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Transitioning to Project Management
Tuesday, March 30, 2021 @ 5:45 pm - 7:00 pm
FreeLooking to enter Project Management? Learn about careers in scientific project management from our panel of experts, who will share their experiences navigating the transition away from the bench and provide insights on the wide variety of roles held by project and program managers in biotech.
This is a FREE online event.
Panelists:
Karen Smith, MBA, PMP is a Director of Program and Portfolio Management at Wave Life Sciences. In that role, she leads program teams and manages the drug development process from research through preclinical development and into first in human clinical trials. Prior to her position at Wave, Karen led a global Program Management function at Agenus that was responsible for multiple IND filings and managed the research and early development portfolio. Her early career, much of which was at Genzyme, was spent as a research scientist where she gained experience in oncology, autoimmune disease, and genetic and rare disease biology. Karen received her BA in Biological Sciences from Smith College and an MBA from UMass Amherst.

Transitioning to Project Management
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