I am fairly new to the pharma industry (in for about 3 years). I recently was promoted to a global program manager role and while the programs I manage aren’t terribly complex, I’m finding it difficult to be confident when everyone I interact with is senior level (Director and above). I feel like I’m starting my career at the top. Any recommendations on how I can develop my drug development knowledge and skill set?

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Chat with people at your level - grab coffee/make a goal to zoom one new person a week for 15 mins and chat with them. Get to know them/their experience and how you can help each other. Helping other people will also teach you things and in a few months you’ll know more than if you went at it alone :) good luck, you got this!

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I have not worked with Alexion before, however while I was with Novartis and Roche | Ventana the knowledge bank was full of materials! Does Alexion offer an e-library or digital knowledge toolkit of some sort?

Getting your hands on the internal process would be extremely helpful for learning the PK Sciences and Compound and biomarker Discovery process.

I would also recommend getting connected with field application scientists & process specialists in your company as I believe they know the most practical ways in troubleshooting and I personally had learned a lot from them.

I made an industry switch to Roche from an elevator company. Got an MS in Biotechnology Innovation and Regulatory Science from Purdue specifically to learn about drug and device development and Quality and Regulatory principles. The program was pretty manageable with two young kids while my husband was also working full time.

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