Senior Project Manager

Job Description

The right candidate for the Senior Project Manager will facilitate and guide various internal and client-facing efforts focused on drug development. Interacts extensively with R&D, Quality Control, Operations, Quality Assurance, and the client to coordinate a cross functional team tasked with achieving critical project milestones within the client’s stated timeline.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Manages 5-8 projects simultaneously throughout the entirety of their program lifecycle
• Serves as primary interface between the client and the internal project team. Facilitates information flow between internal teams and clients for materials, shipments, documents, project updates, meeting agendas, and timelines
• Owns the overall project timeline, schedule, and resource planning. Ensures internal teams are well informed on project timelines and goals, helps facilitate information transfer within internal teams
• Maintains consistent and accurate communication with the client via regularly scheduled and ad-hoc updates
• Prepares internal teams and clients for upcoming project needs or internal team project transfers
• Communicates project execution to the client and schedules regular meetings, both internal and external, to review the execution of each project phase with the technical team.
• Onboards projects into our QADC system, works closely on a regular basis with QC and QA to ensure cGMP quality compliance throughout project lifespan
• Oversees and influences across departments to coordinate program support as needed
• Manages timeline, budget forecasting, resource planning, project meetings, document tracking, and owns the overall project progress. Communicates risk internally and externally. Ensures project milestones are communicated and met
• Maintains accurate revenue projections and manages invoicing for individual client milestones
• Acts as primary point of contact for external resources and client queries
• Participates in travel to client sites for face-to-face meetings and business development activities.
• Oversees, coordinates, and tracks shipments of all project/client materials
• Help with the creation of new systems to drive process improvements
• Contributes to onboarding and training of Project Coordinators and Project Managers, acts as a role model within the department.
• Highly developed communication and writing skills
• Planning and organization skills
• Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines
• Critical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Exceptional teamwork, collaboration, conflict management skills and adaptability to change
• Proficient in Microsoft Office 365
• Other duties as assigned

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree, in chemistry, biology, engineering, materials science, physics or closely related field; and 3-5 years of relevant Project Management experience.
• Requires 0 years of GMP experience.