Head of Engineering Programme Management

Program & Alliance Manager New Haven, CT | On-site / Hybrid

Bexorg is a precision neurology company working to improve how new medicines for central nervous system (CNS) diseases are discovered and developed.
Our team sits at the intersection of cutting-edge neuroscience, AI, engineering, and translational drug development. This work requires scientific rigor, responsible stewardship, and close collaboration across disciplines.
Whether your background is in neuroscience, biology, engineering, data science, or operations, you can help build a stronger foundation for decisions that shape new CNS medicines.
Bexorg is seeking a Program & Alliance Manager to lead the integrated planning and execution of cross-functional R&D programs. This role will ensure that scientific, operational, data, and external workstreams come together against clear milestones, budgets, and commitments.
Bexorg programs span multiple functions and may move from a scientific question or partner objective through human-brain studies, sample generation, internal and external assays, data integration, and final scientific delivery. The Program & Alliance Manager will serve as the connective tissue across these activities, driving alignment, visibility, risk management, and delivery.
The role will also manage the external partners, CROs, and alliances associated with assigned programs. This is an execution and accountability role, not simply a meeting-management role. Success requires knowing what was committed, what must happen next, who owns each action, where risks or dependencies exist, and whether the final scientific and data deliverables have been completed.
Translate scientific objectives into executable plans spanning cohort and study requirements, BrainEx execution, sample needs, assays, data outputs, quality control, analysis, and final delivery.
Drive cross-functional coordination across Drug Discovery, Tissue Procurement, Platform Operations, Brain Bank, Quality, Data/AI, Finance, and other functions as appropriate.
Maintain alignment among the study plan, experiments performed, samples generated and consumed, external assays, data produced, and final deliverables.
Proactively identify program risks, bottlenecks, and cross-functional dependencies; Track program performance against plan, including timelines, scientific and data milestones, sample use, budget, and external spend.
Lead decision-oriented program reviews and provide concise executive visibility into program health, risks, decisions, and upcoming milestones.
Alliance & External Partner Management

Serve as the primary program-management interface for pharma, biotech, academic, and strategic partners associated with assigned programs.
Translate collaboration agreements and scientific commitments into practical operating plans, governance, deliverables, timelines, responsibilities, and decision points.
Integrate CROs and specialized research vendors supporting assigned programs, aligning scope, timelines, sample logistics, quality expectations, data return, cost, and issue resolution with program objectives.
Maintain clear records of decisions, commitments, risks, scope changes, and follow-up actions, and coordinate internally before new commitments are made externally.
Program Management Infrastructure

Develop and continuously improve scalable program-management tools, templates, dashboards, governance, and operating rhythms appropriate for Bexorg's stage of growth.
Establish consistent approaches to planning, reporting, risk and decision tracking, change control, and cross-functional communication.
Improve traceability from scientific request through experiment, sample, assay, data, and final deliverable while bringing structure to ambiguity without creating unnecessary bureaucracy.
8+ years of experience in program management, alliance management, R&D operations, or a related role within biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, life sciences, or another complex scientific environment.

• Demonstrated success leading complex, cross-functional programs involving multiple scientific and operational workstreams, dependencies, budgets, and deliverables.
• Scientific fluency and experience working directly with scientists and technical teams, with the ability to understand requests, identify dependencies, and ask the right questions.
• Experience managing external collaborators, CROs, research vendors, or other outsourced technical work.
• Strong program-management discipline across planning, budgeting, risk management, change control, decision tracking, and executive reporting.
• Exceptional attention to detail while maintaining focus on the broader scientific and business objective.
• Bachelor's degree required; advanced scientific degree, MBA, or equivalent experience preferred.

Human biospecimens, biobanking, tissue procurement, or tissue-based research platforms.
Pharma or biotech alliance management and collaborative R&D programs.