Director, Project Team Lead, Early Research

Job summary

<p><strong>Position Summary:</strong></p> <p>Quotient is seeking a hands-on strategic leader and operator to lead matrixed project teams comprised of representatives from early genomic science, assay development, high-throughput lab and data science across multiple projects in a scaling biotech environment.

Qualifications

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• p><u>Essential</u></p>
• li>Minimum 2-5 years of leadership experience with multi-disciplinary project or program teams in an early drug target identification or drug discovery setting.</li>
• li>Experience in overseeing and integrating wet-lab Research capabilities and computational teams toward complex goals</li>
• li>Demonstrated track record guiding cross-functional teams to achieve program goals on aggressive timelines in a matrixed or entrepreneurial biotech environment</li>
• li>Integrative leadership style; able to listen and distill complex problems into a clear solution and direction for cross functional teams</li>
• li>Excellent interpersonal and communication

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• li>Lead a cross-functional matrixed team to develop, execute, and optimize program strategy, timelines, budget, scenario modeling and risk evaluations</li>
• li>Proactively identify challenges, critical path issues, and opportunities for acceleration; implement and track action plans</li>
• li>Oversee preparation of program content for gating key decisions, governance review, external communications, and partnership diligence</li>
• li>Collaborate seamlessly with other project managers to ensure alignment with downstream activities and customers (e.g., target validation and drug discovery)</li>
• li>Collaborate with Finance on program budget planning, resource management, actuals tracking, and communication of key financial risks</li>
• li>Maintain full documentation including program status reports, progress summaries, regulatory submissions, and presentations for internal/external stakeholders</li>
• li>Maintain existing tracking infrastructure for internal capability build projects</li>
• li>Ensure key stakeholders remain informed and aligned on priorities, timelines, risks, and decisions</li>
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