Associate Director, Project Management (Hybrid Contract)

Job Description

Job Description

Job Title: Associate Director, Project Management – Pharmaceutical Development (Hybrid Contract)

Location: Foster City, CA – Hybrid, 3 days/week onsite (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday) — Local candidates only

Employment Type: Contract

Pay Rate: $115/hr

About the Role:
ATR International is hiring on behalf of our client, a leading biopharmaceutical company, for an Associate Director-level Project Manager to lead cross-functional project teams within an HIV Cure research program, coordinating project management activities across three cross-functional teams. This is a hybrid contract position based in Foster City, CA, requiring onsite presence Tuesday through Thursday.

Ideal Candidate Profile:
We're looking for one of the following:

• A former bench/research scientist who has transitioned into a project or program management role, and can speak fluently to both the science and PM fundamentals; or
• An experienced Project Manager with substantial, hands-on drug development and clinical experience — someone who has managed programs through preclinical and clinical stages and is deeply fluent in drug development processes, even without a formal bench-science background.

Either path should demonstrate strong team leadership, cross-functional coordination, timeline/resource management, and governance reporting experience.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage cross-functional project teams spanning drug development activities from early-stage through clinical development
• Partner with project leaders to ensure timely, efficient, and effective team meetings and consistent progress on team activities between meetings
• Co-chair Project Team meetings; coordinate complex team operations and cross-team communications
• Direct project communications, ensuring all stakeholders are fully informed on project activities, timelines, and status
• Organize project management support across functional areas; attend sub-team meetings; stand up ad hoc working groups as needed
• Ensure Development Plans integrate timing, scope, and resources across the program
• Identify project risks and issues; propose and implement corrective action plans
• Manage project data and timelines in G.Plan (Planisware); align and validate data with other project managers
• Author sections of Project Team documents as needed
• Organize preparation of high-quality documents for governance committee review, in partnership with the project team; support the Development Project Team (or Program Strategy Team) at governance meetings

Requirements:

• 10+ years of relevant experience with a BS in a science field; OR
• 8+ years of relevant experience with an MS or MBA; OR
• 4+ years of relevant experience with a PhD in a scientific field, PharmD, DVM, or MD
• Minimum 5 years of experience in cross-functional drug development project management
• Demonstrated experience managing project teams through clinical development stages (preclinical through early/late-phase clinical preferred)
• Prior bench/research science experience or deep, demonstrated drug development/clinical process expertise
• Immunology, virology, or infectious disease background a strong plus given the therapeutic area
• Experience managing multiple concurrent project teams preferred
• Must be local to the Foster City, CA area and able to work onsite Tuesday–Thursday

Company DescriptionATR International is a staffing and workforce solutions firm providing high‐quality talent across a wide range of industries, including technology, operations, and professional services.

Company Description

ATR International is a staffing and workforce solutions firm providing high‐quality talent across a wide range of industries, including technology, operations, and professional services.