Sr. Manager or Assoc. Director of R&D Project Management - Dewpoint Therapeutics

Dewpoint Therapeutics is building a highly collaborative team to harness the power of biomolecular condensates. Together, we are leveraging a transformative shift in the understanding of cellular biology to discover and advance breakthrough therapeutics for the toughest diseases.

We are seeking a dynamic and motivated professional to join our team as a Senior Manager or Associate Director of R&D Project Management. Reporting to the Head of R&D Strategic Planning & Operations, this role offers the opportunity to lead and support multiple preclinical research projects, collaborating closely with project leads and cross-functional teams across the organization. The ideal candidate will bring energy, innovation, and a proactive approach to driving impactful outcomes in a fast-paced, inclusive environment. If you’re passionate about advancing science, thrive on overcoming challenges with integrity, and value continuous learning, we’d love to hear from you.

In this position, you’ll be part of an energizing and supportive startup team culture, engaged in continuous learning, and part of an exceptional international team. This is a flexible role located at our site in Boston's Seaport district. Dewpoint offers great benefits, competitive salary, and amazing perks.

In this role you will...

• Serve as the Program/Project manager for multiple discovery-preclinical staged research projects, partnering closely with scientific leads to translate project strategies into actionable plans that include budgets, resources, and timelines.
• Develop and maintain integrated project plans, ensuring seamless coordination and tracking of all activities and resources to drive progress and enable informed decision-making.
• Foster communication and collaboration across project teams by facilitating discussions, resolving issues, driving decisions, and identifying risks with thoughtful mitigation strategies.
• Own project timelines and resources by forecasting needs, managing variances, and providing clear updates to senior leadership on potential or actual impacts.
• Connect the dots between teams, sub-teams, and cross-functional platforms to ensure alignment and efficiency.
• Streamline team collaboration by organizing and maintaining tools like MS Teams and document repositories.
• Prepare project teams for success in governance interactions, supporting activities from project proposals to execution phases.
• Support Research governance operations – in partnership with the Head of R&D Strategic Planning and Operationsyou will support the strategic tracking and management of the agendas, pre-reads, meeting minutes, action and decision tracking, and provide other operational support for the research governance committee.
• Shape our project management excellence by contributing to the evolution of best practices and fostering a culture of collaboration, inclusivity, and innovation within project teams.
• Embrace agility, taking on exciting new initiatives as they arise in our fast-paced, startup environment.

To thrive in this role, you’ll need...

• A bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, or a related field.
• 3+ years of hands-on project management experience in the biotech or pharmaceutical industry.
• 5+ years of research experience in the biotech or pharmaceutical industry, with a deep understanding of drug discovery and preclinical development.
• Proven ability to navigate complex, matrixed teams, leading them with confidence and clarity to achieve ambitious goals.
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills, with the ability to tailor messages to diverse audiences, including senior leadership.
• Demonstrated success in challenging assumptions, identifying risks, proposing mitigation strategies, and maintaining timelines and resource forecasts.
• Proficiency in at least one portfolio, project, and resource management tool (e.g., MS Project, Clarizen, Planview, Workfront, Smartsheets or similar platforms).
• The ability to juggle multiple projects in a multidisciplinary, fast-paced, and dynamic environment while staying organized and solution-oriented.
• Fluent communication in English, the shared language of our vibrant and multicultural team.

It is nice but not essential that you also have...

• Relevant advanced science degree, e.g. PhD, MBA, or M.Sc.,
• Breadth of scientific expertise with solid understanding of early-stage project strategy and drug discovery
• Familiarity with IND to early clinical drug development

This role is an exciting opportunity for a solution-driven, collaborative leader who thrives in a supportive, innovative, and fast-moving environment. If you’re ready to make a meaningful impact and grow alongside an exceptional team, we’d love to hear from you!

About Dewpoint

Dewpoint Therapeutics is the first company founded to apply the emerging discipline of biomolecular condensates to drug discovery. Dewpoint believes that a vast range of conditions have pathways that are regulated by condensates or arise from the dysfunction of condensates — including cancer, neurodegeneration, and metabolic disease. Dewpoint scientists are working in Boston, MA, and Dresden and Frankfurt, Germany, to translate condensate biology into treatments for the toughest diseases.

Dewpoint strives to cultivate an inclusive international community that welcomes and empowers everyone. We reject racism, discrimination, harassment, brutality, and all other manifestations of hate. We draw strength from diversity.

Dewpoint is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

Please, no solicitations by agencies.