Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Faeth Therapeutics is a clinical-stage oncology company focused on advancing their PIKTOR program. They are seeking a Vice President of Program Management to oversee the integration of various functions involved in their pipeline, ensuring timely updates and strategic decision-making.
Responsibilities
- Own the integrated program plan. Build and maintain a single, authoritative view of timelines, milestones, dependencies, and the critical path across all functions for PIKTOR and, over time, the broader portfolio. Make the interdependencies between functions visible and actively managed rather than discovered late
- Keep leadership ahead of the program, not behind it. Serve as the source of truth for where each program stands and what is about to change. Proactively surface roadblocks, slippage, and any new information that could affect readouts or timelines to the ELT and C-suite — early, clearly, and with options, not just problems
- Run the decision-making machinery. Design and own the governance model — core team cadence, stage gates, decision rights, and escalation paths — so that strategic decisions are framed and surfaced early. Draft OKRs, prepare and drive toward key decision points in partnership with the functional leaders who own them
- Surface strategy early and prepare the materials to support it. Work alongside functional leaders to anticipate the strategic choices coming down the pipeline, frame the options and trade-offs, and help build the materials that let the CEO and ELT decide well. Act as a strategic thought partner and right hand to the CEO on program direction — with a clear path to growing into de facto asset leadership as the company scales
- Be genuinely AI-native. Use AI extensively and by default as leverage — to compress the busywork of timeline integration, synthesis, status reporting, and cross-functional communication so you operate at a higher altitude than a traditional program manager. Design and continuously improve the dashboards, briefings, and communication tools (dashboards, email cadences, and other formats you invent) that keep the whole company aligned on timelines and risks. This is a core expectation of the role, not a nice-to-have
- Manage program budget and resources. Track program-level budget, resourcing, and CRO/vendor coordination in partnership with Finance, with dual responsibility alongside Clinical Operations for the clinical-development portions of the plan. Keep a timeline and spend in the same conversation so trade-offs are explicit
- Quarterback business development execution. As partnership and corporate-development conversations progress, serve as the internal quarterback of diligence and deal readiness — coordinating cross-functional inputs, keeping the company 'diligence-ready,' and ensuring a coherent, defensible data package. The CEO owns the external relationship; you own the internal machinery behind it
- Lead through influence, not authority. Drive alignment and execution across functions you don't directly manage. Build the trust and credibility that let you hold senior, expert colleagues to shared commitments and timelines
- Support board and investor readiness. Help prepare program-related board and investor materials and keep externally communicated timelines honest against the internal integrated plan
- Set the program-management standard. As the company's senior-most program-management hire, establish the tools, templates, and operating rhythms that the organization scales on
Skills
- ~10+ years in biotech/pharma drug development, with meaningful time in a program or portfolio management capacity
- Direct experience taking a program through late-stage development and to approval and/or commercialization
- Demonstrated ability to lead complex, cross-functional programs and influence senior executives without direct authority
- Deep, hands-on command of the integrated drug-development process across functions (clinical development, clinical operations, regulatory, CMC, nonclinical, finance, legal)
- Genuinely AI-native: already using AI tools extensively in your daily work and eager to push further
- Exceptional communication, facilitation, and executive-presentation skills; able to synthesize complexity into clear, decision-ready narratives
- Thrives in a small, fast-moving, ambiguous environment; low-ego, collaborative, and comfortable being the person who makes sure nothing gets missed
- Experience supporting business development / corporate development diligence, alliance management, or partnership execution is a strong plus
- Oncology strongly preferred; familiarity with small-molecule and/or PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway programs is a plus
- Experience preparing board- or investor-facing materials is a plus
Benefits
- Competitive salary and equity in a well-funded, clinical-stage biotech
- 100% remote work and flexible schedule
- Health, dental, and vision for you and your dependents
- Flexible time off
- Generous parental leave
- Traditional and Roth 401k
- Mission oriented, remote first culture
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