Associate Director, Project Management - Operations and Partnerships

Recursion is a clinical-stage biotechnology company decoding biology by integrating technological innovations across biology, chemistry, automation, data science and engineering to radically improve the lives of patients and industrialize drug discovery. Our team is working to solve some of the hardest, most meaningful problems facing human health today.

You’ll be joining Recursion at an interesting time, both for the company and for the world. The global pandemic has reinforced in everyone’s mind not only the importance of therapeutics, but also the critical value that accelerating every phase of drug discovery can provide. For most, the notion that “patients can’t wait” is abstract; COVID-19 has made this concept all too real for millions, even billions, worldwide. As part of the business operations and project management team at Recursion, you’ll directly accelerate the timeline of getting treatments into the hands of patients.

The Impact You’ll Make

• Problem Solving Partner with teams to proactively identify and highlight risks and issues with the projects; work with the teams to devise and implement 
• Develop contingency plans to drive timely resolution of issues. Project a calm, positive attitude and convey confidence without over-promising expectations.  
• Critical thinking to evaluate at the granular level but still maintain the “big picture” focus on the overall partnership portfolio. Monitor project deliverables and ensure alignment with the company’s long and short-term objectives.
• Responsible for the day-to-day collaboration with scientific team leads, Alliance Management and cross-functional project teams to establish detailed project plans and ensure a common understanding of project timelines, milestones, and deliverables across the project teams and key stakeholders. Drive cross-functional teams to deliver on the detailed plans within budget, scope, time and with quality.
• Create solutions and build strong relationships across the company 
• Translate business needs into projects and continuous process improvements. 
• Communicate expectations clearly and lead by example in a fast pace and fun environment. Working closely with scientific team leads to delegate tasks according to each member’s experience, skill set and offer guidance and support on complicated projects.

The Team You’ll Join 

As an Associate Director of Project Management at Recursion, you will be an essential member of the Recursion Operations and Partnership Teams. The Partnership Team is working to build effective and meaningful partnerships to enable creative and proactive problem solving in drug discovery and development. Our desire to make a difference and contribute to our mission of radically improving lives drives everything we do. In your role, you will collaborate cross-functionally within the Partnership Team and engage with colleagues across the company, vendors, and partners to ensure successful execution of our partnership goals.

The Experience You’ll Need

• 5+ years experience managing programs or projects in a corporate or consulting environment. 
• Strong working knowledge of regulations, guidelines, standards.
• Working knowledge of, or ability and desire to quickly learn the drug discovery / advancement process.
• Demonstrated experience implementing strategic level objectives into tactical plans, and creating systems and processes to streamline work.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, and an understanding of principles of relationship management across diverse internal and external stakeholders.
• Ability to capture data and feedback to come to resolution on complex issues
• Willingness to learn and leverage common project management tools.
• BS or graduate degree in a related field

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