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Salary: USD 150,000 - 214,000 / annual
Relay Therapeutics, a clinical-stage precision medicines company, is seeking an Associate Director of Regulatory Project Management to support the planning, coordination, and execution of complex global regulatory filings across the development portfolio.
Reporting to the Executive Director, Head of Regulatory Project Management, you will serve as a strategic partner to Regulatory Affairs leaders and cross-functional teams. Your core responsibilities include:
• Lead regulatory project management activities for assigned development programs and major regulatory submission milestones
• Partner with Global Regulatory Leads and cross-functional representatives to develop integrated submission and execution plans
• Create, maintain, and communicate comprehensive project timelines, critical path analysis, key milestones, risks, assumptions, and dependencies
• Facilitate cross-functional team meetings, submission working groups, and external vendor/partner interactions to drive accountability and decision-making
• Track commitments and ensure execution against key submission timelines
• Monitor project progress and provide clear status reporting to regulatory leadership and key stakeholders
• Coordinate submission readiness activities, ensuring deliverables are developed, reviewed, approved, and completed according to established timelines
• Partner with functional representatives to manage resource needs, workload forecasting, and prioritization of critical activities
• Drive issue resolution and escalation processes to maintain project momentum and minimize delays
• Contribute to the development and continuous improvement of Regulatory Project Management processes, tools, templates, metrics, and governance practices
You will play a key role in advancing Regulatory Project Management best practices, supporting operational excellence initiatives, and helping to build a scalable project management framework within the Regulatory function to support the company's growing portfolio.
Relay Therapeutics is transforming drug discovery with insights into protein motion and dynamic behavior. The company's Dynamo platform integrates experimental and computational approaches to drug previously intractable protein targets, with an initial focus on targeted oncology. The team is collaborative, intellectually stimulating, and mission-driven to bring life-changing therapies to patients.
**Requirements:**
- Bachelor's degree in life sciences or related discipline (advanced degree preferred)
- 8–10 years of biotechnology, pharmaceutical, or related industry experience, including significant regulatory affairs, project management, or drug development experience
- Demonstrated experience managing cross-functional projects supporting regulatory submissions and development programs
- Knowledge of regulatory submission planning, eCTD structure, content development, and filing readiness activities
- Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, highly collaborative environment with competing priorities
- Proficiency with project management tools and systems (e.g., Smartsheet, Office Timeline)
