Program Management Director/Sr. Director

What You'll Do

The Director / Senior Director, Program Management, Portfolio Strategy & Management (PSM) runs the program review process that connects BridgeBio's affiliate companies to executive decision-making. You will organize and plan the quarterly Program Review Meeting (PRM) cycle, help leadership and affiliates prepare, and track key deliverables and action items between meetings. You will also build and maintain the integrated timelines and milestone views behind the PRMs, and own the PSM Portal that gives leadership one trusted view of the portfolio. Senior Director scope includes broader program coverage, more complex cross-affiliate dependencies, and greater ownership of the PSM team's structure and roadmap.

Responsibilities

• Organize and plan the quarterly PRM cycle setting standards for planning, tracking and reporting
• Support PRM governance and charter
• Build and maintain integrated program timelines and milestone maps across affiliates, including cross-functional views that connect Regulatory, Clinical, CMC, Quality, Commercial and other functions
• Identify risks, dependencies and resource conflicts across programs, including ex-US submission, approval and launch timing, and drive mitigation plans and escalation
• Help prepare decision-ready materials for the Executive Team, the Board and functional heads, including portfolio decisions and development candidate nominations
• Own the PSM Portal as product owner: set the roadmap, run beta and tiered-access launches, triage user feedback, and keep the dashboards (catalysts, competitive intelligence, program status) accurate and current
• Manage the portal's IT partnership, vendors and budget, including scoping statements of work and annual budget requests
• Secure reliable, recurring data from groups outside PSM (affiliate teams, the International organization, portfolio strategy, IP and competitive intelligence)
• Lead and develop the PMO capability
• Build and improve program management dashboards, tools, templates and processes that scale as the company grows
• Partner with Finance and Portfolio Strategy on long-range planning, budgets and resourcing
• Capture decisions and follow-ups from each PRM and report progress against them at the next cycle

Where You'll Work

This role sits in the Office of the Chief Regulatory Officer (OCRO), and is part of the Portfolio Strategy & Management team. You will work daily with affiliate program teams, executive leadership and their chiefs of staff, IT, and the International organization. Location: Hybrid, with 3 days a week in the SF/Palo Alto offices. Up to 10-20% travel may be required.

Who You Are

• Director: 8+ years in biotech or pharma; prior program or project management experience in drug development preferred
• Director: 3+ years leading people or cross-functional teams
• Senior Director: 12+ years in biotech or pharma, with 5+ years leading teams
• Experience managing multiple late-stage programs or launches at the same time
• Track record building program management processes and tools in a growing organization
• Solid understanding of cross-functional drug development (preclinical, CMC, regulatory, clinical, quality, commercial), global health authority guidelines and stage-gate decisions; submission and launch readiness experience a plus
• Experience running governance for executive-level program reviews, including agendas, pre-reads, minutes and action tracking, and scheduling around senior executives
• Experience owning an internal data product, portal or dashboard, including user adoption, access tiers, feedback and release planning; vendor and IT partnership experience a plus
• Strong planning, risk management and cross-functional leadership skills, with the ability to prioritize complex and competing work across multiple programs at once
• Proven ability to lead a matrixed team and influence without direct authority, including securing data and commitments from teams that do not report to you
• Clear, concise communicator who builds strong relationships and can present compellingly to executives and the Board
• Rare disease experience preferred; experience in a small to mid-sized biotech or a multi-affiliate structure valued
• Expert in Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook); experience with timeline management tools such as Smartsheet or MS Project
• Master's degree preferred; bachelor's degree in a scientific, healthcare, life sciences or business field is fine. PMP or similar certification is a strong plus