Director, Drug Development Project Management & Pipeline Strategy

Quotient Therapeutics is an early-stage biopharmaceutical company developing medicines informed by natural somatic genetic diversity. The Director will lead integrated drug development project planning and execution across matrixed teams, external partners, budgets, risks, governance, and regulatory readiness, while also supporting end-to-end drug discovery pipeline strategy.

Responsibilities:

• With drug development matrix teams, support the translation of overarching drug development strategy and vision into integrated, detailed project plans (scope, milestones, critical paths, dependencies, risks) across functions
• Monitor progress versus plan; proactively identify issues and interdependencies, escalate to project leads as needed, and coordinate cross-functional mitigation plans
• Schedule, structure, and run project team meetings (set agendas, pre-reads, minutes, action logs), track and drive closure of decisions and actions
• Build and maintain governance-ready views (dashboards, status summaries, decision logs) to enable Quotient’s Executive team and Board of Directors reviews
• Support SMEs in operational execution with external partners (e.g., CROs), ensuring deliverables, timelines, and obligations are clearly understood and met
• Support functional heads in forecasting and tracking resource needs (FTE, external partners) across projects and the pipeline, flag constraints and propose options
• Coordinate budgets closely with the VP of Finance and track spend vs. plan and contracted scopes
• Establish and maintain a structured risk and issue management process (identification, impact assessment, mitigation/contingency, owners, timelines)
• Support compliance with regulatory and quality expectations by organizing documentation and tracking contributions to regulatory submissions etc
• Maintain shared repositories (SharePoint, dashboards, trackers) for plans, data summaries, and decision histories to improve transparency and continuity
• Identify and implement continuous operational improvements to increase DD matrix team efficiency and focus on high-value scientific work
• Support the development of Quotient’s drug discovery pipeline strategy and, with members of Research Operations and Strategy, develop a holistic and end-to-end view of Quotient’s Research and Development pipeline

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in biological sciences or related discipline
• Proven track record of applying project management methodologies in complex, matrixed environments
• significant experience (typically 5–10 years) in drug development within pharmaceutical, or biotech industry settings
• Knowledge and experience in drug discovery and an understanding of the principles of clinical development, drug discovery, regulatory strategy
• Established expertise and hands-on experience with project management tools (e.g. Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, or equivalent), Microsoft Office applications, and a working understanding of innovative AI and knowledge management technologies (e.g., ChatGPT, Claude, CoPilot, Notion etc)
• Formal Project Management Qualifications (e.g. PMP or PRINCE2 certification)
• Advanced scientific degree
• Demonstrated ability to think strategically and execute multiple projects simultaneously
• Experience with data, AI, or real-world evidence initiatives
• Highly effective communication skills (verbal, written, and presentation) for a wide variety of audiences/stakeholders, including technical and business
• An appreciation of drug target research and/or genetic research workflows and how these interface with drug discovery workflows