Associate Project Manager, Drug Development

At Lilly, the work is demanding because patients are waiting. We unite caring with discovery to help make life better for people around the world, knowing that every decision, every detail, and every day matters. Headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, our over 50,000 employees around the globe take on complex challenges to discover and deliver life-changing medicines, strengthen how health is understood and managed, and support the communities we serve. This is hard, urgent, selfless work—but it’s work worth doing. If you’re driven by purpose and ready to bring your best to work that truly matters for patients, we invite you to join us.  Centessa Pharmaceuticals, a wholly subsidiary of Eli Lilly and Company is advancing a portfolio of high conviction programs with strong biological validation.  Our asset-centric model offers a unique R&D logic that has been applied by single asset companies to improve productivity. This operating model has minimal centralized infrastructure, reduced hierarchy, and exclusive focus on data driven capital allocation.  Our teams are uniquely incentivized to expeditiously interrogate key scientific hypotheses. We believe the asset-centric model can lead to improved success rates for programs with greater speed and modest costs.   Description of Role   The Associate Project Manager provides portfolio-level support across teams for programs in early-late-stage development. This fully remote role focuses on maintaining accurate project timelines and budgets within a corporate-wide Project Portfolio Management (PPM) system and providing other PM support to Centessa’s portfolio of R&D programs. The position provides critical operational support to senior project managers and reports directly to the Director, Program Management.

Maintain and update complex drug development timelines and associated budgets and long-term forecasting within a corporate-wide Project Portfolio Management (PPM) system.   Monitor individual program Smartsheet timelines to ensure consistency and accurate portfolio reporting.   Assist senior project managers with meeting logistics , agenda preparation, minutes and other PM-related activities as needed.   Monitor action items and follow up with owners to keep deliverables on schedule.   Help generate project status reports, dashboards, and RAID logs for use by program teams and leadership.

Bachelor’s degree in a scientific, business, or healthcare discipline. Educational coursework in project management and/or financial management would be a plus.   1–3 years of project management support within the pharmaceutical or biotech industry supporting cross-functional projects   Proven expertise in Smartsheet required and hands-on experience or proficiency with a Project Portfolio Management (PPM) system, such as Planisware, is required .   Highly detail-oriented and motivated individual with strong -software skills and a willingness to learn in a fast-paced environment.   Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) is strongly preferred.   Basic understanding of the end-to-end drug development lifecycle (Preclinical through Phase 3 and Regulatory submission, e.g., NDA).   100% remote with the ability to work productively across multiple time zones.   Minimal travel required (less than 10% expected for team meetings or workshops).   Work Location   The Associate Project Manager, Drug Development role is a based in the US, with occasional travel .   Lilly is dedicated to helping individuals with disabilities to actively engage in the workforce, ensuring equal opportunities when vying for positions. If you require accommodation to submit a resume for a position at Lilly, please complete the accommodation request form ( https://careers.lilly.com/us/en/workplace-accommodation ) for further assistance. Please note this is for individuals to request an accommodation as part of the application process and any