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Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated

Portfolio & Program Management Associate

Boston, MA, United States

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Apply by: Feb 4, 2027
Posting language: English
Posted: Nov 6, 2026

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Position Summary:

The Associate Director (AD) of Portfolio and Program Management (PPM) sits within the COO's organization at Vertex and leads programs from Research through early Development. This role will support program teams involved in early research through to candidate preclinical development. The AD will partner with program leads and cross-functional teams to establish cross-functional strategy and plans to ensure execution against program goals.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Support disease strategy development within Research and drive cross-functional decision-making across the drug research and early development lifecycle, ensuring alignment between scientific objectives, portfolio priorities, and organizational goals In partnership with the program leader guide research and development (R&D) efforts to establish a high performing and data-driven team that delivers on corporate objectives and priorities. Support defining the approach and identifying key stakeholders for cross-functional decision-making and issue resolution Collaborate and communicate cross-functionally to measure and achieve program goals Lead the generation of program assumptions for annual resource allocation and budgeting across research and development functions Effectively manage meetings, inclusive of stakeholder management and preparation, communication, and management of action items, decisions and follow-through. Communicate complex topics to stakeholders through effective storytelling and content creation Develop integrated program planning timelines and reporting. Define critical path activities, interdependencies, and anticipate bottlenecks. Proactively manage project risks, through identification, assessment, mitigation and escalation of gaps, challenges, and potential roadblocks Identify, communicate, and manage resource constraints, synergies, and redundancies. Establish team operating norms and identify opportunities to improve team performance Work with Portfolio and Program leadership team to build, manage, coach and retain PM staff.

Knowledge and Skills:

Comprehensive knowledge of project and portfolio... For full info follow application link.

Vertex is committed to equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to a person's race, color, sex, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, marital status, or any characteristic protected under applicable law. Vertex is an E-Verify Employer in the United States. Vertex will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities, in accordance with applicable law. Any applicant requiring an accommodation in connection with the hiring process and/or to perform the essential functions of the position for which the applicant has applied should make a request to the recruiter or hiring manager, or contact Human Resources at ApplicationAssistance@vrtx.com.

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Research
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Budget management
Content creation
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