Medical Affairs Project Manager

Medical Affairs Project Manager - Hybrid (in Princeton, NJ office 4 days/week)

Summary: Indegene is looking for a US, NJ based Project Manager who will play a critical role in ensuring operational excellence, cross-functional coordination, and launch readiness via project leadership of the Global Medical Affairs functional plans.

Reporting to the VP of Project Management at the client side, this position serves as a strategic partner to the Medical team while serving as the primary cross-functional operational contact and liaison for effective alignment, communication flow, and governance. The role will serve as a central point of contact for operational planning, delivery, and governance of critical Medical Affairs projects—spanning scientific communications, congress strategy, advisory boards, medical education, and post-marketing data generation supporting launch preparation.

This role focuses on day-to-day project execution, ensuring defined scope, timelines, budgets, and quality objectives are met across the commercial product lifecycle.

The person is expected to work from the Princeton Office of Indegene (at least 4 days a week).

Responsibilities:

Strategic Project Leadership and governance
• Lead cross-functional medical planning and execution for launch readiness sub-team/s, integrated evidence generation plans, scientific platform development, and field medical enablement.
• Define and oversee medical workstreams for new product launches, indication expansions, and lifecycle management.
• Establish and maintain dashboards, KPIs, and governance frameworks to monitor progress, identify risks and develop mitigation solutions, and drive accountability.
• Facilitate strategic reviews, cross-functional planning meetings, and Medical Affairs business reviews.

Cross-functional Collaboration
• Partner closely with leaders in Field Medical, Medical Communications, Medical Information, HEOR, and Clinical Operations to ensure unified execution and prioritization.
• Partner closely with leaders across other launch work-streams for aligned strategy and execution
• Alignment with other launch project management team members to enhance project management effectiveness through collaboration

Operational Infrastructure & Process Excellence
• Drive the evolution of Medical Affairs operations through process optimization, SOP development, and adoption of best practices.
• Champion and as needed develop the implementation of medical planning tools

Congress & External Engagement Readiness
• Lead project management to support operational planning for major scientific congresses, including alignment across abstracts, symposia, and booth activities.
• Oversee project management supporting coordination and execution of high-impact stakeholder engagements (ad boards, medical education programs, scientific exchange events etc).

Vendor Management:
• Manage relationships with key vendors and external partners to ensure high-quality, on-time, and on-budget delivery.

Project management:
• Contribute to developing robust project management tools, processes for launch and day-to-day operations.
• Partner with other project managers to develop periodic launch management dashboards, meeting materials and actively manage functional, sub-teams and work-streams meetings for effective launch management

The position responsibilities are not limited to the above and might change as the team’s needs evolve and includes all other duties as assigned.

Requirements:
• Ability to be in Princeton, NJ office 4 days/week
• Bachelor’s (BS) degree required; advanced degree (MS, MBA, PharmD, PhD) or PMP certification preferred.
• Minimum of 5+ years of experience in project management, operational excellence, reporting, and performance management within biopharmaceutical or life sciences organizations.
• Minimum of 5+ years of direct project management experience supporting medical affairs
• Prior experience in pre-commercial or early commercial biotech/pharma strongly preferred.
• Proven ability to translate complex data into executive-ready insights.
• Expertise in project management and process improvement methodologies (PMP, Lean, Six Sigma, Agile).
• Strong analytical mindset
• Change leadership in fast-paced, evolving environments
• Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive accountability without direct authority.
• Willingness to travel 30-50% of the time.

Compensation & Benefits Transparency Statement

Base Salary Range: $120k-$150k

The compensation range displayed reflects the full span of pay across all of our U.S. geographic pay areas and experience levels. Your actual base salary offer will be determined based on multiple factors, including:
• Geographic Pay Area (US 1 through US 5, reflecting cost‑of‑labor differences)
• Experience & Qualifications relevant to the role
• Internal Equity alignment with employees in similar roles and levels

What This Means for You
• The minimum of the posted range represents the starting point for candidates in the lowest cost‑of‑labor pay areas (US 5).
• The maximum of the posted range represents the upper threshold for candidates in the highest cost‑of‑labor pay areas (US 1 / US 2).
• Candidates are aligned to pay areas based on their primary work location.

For Current Employees

Posted salary ranges reflect the full compensation band across all U.S. pay areas and experience levels. Your individual compensation is based on your specific pay area, hire date, performance trajectory, and internal equity. Differences between your current salary and the posted range are not indicative of a pay discrepancy. Please contact HR with any questions.

Benefits Overview

This role is eligible for a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision coverage; life and disability insurance; a 401(k)-retirement plan; seven (7) sick leave days, vacation paid time off, and paid holidays; all in accordance with Company plans. Specific benefits are governed by applicable plan documents.

Indegene is committed to pay equity and transparency. We regularly benchmark our compensation against market data to ensure competitive and fair pay practices across all locations.