Full-Time

Senior Program Manager 3

Curia

Curia

1,001-5,000 employees

End-to-end drug development and manufacturing

No salary listed

Albuquerque, NM, USA

In Person

Category
Business & Strategy (1)
Required Skills
Customer Service
Requirements
  • Bachelor’s degree in Science or related field (Chemistry/Biology/Engineering) with a minimum of five (5) years’ work experience in program management or related role
  • Master’s degree in Science or related field (Chemistry/Biology/Engineering) with a minimum of three (3) years’ work experience in program management or related role
  • Provides guidance and mentorship to team members
  • Fosters a collaborative and positive work environment
  • Champions change
  • Promotes a safe and healthy work environment by actively identifying and addressing potential hazards, following established safety protocols, participating in safety training programs, and fostering a culture of awareness and responsibility among team members
  • Demonstrates strong attention to detail
  • Solid knowledge of customer service, pharmaceutical industry, project management, and contract manufacturing (small or large molecule)
  • Excellent Communication skills, both verbal and written
  • Ability to organize time in order to successfully manage multiple programs and priorities both across site and multiple sites across Drug Product Division
  • Ability to read, understand, interpret and implement contract and change orders
  • Effective inter-personal relation skills, while maintaining the adaptability to achieve company goals
  • Verbally expresses ideas and facts in a clear, logical, concise and in accepted grammatical style
  • Must pass a background check
  • Must pass a drug screen
  • May be required to pass Occupational Health Screening
Responsibilities
  • Evaluate new products and projects and provides assessment on scope of work to upper management in order for them to determine the feasibility of the product both from a timeline and financial perspective.
  • Able to review proposals and change orders, paying attention to operations and business details.
  • Consult and advise upper management of program status and report issues that may impact results
  • Exercise judgment within broadly defined practices in selecting techniques and solutions
  • Demonstrate success in technical proficiency as it pertains to site and corporate systems and practices, collaboration with others and independent thought
  • Monitor and report progress of programs within agreed timelines ensuring technical and financial goals are met
  • Prepare technical and verbal reports and presentations on program progress to site and corporate leadership.
  • Collaborate with other groups, activities necessary to ensure program requirements are met
  • Key contact for issues, updates, product release and general state of the client programs
  • Allocate resources for programs in combination with departmental leadership
  • Business knowledge to interpret scope of work and provide leadership to internal team members
  • Enter financial information to request invoicing and revenue recognition in enterprise systems
  • Ensure meeting minutes, agendas, timelines, and preparation for customer visits are done timely and capture actions and decisions made during the meeting.
  • Able to synthesize complex information into process steps to communicate to all stakeholders throughout the site and at the corporate level.
  • Develop, coordinate and track contractual specific client and internal programs through the entire program life cycle
  • Detailed orientated and able to maintain tracking tools and drive to critical program Gates.
  • Willing to learn new processes and able to lead process improvement initiatives through the department and across the site.
  • Coordinate the revision of Standard Operating Procedures, Batch records, and other site-specific documents for the clients
  • Follow up with the QA Product Specialist to ensure that incident reports are closed timely and acts as liaison between QA Product Specialist and the client
  • Develop and administer schedules and performance requirements
  • Be available to service global clients at various time zones
  • Manage daily activities in the program management department
  • Other duties as assigned
Desired Qualifications
  • PMP Certification
  • Minimum of five (5) years of program management experience in the pharmaceutical/biotechnology industry, with direct CDMO experience preferred

Curia is a contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) that partners with pharmaceutical and biotech companies to move medical breakthroughs from concept to market. It provides end-to-end services across the drug development lifecycle, including early research, method development and validation, preformulation, material science, solid-state chemistry, and package device testing. Revenue comes from service contracts for specialized capabilities and expertise, with clients ranging from small startups to large pharma. Curia also collaborates with industry leaders to advance continuous flow development and manufacturing programs. The company differentiates itself through flexible and scalable solutions, deep scientific expertise, and state-of-the-art technology that help clients accelerate development timelines while navigating discovery to commercialization. Its goal is to enable efficient, reliable progression of drug candidates from conception through to market approval.

Company Size

1,001-5,000

Company Stage

Debt Financing

Total Funding

$1.1B

Headquarters

Albany, New York

Founded

1991

Simplify Jobs

Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Biologics segment expansion under Steve Lavezoli accelerates high-margin pharmaceutical outsourcing revenue growth.
  • Carterra partnership positions Curia to capture Pacific Northwest biotech demand in antibody discovery services.
  • Gerald Auer's CFO appointment signals M&A activity and potential strategic initiatives enhancing shareholder value.

What critics are saying

  • Pace Life Sciences acquisition of New Jersey lab erodes Curia's analytical testing capacity and revenue.
  • Larger CDMOs like Lonza and Catalent undercut Curia on biologics capacity, stealing biotech contracts.
  • FDA scrutiny on srRNA manufacturing defects from Replicate Bioscience Phase 1 triggers potential client exodus.

What makes Curia unique

  • Pioneer in self-replicating RNA manufacturing, demonstrated through Replicate Bioscience Phase 1 clinical trial support.
  • Integrated enzymatic doggybone DNA technology via Touchlight collaboration expands mRNA manufacturing competitive advantages.
  • End-to-end CDMO services from discovery through cGMP manufacturing differentiate Curia from specialized competitors.

Help us improve and share your feedback! Did you find this helpful?

Your Connections

People at Curia who can refer or advise you

Benefits

Paid Vacation

401(k) Retirement Plan

401(k) Company Match

Tuition Reimbursement

Professional Development Budget

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

0%

1 year growth

0%

2 year growth

0%
The Carlyle Group
Jan 30th, 2026
AMRI Announces Completion of Acquisition by The Carlyle Group and GTCR | Carlyle

ALBANY, N.Y. – Albany Molecular Research, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMRI), a global contract research, development and manufacturing organization working with the life sciences industry to improve patient outcomes and quality of life for more than 25 years, today announced the completion of its previously announced acquisition by affiliates of The Carlyle Group (“Carlyle”) and affiliates of GTCR LLC (“GTCR”). President and Chief Executive Officer William S. Marth will continue to lead AMRI.

BERNAMA
May 10th, 2024
BIOLOGICS SYMPOSIUM: CURIA, CARTERRA PARTNER TO ADVANCE BIOTECH RESEARCH IN PACIFIC NORTHWEST

KUALA LUMPUR, May 10 (Bernama) - Curia, a contract research, development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO) has announced a partnership with Carterra Inc in hosting a high-throughput biologics symposium slated for May 31, in Seattle, Washington.

PharmiWeb.com
Mar 14th, 2024
Pace® Life Sciences Acquires New Jersey Laboratory From Curia

Former Whitehouse Analytical Laboratory is Now Part of the Pace® Laboratory Network

PPI News Agency
Feb 23rd, 2024
Curia Appoints Steve Lavezoli as Vice President, Biologics

ALBANY, N.Y., Feb. 23, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - Curia, a leading contract research, development and manufacturing organization, today announced it has appointed Steve Lavezoli as vice president of biologics effective Feb. 26.

Cameroon Online News
Feb 5th, 2024
Curia Receives 2024 CDMO Leadership Award

Curia was awarded based on the feedback of respondents in the Small Pharma category.