Project Manager

Ecm Selection; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic company specializing in pharmaceutical machinery is seeking a Project Manager to oversee the entire product development lifecycle. You will coordinate with internal teams and external stakeholders, ensuring projects are delivered on time and within budget. This role offers a competitive salary, excellent benefits, and the chance to be part of an expanding team in newly built offices near Cambridge.

Benefits

Generous employer pension contribution

Enhanced parental leave

Private medical insurance covering dependants

Qualifications

• Commercial experience in manufacturing, automation, or instrumentation.
• Track record of delivering complex systems under tight time constraints.
• Excellent communication skills for cross-team collaboration and stakeholder engagement.

Responsibilities

• Manage full life cycle of product development from brief to delivery.
• Ensure good communication between internal teams and external stakeholders.
• Oversee project schedule, risk, quality, and budget management.

Skills

Communication

Project Management

Risk Management

Quality Management

Education

Degree in a STEM subject

Job description

This company is doing pioneering work, developing a suite of interrelated machines for the production of pharmaceuticals. Each machine is a complex mix of electronics, mechanics and software which allows for fully automated manufacture. As these machines continue to be improved and new machines developed skilled and experienced project managers are key to ensure continued success.

You will be working closely with the technical leads to manage the full life cycle of product development from initial project brief through to delivery and lessons learned reporting. In between you will be in charge of the project schedule, ensuring good communication between internal teams and external stakeholders and managing risk, quality and budget.

Requirements:

• Commercial experience in the manufacturing, automation, instrumentation, consumer products or similar industries. Ideally some experience of the pharmaceutical or biotechnology fields.
• A track record of delivering complex systems under tight time constraints.
• Excellent communications skills for working across engineering teams and representing the company to external stakeholders and customers.
• Degree level education in a STEM subject.

Operating out of recently built offices near Cambridge and expanding quickly, this is an excellent time to join a team going places. Alongside a good salary, benefits include a generous employer contribution pension scheme, enhanced parental leave and private medical insurance which covers dependants. Please note, this role is fully office based with no option of hybrid working.

Please note: even if you don't have exactly the background indicated, do contact us now if this type of job is of interest - we may well have similar opportunities that you would be suited to. And of course, we always get your permission before submitting your CV to a company.

Recommend for £250 - see www.ecmselection.co.uk/tell-a-friend for details.