Senior Manager, Planning Lead

Arvinas is a clinical-stage biotechnology company dedicated to improving the lives of patients suffering from debilitating and life-threatening diseases through the discovery, development, and commercialization of therapies that degrade disease-causing proteins. Arvinas uses its proprietary PROTAC® Discovery Engine platform to engineer proteolysis targeting chimeras, or PROTAC® targeted protein degraders, that are designed to harness the body’s own natural protein disposal system to selectively and efficiently degrade and remove disease-causing proteins.

In addition to its robust preclinical pipeline of PROTAC protein degraders against validated and “undruggable” targets, the company has three investigational clinical-stage programs currently enrolling: vepdegestrant for the treatment of patients with locally advanced or metastatic ER+/HER2- breast cancer; ARV-102 for the treatment of patients with neurodegenerative disorders, and ARV-393 for the treatment of patients with relapsed/refractory non-Hodgkin Lymphoma and potentially other lymphomas.

In April 2024, Arvinas entered into a transaction with Novartis, including a global license agreement for the development and commercialization of the clinical stage PROTAC® androgen receptor protein degrader ARV-766 for the treatment of prostate cancer. The transaction closed in May 2024.

#TeamArvinas is made up of approximately 450 passionate and curious employees, whose diverse thoughts and perspectives are highly valued. Arvinas employees embrace the freedom to pursue innovation, think creatively, and give back. They are driven by the company’s values and mission – to improve the lives of patients with serious diseases by pioneering therapies created with our revolutionary PROTAC® protein degradation platform. We’re really excited about the work we’re doing inside and outside of Arvinas, and think you will be, too. But don’t just take our word for it – learn more about life at Arvinas and what employees have to say.

For more information, please visit www.arvinas.com. 

Position Summary  

The Senior Manager, Planning Lead, will provide planning and reporting support across one or more early and late-stage drug development assets. This individual will also support the project planning tool, including technical initiatives, requirement gathering, UAT, and adoption. The Senior Manager will create and maintain cross-functional project timelines, support the monthly close process, and track identified actions and deliverables.  Utilizing project management guidelines and techniques, this individual will work with a cross-functional team to ensure Project Plans are aligned with team strategy and provide key reports and data insights, such as critical path, upcoming activities, and progress against benchmarks to the team. The Senior Manager, Planning Lead, must be agile and adapt his/her thinking and approach, as the situation changes in a dynamic, fast-paced environment. The Senior Manager will drive standards for planning, tools, definitions and will be a mentor for other project planners. 

This position reports to the Director, R&D Project and Portfolio Planning and can work remotely from a location within the U.S. 

Principal Responsibilities 

• Creates and maintains asset drug development plans for multiple early and late-stage assets, by partnering with cross-functional teams 
• Manages and drives the monthly planning close process 
• Proactively anticipates issues, challenges assumptions, and identifies contingencies to circumvent potential delays in project plans 
• Analyzes data to provide insightful project planning information to teams and management 
• Creates and manages planning and reporting guidance documents  
• Identifies new processes, best practices, and/or tools to support Best in Class Program Planning 
• Actively leads and or contributes to departmental initiatives 
• Integration of strategic and tactical input from diverse disciplines (e.g., biology, chemistry, pharmacology, clinical, regulatory, clinical supply, and other areas), as applicable to the project. 
• Translates complex data and analytics into consumable information for stakeholders by creating storylines in the context of the business 
• Prepares reports and data visualizations that summarize project status, critical path, and key project events. Creates documents and presentation material for senior management and governance committees 
• Actively creates and manages cross-functional project plans in the Planisware Orchestra Planning tool 
• Responsible for managing the Planisware planning tool (Orchestra) as an administrator which includes managing and updating templates   
• Contributes to creating guidance documentation and delivers training for planning and reporting needs 

Qualifications 

• 8+ years’ experience in an area of pharmaceutical research and development with some direct experience related to asset planning 
• Oncology and/or Neuroscience Therapeutic Area experience preferred 
• Drug development knowledge required with a clear understanding of cross functional interactions which may include research, toxicology, clinical pharmacology, clinical, manufacturing, and regulatory, etc. 
• Experience with scheduling methodologies as well as technological literacy with computer applications necessary to create, manage and analyze project timelines  
• Superior computer/information technology literacy is required.  Specifically, superior skills in the creation, management and analysis of project timelines using Planisware Orchestra, Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, or comparable scheduling software tools. 
• Strong collaborative spirit and teaming skills 
• Integrates project knowledge, experience, and expertise to proactively raise key questions related to planning 
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills; proven effective collaboration with cross functional team members  
• Learning and continuous improvement mindset 
• Must be able to work independently in a fast-paced team environment 
• Ability to rapidly master computer applications and technical material 
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite 
• Demonstrated skills in planning, organization and time management including the ability to support and prioritize multiple projects 
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to adapt to changing priorities and deadlines 
• Excellent attention to detail 
• Strong Analytical Skills 
• Arvinas will not be providing VISA sponsorship for this position now or in the future. You must have the ability to work without a need for a current or future VISA sponsorship 
• The duties of this role are generally conducted in a home office environment. Employees must be able, with or without an accommodation to use a computer; engage in communications via phone, video, and electronic messaging; engage in problem solving and non-linear thought, analysis, and dialogue; collaborate with others; maintain general availability during standard business hours 

Education  

• BS in Life Sciences/ Pharmacy degree required 

#LI-Remote

Arvinas is proud to offer a competitive package of base and incentive compensation as well as a comprehensive benefits program designed to support the health, wellness and financial security of our employees and their families. Benefits include group medical, vision and dental coverage, group and supplemental life insurance, and much more. To learn more about Arvinas, please visit www.arvinas.com

Arvinas is an Equal Opportunity Employer