Vera Therapeutics, Inc.

Vera Therapeutics, Inc.

Senior Director, Program & Portfolio Management

Boston, MA · Director

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About the role

  • This person will need to be located near Boston, MA or Brisbane, CA.

Responsibilities

  • Own the integrated Trutakna (atacicept-vymj) project plan and the full suite of supporting program management deliverables, timelines, milestones, dependencies, critical path, dashboards, and RAID logs, ensuring accuracy and decision-readiness at all times.
  • Lead the Development Sub-Team, driving successful cross-functional execution of Trutakna development programs across Clinical Development, Regulatory Affairs, CMC, Biostatistics, Drug Safety, and other R&D functions.
  • Lead Research and Development Governance, overseeing agenda development, meeting facilitation, decision tracking, and resolution of action items.
  • Manage the weekly Development Sub-Team meeting end to end: build the agenda, produce meeting presentations, capture and distribute clear minutes, and drive closure on open items between meetings.
  • Serve as a champion of PMO resources to direct reports and the broader organization. Lead with Program Management best practices, bringing rigor and discipline to teams and the PPM function..
  • Serve as the principal execution partner to the Global Program Team Lead (GPTL) and GPT Program Manager, translating GPT-level strategy into coordinated execution plans and ensuring program risk and status are communicated clearly across governance layers.
  • Manage and mentor a team of direct report program and/or project managers supporting R&D, fostering professional development and building program management capability across the team.
  • Maintain continuous, high-touch engagement with cross-functional stakeholders between formal governance touchpoints, ensuring alignment and swift resolution of emerging issues.
  • Act as a trusted, credible partner to functional leaders and executive stakeholders, communicating program status, risks, and dependencies with clarity, precision, and professionalism.
  • May support other programs or R&D initiatives as needed.

Requirements

  • Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional development sub-teams and running formal governance bodies at the program or portfolio level.
  • Demonstrated people management skills, specifically managing program or project managers, required.
  • Proven ability to operate as an execution owner, translating strategic direction set by others into a well-managed, on-track operating plan.
  • Ability to communicate effectively and with executive presence across the organization at all levels.
  • Exceptional stakeholder management skills, with a proven ability to build trust and drive alignment with executive leaders and senior functional heads.
  • Rigorous command of standard program management deliverables and disciplines, including integrated project plans, timelines, dashboards, and RAID logs.
  • Excellent meeting management skills, including agenda design, facilitation, and producing clear, accurate, professional minutes and follow-up.
  • High level of accuracy, attention to detail, and follow-through
  • comfortable managing significant offline stakeholder coordination between formal meetings.

Nice to have

  • BA/BS degree with 15+ years of biotechnology or pharmaceutical industry experience required
  • advanced degree (PhD, MD, MBA) preferred.
  • Deep, hands-on experience managing late-stage development programs through registration and approval
  • direct BLA/NDA experience preferred.
  • A blend of large biopharma and smaller, fast-moving biotech experience strongly preferred, combined with a high level of professionalism and experience working with executive leadership teams.
  • Experience with Smartsheet or similar project management tools preferred.
  • PMP or equivalent certification a plus.

Compensation

  • Vera Therapeutics is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices and we strive to provide employees with total compensation packages that are market competitive.

Company info

  • Vera Therapeutics was founded in 2016 and is based in Brisbane, California.
  • At Vera, our values are the cornerstone of our culture and guide how we work together every day.
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