Senior Project Manager - Clayton NC

About the Role

NNE is seeking a Project Manager to join our Clayton, North Carolina team. This is your chance to play a key role in projects critical to global drug production and to grow with a company specializing in end-to-end pharma engineering.

Key Responsibilities

• Project Delivery: Define the strategic and tactical framework for projects and lead execution of design through construction and hand over to deliver objectives within scope, schedule, budget, and quality requirements.
• Team Leadership: Lead cross-disciplinary teams by establishing clear direction, responsibilities, and priorities, while ensuring the resources and support needed for predictable project execution are in place.
• Stakeholder Management: Build and maintain effective relationships with customers, project teams, contractors, and senior stakeholders through proactive communication, alignment, and issue resolution.
• Risk & Change Management: Proactively identify, manage, and mitigate project risks, issues, and changes to protect project objectives and business outcomes.
• Continuous Improvement & Value Creation: Drive continuous improvement and identify opportunities to enhance customer value, efficiency, and project performance.

Required Qualifications

• Willingness and ability to be based in Clayton, working in an agile, fast-paced, project-oriented environment that supports both customers and colleagues.
• Thrive in dynamic settings, bringing energy, structure, and empathy to every project.
• A natural communicator who builds trust quickly and leads with curiosity, confidence, and clarity.
• Passionate about solving complex problems and inspiring teams to achieve excellence.
• Continuously expand capabilities through learning, feedback, and reflection.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline.
• Minimum 5 years of project management experience, including at least 3 years in the pharmaceutical industry.
• Proven success managing mid-to-large scale design projects with total installed cost (TIC) ranging from $20M to $300M.
• Strong familiarity with GMP, project lifecycle methodologies, and design documentation standards.
• PMP certification or equivalent is a plus.

Benefits

• Competitive salary with annual adjustment increases
• 160 hours of PTO (prorated from hire date) + 14 paid holidays
• Health, dental, and vision insurance from day one
• 8% guaranteed 401(k) company contribution
• 14 weeks paid parental leave
• Company-paid life and disability insurance
• Employee referral bonuses