Senior Project Manager

Core Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional project teams to deliver complex CDMO programs.
• Manage R&D and manufacturing activities, including seamless technology transfers between internal and client manufacturing sites.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for the client, ensuring alignment across all internal and external stakeholders.
• Ensure client contracts are managed and use organizational, collaboration, influencing, and leadership skills to initiate, plan, execute, and monitor client projects.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional areas including development, manufacturing, supply chain, quality, and finance to drive execution and program deliverables.
• Drive execution and program deliverables while maintaining a high level of technical acumen, strong communication skills, and the ability to coordinate across multiple functions and sites.
• Ensure program objectives are met on time, within scope, and budget, and in accordance with quality and regulatory standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Pharmaceutical Sciences, or a related field required; advanced degree preferred.
• Minimum of 6-8 years of project management experience in the pharmaceutical CDMO industry, with a strong focus on drug substance development and manufacturing.
• Demonstrates fundamentals and concepts of managerial accounting and P&L management.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams and interface with executive leadership to drive client and organizational alignment.
• Strong understanding of cGMP ICH and regulatory guidance impacting drug substance development and manufacturing.
• Demonstrated ability to build trust, manage expectations, and represent the organization with professionalism and credibility; Comfortable influencing without authority and driving collaboration across departments and levels.
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior-level stakeholders and navigate complex client dynamics.
• Track record of delivering high-touch service, acting with urgency and accountability in all client interactions.
• Understands the CDMO program management process, including the management of client contracts, management of change orders, revenue leakages, invoicing, and passthrough concepts between others to ensure a wholistic approach when managing programs and their revenue value.

Salary Range

Salary Range: $140,000-$155,000 annual base salary. The salary range for this role is $140,000–$155,000. This range represents a good-faith estimate of the compensation we expect to offer for this position at the time of posting. Actual compensation will be based on factors such as relevant experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity. In exceptional cases, compensation may exceed the stated range.

Additional Information

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