Deciphera is a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing important new medicines to improve the lives of people with cancer. We are leveraging our proprietary switch-control kinase inhibitor platform and deep expertise in kinase biology to develop a broad portfolio of innovative medicines.

In addition to advancing multiple product candidates from our platform in clinical studies, QINLOCK® is Deciphera’s FDA-approved switch-control kinase inhibitor for the treatment of fourth-line gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST). QINLOCK is also approved for fourth-line GIST in Australia, Canada, China, and Hong Kong.

Deciphera (NASDAQ: DCPH) is a publicly traded company headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts. Our state-of-the-art research facility is located in Lawrence, Kansas.

We offer an outstanding culture and opportunity for personal and professional growth based on our “PATHS” Core Values:

Patients – places the importance of improving the lives of patients and their caregivers at the forefront of every day’s work.

Accountability – for our performance and the way we work with coworkers and other stakeholders.

Transparency – in our intent and actions to both internal and external stakeholders.

Honesty and Integrity – fosters trust and strives to deliver on our and the company’s promises.

Stewardship – values and uses wisely the resources and investments provided to the company.

Deciphera’s cross-functional program teams drive the strategy and operations of our late preclinical, clinical, and commercial assets. We are seeking a dynamic Associate Director, Program Leadership who will have responsibility for leading one or more of these program teams. The successful candidate will be a strategic leader who can leverage their strong oncology drug development expertise, EQ, and organizational skills to drive and execute the integrated program strategy. The AD, Program Leadership will work closely with functional representatives to deeply understand and communicate program activities / interdependencies, risks, and potential mitigations. This role will partner closely with the broader program leadership and management group to ensure consistency across programs, establish best practices, and understand and communicate cross-program priorities. The AD, Program Leadership will facilitate communication between the program team and the Portfolio Strategy Committee to ensure adequate visibility into program strategy and operations.

What You’ll Do:

• Lead one or more cross-functional program teams to define program strategy, goals, decision points, investments and areas of risk and associated mitigations and contingencies.
• Cultivate healthy, effective, and highly functioning program teams
• Develop and maintain a fully integrated project plans (Gantt), incorporating activities, responsibilities and interdependencies
• Drive execution of the development plan, appropriately balancing the “need for speed” with potential risks
• Holistic and confident communication: ensure PT clearly understands expectations from leadership, ensure leadership clearly understands program status, timelines, milestones, risks and mitigations
• Create agendas, minutes, materials, and dashboards to support program team operations
• Focus team efforts on most critical tasks; identify and resolve communication bottlenecks
• Lead data-driven decision-making processes to enable timely and objective development decisions
• Liaise with peers within the program management function to maintain consistent cross-project standards, ensure aligned strategies, and to determine overlap of competing priorities.
• Participate in Portfolio Strategy Steering Committee meetings as the key representative of the program team

• A minimum of 6 years drug development experience in the biopharmaceutical industry including a minimum of 3 years cross-functional leadership experience
• Prior program leadership or management experience preferred
• Solid understanding of oncology drug development process (steps, functions and their roles, key interdependencies)
• Strategic, efficient, organized, and empathetic leader who can zoom both in and out
• See the big picture as well as the critical details
• Strong interpersonal skills, with a proven track record of influencing without authority across a matrixed organization
• Outstanding written and oral communicator, able to clearly and simply express complex ideas
• Builds consensus, but identifies a final decision maker / escalates when required
• Performs well in a fast-paced, rapidly evolving environment
• Always planning and thinking two steps ahead, but able to flex in response to changing variables
• Highly motivated with a "hands on" leadership style - no task is too big or small!
• Experience with MS office suite (Powerpoint, Excel, MS Teams) required, project management tools (Smartsheet, ThinkCell, MS Project) a plus

What Deciphera will Bring:

Deciphera offers competitive compensation, including equity-based compensation, and a comprehensive benefits package that includes the following:

• Summer vacation bonus
• Global, company-wide summer and winter shutdowns
• An annual lifestyle allowance
• Internal rewards and recognition program

Deciphera (NASDAQ: DCPH) is a publicly traded company headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts. Our state-of-the-art research facility is located in Lawrence, Kansas and our European operations are run out of Switzerland.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY INFORMATION

Deciphera is committed to equal employment opportunity and values diversity. To ensure that we comply with reporting requirements and to learn more about how we can increase diversity in our candidate pool, we invite you to voluntarily provide demographic information in a confidential survey at the end of this application. Providing this information is optional. It will not be accessible or used in the hiring process, and has no effect on your opportunity for employment. This information will also be treated confidentially. Our commitment to increasing diversity in our candidate pool does not affect our commitment to equal employment opportunity, including our ongoing commitment to make all hiring and other employment decisions solely on a nondiscriminatory basis.