic start-up environment that requires learning agility and the ability to plan and execute through ambiguity.

What will separate you from the crowd:

• PM Experience in Cell and Gene Therapy development.
• PMP certification.
• Global experience.

What you should know:

The base pay range for this position at commencement of employment is expected to be between $160,000 and $200,000/year; however, base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

How we work together for patients:

• Lead from every seat – we seek to understand, act with honesty, and engage in the crucial conversations.
• Thrive as a team – we hire amazing people, are intensely curious, and cultivate inclusion and personal connectivity.
• Make it happen – we value vigorous debate, alignment around our decisions, and resilient execution.

Get to know us:

At Sana, we believe that a workforce with varied backgrounds strengthens us as a company and helps us to achieve our mission to meaningfully change the outcome of many human diseases. This belief is a pillar of our business and is critical to our success. Our goal is that Sana is the place for talented people to bring their authentic selves to work, to have a great career and to deeply, positively impact patients. Core to our values, we believe there is nothing more important than the health and wellness of you and your family. For benefit eligible employees, we cover a generous portion of the cost for employee health coverage, making high-quality care more accessible and affordable. We offer ample time-off (various paid time off benefits, such as holidays, vacation, sick time, and parental leave), short- and long-term disability, employer paid basic life insurance, additional voluntary life insurance protection, financial wellness programs including financial planning resources, a 401(k) Plan with an immediately vested employer match, Tuition Reimbursement and Student Loan Repayment, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, commuter subsidy and a variety of wellness offerings to support each person individually.

We are committed to providing a workplace free of discrimination and harassment based on race, colour, religion, age, gender, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental or sensory disability (including the use of a trained guide dog or service animal by a person with a disability), genetic information, actual or perceived HIV or Hepatitis C infection, medical condition (cancer or a record or history of cancer and genetic characteristics), marital status, sexual orientation, sexual preference, pregnancy (including childbirth and related medical conditions), disability, veteran status, political ideology, social class (including caste/caste identity), taking or requesting statutorily protected leave, status as a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.

To perform this job successfully, you must be able to perform each job responsibility satisfactorily. The job description listed above is representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required for this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions described above.