Amylyx Pharmaceuticals

Amylyx Pharmaceuticals

Manager, R&D Operations

Cambridge, MA

Sponsorship not specified$123k-$138kDetected 1 day ago
Project ManagementForecastingBudgetingVendor ManagementProcurementRecruitingResearchAnimal StudiesLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationOrganizational SkillsMicrosoft OfficeNetSuite

About the role

  • The R&D Operations Manager will be responsible for driving operational excellence across a growing preclinical organization, ensuring studies, vendors, budgets, contracts, and critical deliverables are managed proactively and efficiently.
  • This position offers broad visibility across R&D and significant interaction with scientific leaders, external CROs, Finance, Procurement, Legal, and Quality.

Responsibilities

  • Support operational planning and execution activities supporting preclinical, toxicology, bioanalytical, and translational research programs.
  • Partner with scientific leadership to develop and maintain integrated study plans, timelines, milestones, and operational deliverables.
  • Support identification of operational risks, develop and maintain program level risk tracker, and proactively work with scientific teams to develop mitigation strategies to support successful study execution.
  • Establish, implement, and continuously improve operational processes, tools, templates, and governance frameworks that increase organizational efficiency and scalability.
  • Support the Department Head with scheduling and executive assistant-based activities with approximate 15% time allocation.
  • Serve as the primary operational lead for CROs, laboratories, consultants, and other external vendors supporting preclinical programs.
  • Manage vendor onboarding, contract initiation, statements of work, purchase orders, amendments, and vendor performance tracking.
  • Partner closely with Procurement, Legal, Finance, and Quality to ensure timely execution of agreements and vendor-related activities.
  • Facilitate department-level and cross-functional meetings, lead meeting notes and tracking of decisions, action items, and deliverables with clear documentation and tracking to completion.
  • Maintain operational oversight of study documentation, ensuring protocols, reports, contracts, and associated records are inspection-ready and appropriately archived.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences, Business, Operations, or a related field.
  • 6+ years of experience in biotechnology, pharmaceutical, CRO, or life sciences environments.
  • 3+ years of experience supporting preclinical development, toxicology, translational research.
  • Experience partnering cross-functionally with scientific, finance, procurement, legal, and quality organizations.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to influence stakeholders across all levels of the organization.

Nice to have

  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office and common business systems
  • experience with NetSuite, LinkSquares, Smartsheet, or project management platforms is preferred.

Compensation

  • The pay range posted below represents our good faith estimate of compensation for this role, based on market data and internal benchmarks.
  • Estimated Pay Range
  • $123,000 - $138,000 USD
  • Amylyx's management team is dedicated to this policy with respect to recruitment, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, training, compensation, benefits, employee activities, access to facilities and programs, and general treatment during employment.
  • Partner with Finance to support annual budget planning and quarterly forecasting activities.

Benefits

  • The final offer may vary depending on a candidate's experience, skills, and qualifications, as well as considerations of internal equity.

Company info

  • Amylyx has an audacious mission to usher in a new era for treating diseases with high unmet needs.
  • Where others see challenges, we see opportunities that we pursue with urgency, rigorous science, and unwavering commitment to the communities we serve.
  • We are a clinical-stage company currently focused on post-bariatric hypoglycemia (PBH), Wolfram syndrome, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
  • Our mission is powered by our people.
  • Our core values - be audacious, be curious, be authentic, be engaged, and be accountable - creating a culture of caring.
  • Amylyx has assembled an experienced team ready to take action because the communities we serve have no time to wait.
  • If you share our passion and are determined to tackle some of medicine's toughest problems, we encourage you to read the opportunity below and apply.
  • The Opportunity
  • We are seeking an R&D Operations Manager to lead operational planning and execution across our preclinical research and development organization.
  • This role serves as a key business partner to scientific leadership, enabling efficient execution of toxicology, bioanalytical, translational, and research activities through strong operational oversight, vendor management, financial planning, and process optimization.

Equal opportunity

  • If you need an accommodation, please let your Amylyx Talent Acquisition contact know.

Visa & Work Authorization

  • that does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, pregnancy-related condition
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