R&D Facilities & Systems Project Lead (12-Month FTC)

Imperial Brands Plc; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary and bonus opportunities

Job summary

Imperial Brands Plc is recruiting a Project Manager for a 12-month fixed-term contract at our Liverpool R&D site. You will lead a facility enhancement programme, a major warehouse upgrade, and a global UNIFY system implementation within a fast-paced R&D environment.

You will manage budgets, risks, and cross-functional teams, ensuring regulatory compliance and minimal disruption to operations while delivering change across the organisation.

Qualifications

• Significant project management experience within regulated environments such as pharma or FMCG.
• Proven track record delivering capital projects including refurbishments and system implementations.
• Experience managing full lifecycle projects from requirements to closure.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of the facility enhancement programme in a live R&D setting.
• Coordinate refurbishment and construction with regulatory compliance and business continuity.
• Deliver the Warehouse Upgrade Programme while keeping warehouse operations uninterrupted.
• Lead UNIFY enterprise system implementation with IT and stakeholders.
• Establish governance across portfolio with budgeting, reporting and RAID.

Skills

Project management

R&D environment

Capital projects

Stakeholder management

Regulated environments

Education

Experience in life sciences/pharma industry

Job description

Imperial Brands Plc is recruiting a Project Manager for a 12-month fixed-term contract at our Liverpool R&D site. You will lead a facility enhancement programme, a major warehouse upgrade, and a global UNIFY system implementation within a fast-paced R&D environment.

You will manage budgets, risks, and cross-functional teams, ensuring regulatory compliance and minimal disruption to operations while delivering change across the organisation.