Senior Manager, Technical Project Management (Quality)

Beam Therapeutics - Cambridge, MA

Full-time - Senior

Cambridge, MA

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Technical Project Manager at Beam Therapeutics will play a pivotal role in managing product testing and release activities for innovative gene editing programs. Reporting to the Senior Vice President of Strategic Operations, this position requires collaboration with internal Quality teams to ensure timely project execution and operational excellence. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in the biopharmaceutical industry, particularly in quality control (QC) and quality assurance (QA), and will be responsible for driving process improvements and maintaining communication with key stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain an integrated project plan to manage product testing and release activities with internal Quality teams that enables program timelines.
• Develop and maintain an integrated project plan to manage pre-approval inspection activities with key members of Quality that enables inspection readiness.
• Work with CMC sub-teams and Project Managers to ensure efforts are coordinated cross-functionally, and to identify interdependencies, risks, and critical path activities.
• Drive process improvements and operational excellence by collaborating with stakeholders and support the development of resource and budget drivers that drive long-term planning.
• Support capital build projects relevant to the Quality organization.
• Effectively contribute at both a strategic & operational level - use technical knowledge and understanding of the strategic aims to know which details matter.
• Maintain and communicate updates to key stakeholders throughout Beam.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree with 10 years of relevant experience in the life sciences industry.
• Direct experience in QC, QA, or similar activities is required.
• Demonstrated project management experience working with cross-functional teams.
• Certification in Lean / Six Sigma preferred (e.g., yellow, green, or black belt qualification).
• Experience working with facilities, engineering, and validation teams on capital projects.
• Experience working on cell & gene therapy programs is preferred and understands the phases of development within a fast-moving biopharmaceutical organization.
• Ability to manage competing priorities, influence and integrate a team, identify barriers, and manage budgets, timelines, and meeting plans.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills are required.
• Experience with conflict resolution and problem solving in real time.
• Presentation skills and experience with project management tools (e.g., Smartsheet).

Nice-to-haves

• Experience working on cell & gene therapy programs is preferred.