Clinical Program Manager

Lantheus is headquartered in Bedford, Massachusetts with offices in Canada and Sweden. For more than 60 years, Lantheus has been instrumental in pioneering the field of medical imaging and has helped physicians enhance patient care with its broad product portfolio. In 2023, Lantheus had more than $1B in revenues, led by sales of imaging agents for cardiac ultrasound and for prostate cancer.

Lantheus is an entrepreneurial, agile, growing organization that provides innovative diagnostics, targeted therapeutics, and artificial intelligence (AI) solutions that empower clinicians to find, fight and follow disease. At Lantheus our purpose and values guide our behaviors in all interactions and play a vital role in creating a dynamic environment that contributes to our success. Every employee is crucial to our success; we respect one another and act as one knowing that someone's health is in our hands. We believe in helping people be their best and are seeking to bring together a diverse group of individuals with different viewpoints and skill sets to be a part of a productive and inclusive team.

Summary of role

This role will report to the Head of Clinical Sciences and will be responsible for the operational aspects of Lantheus development programs as new processes and infrastructure are created to support our team's success in developing medicines. In collaboration with internal functional leaders and scientific subject matter experts, the program manager will integrate scientific and business priorities to drive effective execution of the program deliverables. Additionally, the program manager will play a critical role in the resource/financial management and forecasting of individual projects on an ongoing basis and will manage all aspects of a clinical trial(s): scope of work, study deliverables, and other project and program management activities. The ideal candidate is a strong, multifaceted individual that is passionate about the empowerment of teams.

Key Responsibilities/Essential Functions

• Lead Clinical Program/Project Management activities for cross-functional drug development programs.
• Work with critical functions to create and manage integrated strategic development plans that define goals, milestones, decision points, critical path, timeline, risks, assumptions, and alternative scenarios.
• Provide drug development and team leadership expertise, and apply program management best practices, to advance development programs.
• Internally and externally communicate a shared, bold vision for the program; exemplify and build a patient-centric program.
• Ensure functional area activities are on track and aligned with broader development strategies, timelines, and regulatory requirements.
• Effectively communicate with key stakeholders on the status, objectives, risks, and mitigation plans associated with development programs.
• Contribute to program management departmental initiatives.
• Point of contact for integration with corporate processes.
• Provide oversight for program budget and make recommendations on ensuring programs are resourced appropriately to hit the corporate goals.
• Monitor performance against projections; and performs budget reconciliation to ensure accurate reporting and oversight over expenditures. Generates and communicates status reports to manager, or designee, as necessary.
• Organize and functionally manage teams within the clinical matrix, in conjunction with clinical management.
• Drive teams to effective decision-making.
• At the direction of senior clinical management and in-line with corporate and/or departmental goals, establish project-specific metrics and set study/program level goals and projections.
• Write and implement clinical project plans, including timelines, budget, vendor management plans, risk management plans, etc.
• Be a role model: inspire team members to achieve ambitious goals, provide feedback and mentorship to drive high performance, build trust and respect across the team and its members, model corporate culture behaviors and support team members.
• Actively promote safety rules and awareness. Demonstrates good safety practices at all times including the appropriate use of protective equipment. Reports and takes initiative to correct safety & environmental hazards.
• Actively demonstrate the Lantheus values of accountability, communication, customer commitment, entrepreneurial spirit, integrity, safety and teamwork.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Basic Qualifications

• Typically requires 5-7 years industry experience including 5+ years of clinical project management experience or relevant work (scientific or healthcare fields) experience.
• Requires a Bachelors degree in a related medical, science or business discipline or equivalent training and formal experience. PMP certification is a plus.
• Clinical SOP experience preferred.
• This position is site-based and requires a presence on-site three days per week.

Other Requirements

• Demonstrate effective verbal and written communication.
• Possess strong interpersonal and organizational skills.
• Ability to work within team environment and perform duties in accordance with Company SOPs.
• Must be flexible with ability to rapidly and effectively respond to changing priorities.
• Demonstrate computer knowledge and experience with MS Word, MS Excel, MS Project, and MS PowerPoint or similar programs.
• Periodic travel to clinical trial sites and other remote locations is required (estimated time at 10-20% annually)

Lantheus is committed to equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to a person's race, color, sex, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, marital status, or any characteristic protected under applicable law. Lantheus is an E-Verify Employer in the United States.