Senior Project Manager

Responsibilities

• Lead complex, cross-functional projects from initiation through implementation, ensuring alignment with strategic business objectives and successful delivery of measurable outcomes, including cost, capacity, service, quality, and compliance.
• Partner with business leaders early in project development to define scope, assumptions, timelines, resource requirements, and execution strategies that increase the likelihood of project success.
• Develop and maintain integrated project plans, schedules, milestones, executive dashboards, and project status reports that provide clear visibility into project health, risks, and resource requirements.
• Anticipate project risks, dependencies, and potential roadblocks while developing proactive mitigation strategies before execution begins.
• Facilitate executive decision-making by clearly communicating project status, risks, alternatives, tradeoffs, and recommendations.
• Create strong partnerships across Operations, Quality, Engineering, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, and other business functions to ensure coordinated execution of project objectives.
• Build and maintain strong relationships through clear, concise, and decision-focused communication with project teams, leadership, and stakeholders.
• Establish, promote, and reinforce Project Management Office (PMO) standards, governance, tools, methodologies, and best practices.
• Coach and mentor Project Managers to strengthen project management capabilities, consistency, and organizational effectiveness.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives that enhance project delivery processes, reporting, governance, and overall PMO maturity.
• Identify opportunities to improve organizational execution, project visibility, resource planning, and delivery confidence across the business.
• Ensure projects are executed in compliance with applicable regulatory requirements, company policies, quality standards, and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), where applicable.
• Support a culture of quality, accountability, and operational excellence throughout project execution.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Eight (8) or more years of progressive project management experience.
• Demonstrated success leading complex, cross-functional initiatives from concept through implementation.
• Strong leadership, influence, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Advanced proficiency with project management tools, scheduling software, portfolio reporting, and project governance.
• Excellent communication, organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, highly collaborative environment.