Program and Project Management Services
When managing multiple studies, teams, and timelines, it’s critical to maintain both program-level alignment and study-level execution.
Altasciences combines program management and project management to coordinate your timelines, teams, data, and deliverables across early-phase development, including bioanalytical services, nonclinical safety evaluations, formulation development, clinic-ready manufacturing, and clinical testing. Program management provides strategic oversight across multiple studies, service lines, or development activities, while Project management focuses on the execution of individual studies, overseeing day-to-day activities, budgets, milestones, and operational delivery.
Together, our program and project management teams keep development activities coordinated, controlled, and moving efficiently toward key milestones.
Program Management: Strategic Oversight Across Integrated Development Activities
Our program management team provides strategic coordination and oversight for sponsors managing a portfolio of studies or utilizing multiple Altasciences services, ensuring sequencing across scientific, operational, and development activities.
Designed for early-phase drug development, our model supports programs that extend beyond a single study, bringing together teams, data, and timelines to enable efficient execution, informed decision-making, and accelerated program progression.
Supporting Portfolio-Level Oversight
We help provide visibility and coordination across your broader development portfolio, including:
- Oversight of multiple studies or development programs
- Alignment of study sequencing and timelines
- Integration of emerging data to inform program-level decisions
- Identification of risks and dependencies across activities
This portfolio-level view helps you maintain control and clarity as your programs progress toward proof of concept (POC).
| PROJECT | PACKAGE | PROGRAM | |
| Scope of Work | One nonclinical or clinical study | A group of nonclinical or clinical studies for the same molecule (i.e., IND- or NDA-enabling) | Taking a compound from nonclinical into early-phase clinical development |
| Cost Savings | Minimal | Volume-based | Maximum |
| Time Savings | None | Some | Maximum |
| Your Level of Oversight Required | High | Moderate | Low |
A Central Point of Coordination Across Your Program
When you have multiple high-value studies in progress, it’s important to have a partner who understands how to streamline communications while protecting your critical objectives. Each engagement is led by a dedicated cross-functional program manager who serves as your central point of contact across all activities, studies, and service lines.
Your Altasciences program manager ensures:
- Oversight of key milestones, KPIs, and program objectives
- Visibility across all active studies and activities
- Alignment between planning, execution, and evolving priorities
- Clear communication across stakeholders
Reducing White Space and Maintaining Momentum
In complex programs, delays often occur between activities, such as between study completion and next study initiation, or between data generation and decision-making.
Our program managers help reduce this “white space” to focus on driving momentum toward your key milestones by:
- Coordinating timelines across studies and activities
- Aligning sequencing and dependencies
- Ensuring resourcing and operational readiness for upcoming steps
- Enabling parallel workstreams where appropriate
- Sharing all your information across departments proactively
How Can You Benefit From Program Management?
Our program management model is designed for sponsors leveraging integrated or multi-service models. It complements our study-level execution teams and strategies, and enables an optimized drug development experience with a single CRO/CDMO partner, increasing efficiencies for your entire program.
You’ll benefit from:
- Centralized coordination across multiple studies and service lines
- Portfolio-level visibility and oversight
- Proactive alignment of timelines, data, and strategy
- Reduced delays between activities and decisions
- Greater visibility and control across your program
- Stronger decision-making supported by full program context
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Project Management: Focused Execution to Deliver Your Studies With Precision and Control
Our project management team ensures efficient execution and delivery of individual clinical studies, providing dedicated oversight of timelines, budgets, and operational activities.
Our flexible model allows our project management services to be delivered as:
- A standalone service supporting sponsor-led studies
- A part of Altasciences’ comprehensive CRO services
- In combination with program management for broader coordination
- Integrated with other functional drug development services, as needed
Our project managers provide centralized communication between you, your project team, sites, and vendors, ensuring timely and clear communication that supports successful study delivery. Recognizing the pivotal role of communication, they ensure a timely flow of information using our unique Tell Us Once™ approach so that you never need to repeat yourself.
Dedicated Oversight
Each clinical study at Altasciences is led by an experienced, dedicated project nanager who serves as your primary point of contact, coordinating all activities and ensuring execution remains aligned with the study plan, including:
- Development and management of detailed project plans
- Cross-functional coordination across clinical, regulatory, and operational teams
- Oversight of study execution, including milestone, deliverable, and timeline management
- Alignment of study activities with protocol and program objectives
- Budget and financial performance tracking
- Proactive communication and status reporting
This dedicated oversight ensures that all aspects of study delivery are actively managed and continuously aligned.
Proactive Risk Management and Study Continuity
Successful study execution depends on anticipating and addressing risks before they impact timelines or outcomes. Your project manager works cross-functionally to identify potential risks early, develop mitigation strategies, and continuously monitor study progress. By proactively deploying planned mitigations and coordinating responsive solutions when issues arise, your project manager helps maintain study momentum, minimize disruptions, and prevent downstream delays.
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Strategic Partnership Management and Governance
To further strengthen alignment across stakeholders, Altasciences incorporates a cross-functional Strategic Partnership Management layer. This facilitates executive-level communication to solidify alignment and ensure rapid application of insights, preferences, and lessons learned across programs.
Our governance structure typically includes:
- A Strategic Partnership Management Team: Provides cross-functional oversight across one or multiple programs, ensuring strategic alignment between Altasciences and the sponsor. This team supports relationship management, escalation pathways, and governance consistency, while enabling proactive resolution of cross-study or cross-functional challenges.
- Project Core Teams: Composed of functional leads from across nonclinical, clinical, data management, biostatistics, and regulatory affairs teams, including Principal Investigators and scientists, who are responsible for day-to-day execution of studies and who serve as peer-level resources.
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FAQs
What is the difference between program management and project management in drug development?
Program management provides strategic oversight across multiple studies, service lines, or development activities, helping ensure alignment between timelines, data, resources, and overall program objectives. Project management focuses on the execution of individual studies, overseeing day-to-day activities, budgets, milestones, and operational delivery. Together, they provide both high-level coordination and study-level control throughout the drug development process.
When should I consider adding program management support to my development program?
Program management is particularly valuable when multiple studies, vendors, or functional teams must work in parallel to advance a molecule. Sponsors often benefit from program management when coordinating nonclinical and clinical activities, managing complex timelines, or utilizing integrated CRO/CDMO services. Early implementation can help improve visibility, reduce delays between activities, and support more informed decision-making as programs evolve.
How do project and program management services help reduce development timelines?
Dedicated project and program managers help identify risks, dependencies, and potential bottlenecks before they impact study execution. By coordinating timelines across activities, facilitating proactive communication, aligning resources, and enabling parallel workstreams when appropriate, they help reduce operational "white space" and keep development activities moving forward efficiently.
How does Altasciences improve communication across studies and stakeholders?
Altasciences provides dedicated project and program managers who serve as central points of contact across studies, service lines, and functional teams. Through our Tell Us Once™ approach, information is shared proactively across departments, reducing repetitive communications and ensuring all stakeholders have access to the information needed to support timely decisions and efficient study execution.
Can project and program management services be customized to fit my development strategy?
Yes. Altasciences offers flexible support models that can be tailored to your needs. Project management can be provided as a standalone service, as part of a comprehensive program, or alongside program management for broader portfolio oversight. This flexibility allows sponsors to access the level of coordination and strategic support that best aligns with their development goals, internal resources, and program complexity.