Director, Program Management

Valo Health is a technology company that integrates human-centric data and AI-powered technology to accelerate the creation of life-changing drugs. Valo was created with the belief that the drug discovery and development process can and should be faster and less expensive, with a higher success rate. We use models early to fail less often as we reinvent drug discovery and development from the ground up. Disease doesn’t wait, so neither can we. 

We are a multi-disciplinary team of experts in science, technology, and pharmaceuticals united in our mission to achieve better drugs for patients, faster. Valo is committed to hiring diverse talent, prioritizing growth and development, fostering an inclusive environment, and creating opportunities to bring together a group of different experiences, backgrounds, and voices to work together. We achieve the widest-ranging impact when we leverage our broad backgrounds and perspectives to accelerate a new frontier in health. Valo’s machine learning and AI capabilities are built on high-quality, high-density translational biology data from multiple sources: that’s where you come in! 

The Director, Program Management (PM) will work together with Therapeutics and Technology Program and Project Leads to ensure strategic and operational excellence across a portfolio of wholly owned and partnered target discovery programs and platform projects.

They will be accountable for planning, tracking, and reporting progress against key project artifacts, including goals, milestones, risks, budget, and resources, and share responsibility with the Program or Project Lead for driving operational excellence and alignment through crisp data-driven decision-making while maintaining a high-performing team environment.

• Coordinate and drive strategic planning activities for the project team, including development of the project plan, goals, milestones, timeline, budget, and resourcing
• Work closely with the Program or Project Lead(s) to maximize team effectiveness through active facilitation of meetings, driving alignment through data-driven decision-making, and cultivation of a positive team environment
• Drive, document, track, and communicate program progress through utilization of project management tools and best practices
• Proactively identify and address project roadblocks and risks
• Issue reports communicating program status, progress, and risks, and present findings to executive management on a regular basis
• Lead cross-functional projects (strategic and/or operational) as required by PM
• Reinforce team operating principles to maximize alignment within the team, across functions, and across teams
• Contribute to the growth and development of the Program Management team

• 10+ years of cross-functional project management experience, ideally with PM experience in early-stage biotech companies
• Demonstrated ability and success at managing complex cross-functional teams towards clearly defined goals and milestones
• PM experience on technical programs at the interface of biology and data science
• Ability to translate strategies into tangible deliverables, timelines, and costs
• Strong interpersonal skills and an ability to influence without authority to enable successful management of meeting and group dynamics, and balance concerns of line management with objectives of teams and executive leadership
• Decisive and analytical mindset, with an ability to synthesize complex and diverse inputs, and provide recommended solutions/preferred options
• Experience in several project management methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, etc.)
• Demonstrated experience using standard project management tools and software encompassing timeline, budget, resource, critical path definition and risk management (Atlassian suite, Smartsheet, etc)
• Excellent communication, organizational skills, and ability to prioritize and multitask
• Life science background (Minimum BS/MS with 10+ years of experience in Biotech/Pharma). Knowledge and understanding of target discovery a plus
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or equivalent proficiency is a plus

Valo Health, LLC (“Valo”) is a technology company built to transform the drug discovery and development process using human-centric data and artificial intelligence-driven computation. As a digitally native company, Valo aims to fully integrate human-centric data across the entire drug development life cycle into a single unified architecture, thereby accelerating the discovery and development of life-changing drugs while simultaneously reducing costs, time, and failure rates. The company’s Opal Computational Platform™ is an integrated set of capabilities designed to transform data into valuable insights that may accelerate discoveries and enable Valo to advance a robust pipeline of programs across cardiovascular metabolic renal, oncology, and neurodegenerative diseases. Founded by Flagship Pioneering and headquartered in Lexington, MA, Valo also has offices in New York, NY. To learn more, visit www.valohealth.com.