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Insmed Inc. Senior Director, Research Program Management in Bridgewater, New Jersey

At Insmed, every moment and every patient counts - and so does every person who joins in. As a global biopharmaceutical company dedicated to transforming the lives of patients with serious and rare diseases, you'll be part of a community that prioritizes the human experience, celebrates curiosity, and values every person's contributions to meaningful progress. That commitment has earned us recognition as Science magazine's No. 1 Top Employer for five consecutive years, certification as a Great Place to Work® in the U.S., and a place on The Sunday Times Best Places to Work list in the UK.For patients, for each other, and for the future of science, we're in. Are you?About the Role:We're looking for a Senior Director, Research Program Management on the Program Management team to help us expand what's possible for patients with serious and rare diseases. Reporting to the Executive Director, Research & Respiratory Disease Program Management, you'll provide strategic and program management leadership across Insmed's early research portfolio - from target identification through development candidate selection.Operating at the intersection of scientific strategy and operational rigor, this role serves as the senior operational backbone of research program teams at Insmed's NJ and NH sites, enabling scientific leaders to focus on discovery while ensuring programs advance with speed, clarity, and accountability. While primarily focused on NJ/NH programs, this role will interact and collaborate with program management counterparts across Insmed's broader global research network as needed.This position requires flexibility for on-site presence across NJ and NH research sites.What You'll Do: In this role, you'll build and maintain integrated, milestone-driven program plans from discovery through candidate selection, including critical path, key decision points, and success criteria - ensuring plans are grounded in modality-appropriate benchmarks for small molecule, biologics, and gene therapy programs.You'll also: * Establish clear, stage-appropriate deliverables (e.g., target validation, lead optimization, developability, candidate nomination) aligned to industry benchmarks, proactively challenging planning assumptions before they are embedded in program baselines * Maintain a real-time portfolio view across NJ/NH programs, driving consistency in how programs are planned, tracked, and reported - enabling leadership visibility into progress, risks, timelines, and trade-offs * Partner with Program/Project Leaders and functional scientists to translate strategy into clear execution plans and priorities, facilitating effective team operating cadence (core team meetings, deep dives, decision forums) with clear objectives, documented decisions, and strong accountability * Act as a cross-functional connector across biology, protein engineering, immunology, translational, and CMC interfaces to resolve dependencies, remove bottlenecks, and ensure inter-program and cross-site interactions are visible and well-managed * Proactively identify scientific, technical, and execution risks; drive mitigation planning and support data-driven decision making by framing options, trade-offs, and scenario analyses for program advancement * Challenge teams to focus on critical experiments and minimal data packages required for decisions, and identify opportunities to accelerate timelines through parallelization, externalization, manufacturing sourcing optimization, or scope prioritization * Ensure clear documentation of program decisions, risks, and assumptions - maintaining decision logs and version-controlled program records with rigor and discipline * Lead preparation of portfolio updates and materials for senior leadership and quarterly reviews, owning the narrative, ensuring executive summaries accurately reflect material risks and timeline changes, and driving post-review action tracking * Drive adoption of fit-for-purpose program management tools and templates tailored to early research, including modality-specific planning templates for small molecule, biologics, and gene therapy programs * Contribute to building a scalable research operating model, including standard milestone frameworks, portfolio tracking approaches, and ways of working that reinforce accountability, speed, and cross-site collaborationWho You Are:You have a Bachelor's degree in a scientific discipline along with 12+ years of experience in biotech/pharma R&D, includiTo view the full job description, click hereApply here: https://www.aplitrak.com/?adid=YmJnZW5lcmljLjk5MDQ3LjEwNDEyQGluc21lZGNvbXAuYXBsaXRyYWsuY29t

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