Associate Director, Program Management

Associate Director, Program Management

Location: Basking Ridge, NJ (HYBRID, 1-2 Days a week onsite)

Duration: Contract till Feb 2027 with possibility to extend

Job Schedule: Candidate must be local and able to come into the office 1-2 days a week.

Note: This role is covering for an FTE who will be out on a medical leave. The HM does have headcount for FT roles and if a contractor is identified and a fit for the FT role; this is possibility to convert.

Program & Project Management

• Lead development and maintenance of detailed program and project plans, proactively identifying risks, dependencies, and mitigation strategies, while also supporting launch plans by ensuring readiness, coordinating cross-functional activities, and aligning resources to facilitate successful product launches.
• Monitor progress against timelines and deliverables, escalating issues and recommending solutions to maintain alignment and momentum.
• Facilitate cross functional collaboration to support consistent execution of tactics.

Strategic & Operational Enablement

• Partner with US OBD leaders to translate strategic objectives into integrated program and project plans with defined milestones, metrics, and risks.
• Provide operational thought partnership on prioritization, sequencing, and execution of high impact initiatives and senior leadership requests.
• Support development and maintenance of Product Plans to ensure cross functional alignment.

Financial & Resource Management

• Manage program-level budgets, including forecasting, reconciliation, and financial reporting.
• Provide regular financial tracking and analysis to support transparency, budget adherence, and informed decision making.
• Prepare and deliver leadership reporting to ensure executive stakeholders to inform on program progress, key risks, and resource utilization.
• Partner with Finance teams to ensure alignment on budget planning, resource allocation, and accurate financial forecasting.
• Monitor progress against timelines and deliverables, escalating issues and recommending solutions to maintain alignment and momentum.
• Facilitate cross functional collaboration to support consistent execution of tactics.

Governance & Cross Functional Coordination

• Drive effective governance by proactively planning and orchestrating leadership and cross functional forums, ensuring robust agenda development, decision tracking, and action management.
• Establish and maintain meeting cadence, decision frameworks, and communication pathways to enable efficient governance.
• Serve as a key point of coordination between US OBD, Global teams, cross functional partners, and alliance counterparts, as applicable.

Operational Excellence & Enablement

• Support implementation of new processes, tools, and ways of working.
• Develop executive ready dashboards, reports, and materials that provide clear visibility into program status, risks, and financial performance.
• Drive consistency, standardization, and continuous improvement
• Lead change management initiatives by guiding teams through transitions, communicating impact, and fostering stakeholder engagement to ensure successful adoption of new processes and tools.

Skills:

Experience Qualifications

7 or More Years overall related experience required

4 or More Years of project management experience or other related experience required

7 or More Years of pharmaceutical or related industry experience with a working knowledge of the medical, scientific, and commercial oncology marketplace preferred

Experience with budget management required

Executive level presentations and communications required

Microsoft Office/Teams required

Advanced Excel skills required

Candidate should be prepared to travel on behalf of DSI to conferences/symposiums if needed.

Education:

• Bachelor's Degree in any relevant discipline required. Master's Degree prefer.

Please contact me if you are interested. Thank you.

Thank You,

Gurpreet Kaur

Aequor Technologies LLC

377 Hoes Lane, Suite 300

Piscataway, NJ 08854

(732) 993-7304

gurpreet.kaur@aequor.com