Xaira Therapeutics is looking to solve the business and technical problem of transforming drug discovery and development by leveraging AI to design protein and antibody therapeutics, enabling the creation of medicines against historically hard-to-drug molecular targets. The company is also developing foundation models for biology and disease to enable better target elucidation and patient stratification. The Senior Project Manager, Biologics R&D will support the planning and coordination of biologics programs from early-stage discovery through IND-enabling studies.
Requirements
- minimum of 6+ years of industry experience, including hands-on biologics research with demonstrated project or timeline management responsibilities.
- Proven track record of managing programs from research through IND filing.
- Deep understanding of biologics R&D processes, including nonclinical, CMC, and regulatory components.
- Strong analytical, planning, and organizational skills; able to translate complex scientific ideas into clear plans.
- Experience with basic project tracking tools (Excel, Google Suite, etc); advanced PM certifications or software expertise preferred but not required
Responsibilities
- Support day-to-day planning and coordination of biologics research programs, ensuring execution of key activities from discovery through IND-enabling work.
- Build and maintain project timelines that capture critical milestones, dependencies, and deliverables.
- Collaborate with scientific teams to define key project milestones, decisional experiments and translate into actionable, resource-information timelines.
- Help compile project data, timelines, risks, and trade-offs to support informed decision- making.
- Coordinate and facilitate planning and documentation of decisive experiments, and update project plans based on results and next steps.
- Track project status, risks, and mitigation strategies; provide updates to internal stakeholders.
- Develop scenario plans for critical path development decisions to support contingency and investment planning to address potential delays, bottlenecks, or shifts in scope.
Other
- Advanced degree (MS, PhD, or equivalent) in life sciences or a related field strongly preferred.
- Excellent communication, time management collaboration, and stakeholder management skills.
- Please note that this position will be required to be on-site in the SSF/Brisbane office. Remote candidates will not be considered.
- Comfortable managing projects in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment.
- Demonstrated ability to lead without authority and influence diverse teams.
