Senior Director, Specialty Project Management

Company: CSL
Location: King of Prussia
Posted on: March 19, 2026

Job Description:

Oversees Specialty Project Managers(PMs) supporting regional R&D execution (China &Japan), Submissions, and Search & Due Diligence across a portfolio of assets ranging from early research to late-stage development and lifecycle management focusing on all elements of Project Management Leadership, both strategic and operational, associated with R&D Program Management. This role oversees Development Planning & Project Management for China PM, Japan PM (indirect), Submissions PM and Search & Due Diligence PM. Manages a distributed team across multiple time zones and cultures, influences senior cross-functional leaders, and enables high-stakes decisions that impact patient safety, regulatory approvals, and business investment. Main Responsibilities & Accountabilities R&D Specialty Program Management • Accountable for providing Program Management leadership within the Specialty portfolio and across geographies, including New Product Development and Life Cycle Management• Lead the Specialty Project Management function within R&D Portfolio & Operations Excellence, setting strategy and operating model for complex, cross-functional programs that include regional execution (China & Japan), regulatory submission delivery, and Search & Due Diligence/Business Development evaluations. • Establish clear role definitions, governance, and ways of working across Specialty PM areas and regions to ensure consistent delivery standards and decision-making cadence.• Ensure all programs and submissions under Specialty PM oversight adhere to internal quality systems, compliance expectations, and documentation standards. • Embed risk management discipline: early detection, mitigation plans, and escalation pathways, including proactive compliance considerations for China & Japan.• Serve as a senior PM thought leader, advising R&D and functional leaders on program strategy, sequencing, trade-offs, and execution risk across the development lifecycle for the Specialty projects.• Lead identification of project acceleration and risk management options, while ensuring solutions are pragmatic and flexible to allow for innovation• Actively contribute as a member of PPE Leadership Team to enable success of the group and create a culture of connectivity, delivery, empowerment and transformation• Provide guidance and direction to the R&D Specialty Project Management teams to ensure robust, yet pragmatic, Project Management practices and methodologies are applied and aligned with broader R&D projects within our portfolio• Liaise with the TA Delivery Leads to ensure that processes and delivery outcomes are aligned across the Therapeutic Areas (TA) and Specialty Project Management• Ensure seamless interactions between Specialty PM and critical partners (i.e. TALTs, GPLs, PMs, RPLs, PSTs and functional representatives)• Contribute to the development of cross functional TA strategy and process to ensure product strategy plans align with the TA strategy • Works with Portfolio Management team to ensure Specialty portfolio information is effectively integrated into portfolio plans and analysis to support TA portfolio investment management and the development of TA strategic priorities • Works with the TALT and Portfolio Delivery Leads to review projects in the portfolio including timelines, cost and resources Regional PM Leadership (China & Japan) • Directly manage China PMs and work closely with the Head, R&D Japan (dual reporting model) to develop regional Project Managers supporting R&D work in China and Japan, ensuring alignment with global program strategies and local requirements.• Integrate China/Japan PM planning into global integrated development plans (IDPs) and timelines, ensuring seamless handoffs and transparency across regions.• Drive consistent use of tools, templates, and standards across regions and cultures while enabling locally optimized execution and stakeholder management.• Build strong partnerships with local R&D leadership, Clinical Operations, Regulatory, Quality, Medical Affairs, Commercial Operations, and external partners to remove barriers to project delivery. Submissions PM Leadership • Lead Submissions PM capability across R&D, ensuring robust planning and execution for key submissions (e.g., IND/CTA, NDA/BLA/MAA variations, lifecycle submissions) including end-to-end submission planning and execution, including authoring, review, publishing, and submission readiness.• Ensure submission plans are inspection-ready, traceable, and aligned to global regulatory strategy, including milestone discipline, authoring readiness, and contingency plans.• Coordinate cross-functional submission governance including Regulatory Affairs, Clinical, Biostats, Medical Writing, CMC, Safety, Quality, Labelling, and Publishing. Search & Due Diligence (S&DD) Project Management Leadership • Lead S&DD PM to deliver high-quality diligence planning and execution for internal pipeline opportunities, licensing, acquisitions, collaborations, and external innovation evaluations.• Work closely with the Search function and the Search and Due Diligence (DD) PM supports R&D and Commercial NPO due diligence activities • Create standardized diligence workplans, functional request workflows, and executive readouts to enable fast, rigorous decision-making.• Coordinate diligence activities across R&D, Regulatory, CMC, Safety, IP/Legal, Finance, Commercial, and external parties while ensuring confidentiality and clean-team requirements (where applicable). Talent/Management Responsibilities & Accountabilities • Lead a global group of PMs with a set of high-complexity and interfaces; requires oversight of global sub-functions, with individual strategies and objectives• Establish strategic priorities, competency framework and performance expectations designed to support and develop talent to excel and grow professionally• Lead and manage Specialty PM workforce planning: capacity, capability mix, sourcing strategy (FTE/contract), and succession planning. • Build PM capability through coaching, mentoring, performance management, and targeted development plans, including region-specific talent strategies for China & Japan.• Build and sustain deep expertise in regional PM, submissions PM and diligence PM as specialized capabilities.• Champion training pathways for submissions PM and Search & DD PM specialization, ensuring consistent competency progression. Qualifications & Experience Requirements • Undergraduate science/business degree in relevant discipline essential, preferably with post-graduate qualifications• Post-graduate qualifications in finance, business administration or related field preferable • 10 years pharmaceutical or biotech experience inclusive of demonstrated strong Portfolio Management, Project Management and Team Leadership expertise• Leadership experience in drug development in China and Japan, submissions and/or Search & Due Diligence PM• Excellent communication skills (written, verbal, presentation) in English; experience adapting messaging to suit the intended audiences• Excellent Strategic Thinking skills• Executive presence and negotiation skills; Ability to effectively engage across the enterprise, building constructive relationships to execute deliverables. About CSL Behring CSL Behring is a global biotherapeutics leader driven by our promise to save lives. Focused on serving patients’ needs by using the latest technologies, we discover, develop and deliver innovative therapies for people living with conditions in the immunology, hematology, cardiovascular and metabolic, respiratory, and transplant therapeutic areas. We use three strategic scientific platforms of plasma fractionation, recombinant protein technology, and cell and gene therapy to support continued innovation and continually refine ways in which products can address unmet medical needs and help patients lead full lives. CSL Behring operates one of the world’s largest plasma collection networks, CSL Plasma. Our parent company, CSL, headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, employs 32,000 people, and delivers its lifesaving therapies to people in more than 100 countries. To learn more about CSL, CSL Behring, CSL Seqirus and CSL Vifor visit https://www.csl.com/ and CSL Plasma at https://www.cslplasma.com/ . Our Benefits For more information on CSL benefits visit How CSL Supports Your Well-being | CSL . You Belong at CSL At CSL, Inclusion and Belonging is at the core of our mission and who we are. It fuels our innovation day in and day out. By celebrating our differences and creating a culture of curiosity and empathy, we are able to better understand and connect with our patients and donors, foster strong relationships with our stakeholders, and sustain a diverse workforce that will move our company and industry into the future. To learn more about inclusion and belonging visit https://www.csl.com/careers/inclusion-and-belonging Equal Opportunity Employer CSL is an Equal Opportunity Employer. If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, please visit https://www.csl.com/accessibility-statement .

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