Project Manager

Lonza; Manchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in life sciences seeks a Project Manager to oversee transformation projects within its Global Business Service Organization. You will ensure projects are delivered on time and within budget, while engaging stakeholders across multiple regions. Ideal candidates will have experience managing financial processes and global initiatives, as well as relevant project management qualifications. This role offers a unique opportunity to contribute to improving lives around the world through effective project leadership.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing financial processes and global projects.
• Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple projects.
• High motivation with relevant project management skills.

Responsibilities

• Deliver projects on-time, within scope and budget.
• Engage stakeholders and report to leadership.
• Develop detailed project plans and manage resource allocation.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder Management

Process re-engineering

Continuous Improvement management

Communication skills

Education

PM qualification (APMP, PMP, Prince2)

Job description

Job Title – Project Manager
Location: Manchester UK, or San Jose, Costa Rica.

Today, Lonza is a global leader in life sciences operating across three continents. While we work in science, there’s no magic formula to how we do it. Our greatest scientific solution is talented people working together, devising ideas that help businesses to help people. In exchange, we let our people own their careers. Their ideas, big and small, genuinely improve the world. And that’s the kind of work we want to be part of.

Role Purpose

The successful candidate will support projects as a project manager that deliver effective transformation change within the Global Business Service Organization and the wider Lonza finance function in Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific regions. The type of projects to be delivered include among others process migration, process re-engineering and IT Implementations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure that the projects are delivered on-time, within scope and within budget
• Together with project sponsor developing project scope and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility
• Ensure resource availability and allocation
• Develop a detailed project plan to track progress
• Stakeholder engagement, reporting up to leadership and also engaging with end-user communities
• Validation techniques to manage changes in project scope, schedule and costs
• Measure project performance using appropriate systems, tools and techniques
• Report and escalate to management as needed
• Manage the relationship with all stakeholders

Key Requirements:

• Project manager with experience of project management within financial processes, Continuous Improvement management.
• Business Change Management involving rollout of new processes to end users. Stakeholder Management and organisation of training delivery.
• Support communication efforts. Enable the design, development, delivery and management of key communications.
• Experience implementing and running global projects
• High motivation with relevant project management skills
• An acknowledged PM qualification (APMP, PMP, Prince2)would be beneficial
• Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple projects at once to meet deadlines

Every day, Lonza’s products and services have a positive impact on millions of people. For us, this is not only a great privilege, but also a great responsibility. How we achieve our business results is just as important as the achievements themselves. At Lonza, we respect and protect our people and our environment. Any success we achieve is no success at all if not achieved ethically.

People come to Lonza for the challenge and creativity of solving complex problems and developing new ideas in life sciences. In return, we offer the satisfaction that comes with improving lives all around the world. The satisfaction that comes with making a meaningful difference.