Vice President - Development Asset Leader, Liver Franchise

Prime Medicine is a clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering Prime Editing, a novel and precise "search-and-replace" gene editing technology capable of correcting the vast majority of disease-causing genetic mutations. Our approach allows us to make virtually any type of genetic edit — insertions, deletions, and all base-to-base conversions — without introducing double-strand breaks or requiring a separate donor DNA template. We are advancing a broad pipeline of Prime Editing–based therapies, including in vivo liver-directed programs and ex vivo approaches for ultra-rare disease, with a mission to develop one-time, curative genetic therapies for patients with limited or no treatment options today.

Position Overview

Location: Cambridge, MA (hybrid — min. 3-days a week onsite)

Reports to: VP, Programs and Strategy

Level: VP

Prime Medicine is seeking an experienced, strategic, and operationally rigorous Development Asset Leader to assume leadership of our in vivo LNP-delivered liver programs as they advance from early clinical development through licensure, beginning with our Wilson's Disease and Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency programs.

The Asset Leader will step in seamlessly once a liver program has cleared IND and owns the asset through clinical PoC and regulatory approval/licensure. As Prime's liver portfolio grows, this leader is expected to scale from single-asset ownership into a franchise-level leadership capability, building the processes, governance, and team structure to efficiently deploy our capital to advance multiple concurrent clinical assets.

The ideal candidate is equally comfortable engaging with both internal (executive management and Board) and external (regulatory authorities, KOLs, CRO/CDMO leadership) stakeholders as they are running a cohesive cross-functional team, building genuine esprit de corps across a lean organization while holding the asset accountable to timeline, budget, and scientific rigor.

Primary Responsibilities

• Own the Integrated Development Plan for liver assets from IND acceptance through regulatory approval/licensure, including trial design input, data package strategy, and key go/no-go decision points
• Anticipate, frame, and escalate the critical considerations that materially change the asset's risk/value profile to executive management
• Lead a matrixed team spanning Clinical, Regulatory, CMC/Manufacturing, Biostatistics, Pharmacovigilance, Med Affairs/Patient Advocacy, and Commercial
• Deploy, where appropriate, AI-enabled project management tooling (timelines, risk registers, cross-functional dashboarding)
• As the liver franchise expands, help design the team structure, governance cadence, and knowledge-transfer processes to advance Prime’s portfolio
• Serve as a key point of contact with CROs/CDMOs, KOLs, and patient advocacy groups for the asset, and represent the asset in regulatory interactions alongside Regulatory Affairs

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree in life sciences, medicine, or related field (PhD, MD, PharmD) preferred; equivalent industry experience considered
• 12+ years of drug development experience in biotech/pharma, with demonstrated leadership of a clinical-stage asset from IND through late-stage development
• Direct experience in genetic medicines (gene/gene editing therapies, RNA-based therapeutics) or rare disease preferred; liver-directed or LNP delivery experience a strong plus
• Track record of cross-functional program leadership and accountability spanning Clinical, Regulatory, CMC, and Nonclinical
• Demonstrated ability to influence without formal authority, build team culture, and manage external partners (consultants, CROs, KOLs) as an extension of the internal team
• Experience or genuine interest in applying AI tools to project/portfolio management
• Comfort operating in a lean, resource-constrained organization where the Asset Leader is expected to build capability

U.S. Pay Range 360000 - 408000 USD