Senior Program Administrator in Albuquerque, NM
Build your future at Curia, where our work has the power to save lives.
The Senior Program Administrator plays a strategic role within the Program Management Organization, providing high-level administrative leadership and process oversight for Curia's client program requirements. This position is responsible for developing, implementing, and continuously improving cross-functional scheduling processes and program administration functions to ensure operational readiness. The role requires the ability to independently analyze and prioritize complex workflows, coordinate and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders, and make informed decisions that impact program outcomes, resource allocation, and client deliverables. The Senior Program Administrator is expected to exercise sound judgment and discretion in managing competing priorities and driving initiatives aligned with organizational goals.
Curia is a global contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) with over 30 years of experience partnering with pharmaceutical and biotech companies to provide life-saving treatments to patients. At Curia, we are on a mission to advance our customers' therapies from curiosity to cure and ultimately to improve patients' lives.
We proudly offer
- Generous benefit options (eligible first day of employment)
- Paid training, vacation and holidays (vacation accrual begins on first day of employment)
- Career advancement opportunities
- Education reimbursement
- 401K program with matching contributions
- Learning platform
- And more.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Provides end-to-end oversight of product and sample shipments, including sales order creation and coordination of invoicing processes.
- Independently initiates and manages purchase requisitions and purchase orders.
- Owns the initiation and lifecycle management of Change Orders for out-of-scope client activities.
- Develops, maintains, and distributes client dashboards for commercial programs; proactively escalates risks or gaps to internal stakeholders or management.
- Ensures data accuracy and quality across systems and communications, utilizing a high level of attention to detail.
- Prepares agendas, minutes, project schedules, and Gantt timelines using Microsoft Office and Planisware software, supporting transparency and alignment across client projects.
- Collaborates cross-functionally with departments such as Quality, Documentation, and Analytical / Microbial Testing to ensure timely and accurate fulfillment of client requirements.
- Manages routine, low-to-moderate complexity projects (e.g., product stability programs) with a structured approach, leveraging approved templates and best practices.
- Partners with functional leaders to support capacity planning and resource alignment across programs.
- Identifies and leads continuous improvement initiatives within the Program Management function to enhance efficiency and scalability.
- Fosters strong cross-departmental collaboration and promotes a culture of accountability and excellence.
- Read/interpret SOPs to ensure compliance
- Maintain up to date trainings
- Other duties as assigned
Education and Experience:
- Bachelor's degree in bioscience field or related study
- Minimum of five (5) years' experience in project management, customer service, or related role.
- Experience in pharmaceutical/biotechnology industry, strongly preferred
Supervisory Responsibilities:
This role does not have supervisory responsibilities, yet it may involve mentoring, guiding, and advising.
Language Skills:
The ideal candidate should have the ability to read and interpret various documents, such as safety instructions, standard operating procedures, technical procedures, and governmental regulations. Additionally, they should possess strong written and verbal communication skills, along with effective presentation skills.
Mathematical Skills:
Proficient in executing arithmetic operations including addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division across various units of measurement, employing whole numbers, fractions, decimals, and percentages. Candidates must possess a strong grasp of algebraic and geometric principles.
Reasoning Ability:
Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
Computer Skills:
The ideal candidate will possess a strong technical foundation and proven capability in effectively utilizing diverse software tools to streamline the organization's daily functions. Essential skills encompass adeptness in manufacturing and internet software, alongside proficiency in Microsoft Office tools including PowerPoint, Excel, Word, and Outlook.
Other Skills and Abilities:
- Provides guidance and mentorship to team members
- Fosters a collaborative and positive work environment
- Champions change
- Promotes a safe and healthy work environment by actively identifying and addressing potential hazards, following established safety protocols, participating in safety training programs, and fostering a culture of awareness and responsibility among team members.
- Demonstrates strong attention to detail
- Comprehensive understanding of Windows-based Microsoft Office applications such as Excel and Project
- Ability to communicate and work with personnel of all levels, both internally and externally
- Demonstrated proactive and organized approach, with the ability to prioritize and multi-task
Other Qualifications:
- Must pass a background check
- Must pass a drug screen
- May be required to pass Occupational Health Screening
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The essential physical demands will vary for each Curia position.
All positions may require regular or occasional lifting, pushing and pulling up to 10 pounds, frequently; up to 25 pounds occasionally; and up to 50 pounds infrequently. Additionally, all positions entail regular sitting, standing and reaching, with some roles requiring prolonged periods of time for each activity. Visual acuity, both close and distant, along with depth perception is necessary in each role, with or without corrective lenses. Please note that employees are prohibited from wearing contact lenses in work areas with exposure to cleaning agents. Hand and finger dexterity are integral to all positions, with specific activities varying from typing to manipulating maintenance tools or operating keypads, switches, and buttons. Occasional stooping, kneeling, twisting, crouching, crawling and balancing are also part of each position's physical requirements. Certain roles may involve climbing and working at elevated heights as well.
Work Environment:
The work environment characteristics, described below, are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The working environments will vary for each Curia position. The employee may be required to work in an office, manufacturing, or warehouse environment.
The office environment is designed for comfort and productivity, with room temperature settings maintained for optimal working conditions. It is common to hear conversational noise in the background.
The pharmaceutical manufacturing environment is sterile. Therefore, aseptic gowning is required. Personal protective equipment (nitrile gloves, clean room socks, face-shields, safety glasses, aprons, steel-toed shoes and powered air purifying respirators) is necessary, depending upon the task at hand. The employee may be exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, confined areas, and refrigerator or freezer temperatures when working in a sterile environment.
The warehouse environment is typically set at a controlled temperature but the employee may be exposed to refrigerator or freezer temperatures when retrieving materials.
Some positions may occasionally be exposed to moving mechanical parts, elevated heights, airborne particles, electrical activities and vibration. In addition, some positions may work with or be exposed to, compressed gases and must wear ear protection.
All environments may be subject to working with or being exposed to cleaning agents.
Education, experience, location and tenure may be considered along with internal equity when job offers are extended.
We do not accept unsolicited assistance from any headhunters or recruitment firms for any of our job openings. All resumes or profiles submitted by search firms to any employee at Curia, in any form without a valid, signed search agreement by an authorized signatory in place for the specific position, approved by Talent Acquisition, will be deemed the sole property of Curia. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Curia because of the unsolicited referral.
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