Sabin Vaccine Institute is committed to making vaccines more accessible and improving lives through immunization. The Director, Technical Project Management, Vaccine Research & Development (R&D) is responsible for leading a team of technical Project Managers and ensuring effective project management practices in vaccine development programs.

Responsibilities:

Lead, manage, coach, and develop a team of technical Project Managers supporting integrated vaccine development activities by fostering a high-performance culture rooted in accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement
Set expectations for Project Management excellence, including planning discipline, meeting management, decision documentation, issue escalation, risk management, budget tracking, and reporting
Build team capabilities through training, knowledge sharing, and cross-program learning opportunities
Build individual capabilities within the team through mentoring, feedback, performance management, career development, and consistent use of tools and templates
Foster a collaborative, accountable, inclusive team culture that supports transparency, constructive challenge, and continuous learning
Serve as a role model and uphold principles of Program Governance
Provide clear direction and feedback, supporting individual development plans and career progression
Provide leadership oversight for direct reports interfaces with CDMOs, CROs, testing laboratories, consultants, academic partners, global health organizations, federal agencies, and other external stakeholders
Partner with Program Managers and functional leaders to ensure technical Project Managers develop and maintain fit-for-purpose integrated plans, schedules, milestones, budgets, assumptions, risks, issues, dependencies, and decision records
Provide review and feedback of team outputs to ensure high-quality and appropriate integration of functional, external partner, budget, schedule, and decision inputs
Serve as an escalation point and thought partner for direct reports as well as Program Managers on complex planning, stakeholder alignment, and delivery challenges
Guide direct reports in using scenario planning, dependency management, critical path analysis, trade-off assessment, and operational readiness planning
Drive consistent use of project management tools, dashboards, templates, and operating rhythms to ensure alignment, visibility, accountability, and performance
Ensure technical Project Managers provide timely, accurate visibility to deliverables, risks, issues, assumptions, and variances to support Program Manager decision-making and escalation
Provide hands-on support and coaching for proposal planning, basis-of-estimate development, budget assumptions, and project controls, while building these capabilities within the team
Contribute to strategic planning activities, providing insights into program performance, resource utilization, and potential implications for new opportunities and R&D initiatives
Support the planning and delivery of organizational objectives/goals to ensure successful R&D-wide evolution in support of our mission
Support R&D-wide efforts, including but not limited to routine and ad-hoc meeting planning and execution, reporting, and system/infrastructure building
Participate in the development and refinement of project and program management tools which foster alignment, communication, and performance

Requirements:

Bachelor's degree in a scientific field
12+ years of relevant biopharma, vaccine, biologics, or pharmaceutical experience, including significant project/program management and integrated product development experience
Demonstrated experience leading, coaching, and developing Project Managers, including performance management, mentoring, and capability building
Broad understanding of vaccine/biologic development across nonclinical, clinical, regulatory, and CMC disciplines, with sufficient technical fluency to identify dependencies, risks, trade-offs, and integration needs
Strong financial acumen, including program budgeting, forecasting, accruals, variance analysis, basis-of-estimate development, earned value management/project controls, and schedule/cost performance tracking
Experience with third-party vendors and partners, including CDMOs, CROs, testing laboratories, consultants, and academic or government collaborators
Experience with pharmaceutical or vaccine governance practices, risk management, issue escalation, and executive-level reporting
Advanced proficiency with MS Project and Smartsheet tools; strong proficiency with Microsoft 365 applications
Excellent people leadership, communication, facilitation, influencing, and stakeholder management skills; ability to coach others to lead through ambiguity and operate effectively in a matrixed environment
Strong organizational skills and attention to detail, with the ability to manage competing priorities, confidential information, and time-sensitive deliverables; dependable and able to prioritize competing demands to meet deadlines
Commitment to furthering Sabin's mission and contributing to a diverse, equitable, inclusive, and collaborative workplace
Ability to travel approximately 10-20% domestically and internationally with notice
Subject to a criminal background investigation
Request for three professional references
Verification of education/degrees
Advanced degree and/or PMP certification strongly preferred
Experience with programs funded by U.S. Government agencies, global health organizations, foundations, and/or non-profit funders preferred; familiarity with contractual deliverables, funder reporting, and audit-ready documentation highly valued

Technical Support Analyst - Immediate placement

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