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Senior Program Manager, CMC Portfolio Management

North Chicago, IL, us💼 Full-time🗓 2026-06-29 → 2026-07-31

Core

Leads the development and maintenance of Chemistry, Manufacturing, and Controls (CMC) project plans for drug development teams to support decision-making across the R&D portfolio.

Role type

Senior Program Manager, CMC Portfolio Management

Builds

CMC technical plans, project timelines, and resource estimates for early-late stage drug development and on-market projects.

Domain

Pharmaceutical/Biotech, Drug Development, CMC

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

CMC technical planning, cross-functional team leadership, project management principles, risk analysis, root cause analysis, process improvement, stakeholder management, data analysis, mentoring

Preferred skills

CMC experience, accreditation in project management or process improvement (PMP, LEAN Six Sigma), global project team leadership

Technologies

MS Project, Qlikview, Spotfire, SharePoint, Team sites

Responsibilities

Maintain accurate PPDST rosters and generate timeline swim lanes; lead PPDST team meetings and drive accountability; manage cross-functional process improvement projects; mentor junior staff and develop training materials; analyze project data and metrics to identify solutions for process improvement.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities

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