Sr. IT Project Manager

About the role

The Sr. IT Project Manager will help establish and mature a growing IT Project Management Office (PMO) to drive structure, accountability, and risk management across a rapidly expanding portfolio of enterprise initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end delivery of the NetSuite Phase II implementation (Inventory, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Procure-to-Pay), ensuring accountability for scope, schedule, budget, and quality against the commercial-launch timeline.
• Lead and manage a complex portfolio of IT projects, with a focus on high-priority programs, and drive the execution of multiple workstreams.
• Facilitate project meetings with a clear focus on decision-making, risk identification, and accountability, ensuring all projects maintain clarity on deliverables and milestones.
• Proactively identify, assess, and mitigate risks, managing escalations to leadership as needed.
• Ensure project alignment with GxP and SOX compliance requirements, incorporating validation and compliance-driven milestones into project schedules.
• Direct vendors and system integrators, holding them to milestones and quality standards, and serve as the single point of escalation.
• Apply and strengthen PMO frameworks, including project tracking, reporting, and governance models, while modeling audit-ready project management discipline.
• Lead cross-functional alignment and stakeholder communication, including running steering committee meetings and driving organizational change management.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience managing IT and business-systems projects end-to-end, including full-lifecycle ERP implementations.
• Demonstrated experience delivering projects in a regulated GxP environment, with a working command of Computer System Validation (CSV) or CSA, 21 CFR Part 11, and data integrity (ALCOA+).
• Proven experience managing multiple concurrent enterprise IT projects with ownership of integrated schedules, budgets, risk management, and vendor management.
• Experience working within or alongside SOX-regulated environments.
• Proficiency with enterprise project management tools for scheduling and reporting (e.g., Smartsheet, MS Project).
• Strong facilitation and executive communication skills.
• PMP certification is required.
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field, or equivalent professional experience.
• NetSuite ERP implementation experience, particularly with Inventory, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Procure-to-Pay modules in an outsourced model.
• Experience in the life sciences, biotech, or pharmaceutical industry, ideally supporting a first commercial launch.
• Familiarity with data warehousing projects (e.g., Snowflake), ServiceNow, CRM systems (e.g., Agiloft), and commercial serialization solutions (e.g., TraceLink).
• Experience standing up or maturing a PMO and its related governance processes.
• Familiarity with paperless validation platforms (e.g., Kneat GX) and controlled document systems.
• Exposure to integration platforms (iPaaS) and change management methodologies.

Qualifications

• Experience in the life sciences, biotech, or pharmaceutical industry, ideally supporting a first commercial launch.
• Familiarity with data warehousing projects (e.g., Snowflake), ServiceNow, CRM systems (e.g., Agiloft), and commercial serialization solutions (e.g., TraceLink).
• Experience standing up or maturing a PMO and its related governance processes.
• Familiarity with paperless validation platforms (e.g., Kneat GX) and controlled document systems.
• Exposure to integration platforms (iPaaS) and change management methodologies.

Skills

• Project management skills
• ERP implementation experience
• Regulatory compliance knowledge (GxP, SOX)
• Communication and facilitation skills
• Leadership and stakeholder engagement

Benefits

Everforth Apex offers a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans, an ESPP (employee stock purchase program), a 401K program with a company match, a Health Savings Account (HSA) on the HDHP plan, a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program, and other discounts. Professional development includes an on-demand training program, access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars, and certification discounts and other perks to associations like CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex also provides a dedicated customer service team for benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach.