Associate Director, CMC Project Management

Legend Biotech
Somerset, New Jersey, United StatesPosted 16 January 2026

Job Description

<div class="content-intro"><p style="line-height: 1.2;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Legend Biotech is a global biotechnology company dedicated to treating, and one day curing, life-threatening diseases. Headquartered in Somerset, New Jersey, we are developing advanced cell therapies across a diverse array of technology platforms, including autologous and allogenic chimeric antigen receptor T-cell, T-cell receptor (TCR-T), and natural killer (NK) cell-based immunotherapy. From our three R&D sites around the world, we apply these innovative technologies to pursue the discovery of safe, efficacious and cutting-edge therapeutics for patients worldwide.</span></p> <p style="line-height: 1.2;"> </p> <p style="line-height: 1.2;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Legend Biotech entered into a global collaboration agreement with Janssen, one of the pharmaceutical companies of Johnson & Johnson, to jointly develop and commercialize ciltacabtagene autolecuel (cilta-cel). Our strategic partnership is designed to combine the strengths and expertise of both companies to advance the promise of an immunotherapy in the treatment of multiple myeloma.</span></p> <p style="line-height: 1.2;"> </p></div><p class="col-xs-12 no-horiz-padding"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Legend Biotech is seeking an <strong>Associate Director, CMC Project Management </strong>as part of the <strong>Technical Development </strong>team based in <strong>Somerset, NJ.</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Role Overview</strong></span></p> <p class="drawer-body-p"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">The Technical Project Manager role will support/lead CMC drug development activities for clinical pipeline programs. The PM will be responsible for the coordination of technical projects, including successful planning and execution of CMC program deliverables as well as oversight throughout entire execution to ensure success as defined by adherence to standards of scope, budget, and timeline. This position will also be responsible for establishing and reporting on key project/program metrics in support of on-time and on-budget project deliverables. The role will require leadership and expertise that drives effective communication, coordination and collaboration across relevant cross functional groups.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Key Responsibilities</strong></span></p> <div class="col-xs-12 no-horiz-padding"> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Ensure that projects/deliverables adhere to program and business goals by developing and driving project plans, capturing assumptions, managing cross-functional teams, and coordinating activities within the established project timelines set forth by the Technical Program Lead and/or project team.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Integrate timelines and strategies across functions, identifying and addressing interdependencies.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: aria ... (truncated, view full listing at source)