Director, Program Control

Director, Program Control

At KBI Biopharma, we are advancing science and accelerating breakthroughs. As a global leader in biopharmaceutical development and manufacturing, we empower life science companies to bring new medicines and vaccines to the world faster. Explore your potential at KBI, where innovation meets impact.

Position Summary : The Program Control team will utilize expertise in Cost / Schedule and business management to maximize successful program performance, provide operational awareness to stakeholders and drive value creation to the enterprise. We will achieve this through the development of viable and comprehensive plans, tracking of program performance, analysis of program data, and timely and accurate reporting of program status information. To this end, we identify and reduce program risk and contribute significantly to the early identification of performance concerns. The Director, Program Control will be responsible for leading the day-to-day internal program control business functions, directly contributing to the development and implementation of new business process concepts and techniques. This position will report to the Chief Financial Officer and will work closely with Senior Leadership and all functional organizations.

Responsibilities :

• Manage a program control team, ensuring compliance with program control and company policies and procedures.
• Ownership of all projects from a business and financial perspective.
• Lead project teams in the planning, tracking, analysis, and reporting of projects of varying contract type, size, complexity, and level of risk.
• Develop and deploy training and guidance for staff, develop process improvements to current policy and procedures that affect operations, manage budgets and set priorities.
• Responsible for implementing company goals and objectives, facilitating effective communications and relationships with line and functional departments, interpreting policy / guidance and disseminating to program control staff.
• Collaborate cross functionally with functional peer groups and senior management.
• Assist with complex proposal development, contract negotiations and administration of contracting activities utilizing sound business judgement.
• Ensure that the program teams establish and maintain cost / schedule baselines, develop Work Breakdown Structures (WBSs) and related dictionaries.
• Guide the development of, and review of, Estimates at Completion (EACs) and possess a complete understanding of related financial policies.
• Ensure Resource Loaded Networks (RLNs) and related variance analyses are accurate and complete.
• Review projections of cash flow and profitability for projects and recommend options to improve.
• Ensure internal and external reports on the financial status of the programs are accurate and meaningful.
• Assist with risk assessments, including the development of Risk Identification and Mitigation plans.
• Prepare written and verbal reports to executive level management regarding project status.

Requirements :

The salary and job title for this opening will be based on the selected candidate's qualifications and experience and may be outside this range. KBI has a robust total rewards strategy which includes an annual bonus structure for all employees, medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid PTO and holidays, 401K matching with 100% vesting in 60 days and employee recognition programs.

About KBI Biopharma, Inc., a JSR Life Sciences company, is a global contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) providing fully integrated and accelerated drug development and biologics manufacturing services to life science companies. KBI supports its 500+ customers in advancing more than 160 drug candidates from preclinical and clinical stages to market, including the manufacture of ten commercial products. Recognized for quality manufacturing, KBI delivers robust process development and cGMP manufacturing services across its six global locations in the USA and Europe.