Global Project Lead, Industrial Ops & GMP

Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A.; Parma; On-site; EUR 52,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Pension

Private medical insurance

Wellbeing programme

Flexible benefits

Relocation support

Job summary

Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A. in Parma, Italy, is seeking a Global Project Manager to lead complex national and international pharmaceutical projects, ensuring on-time completion within budget and compliant with safety, quality and regulatory standards.

The role requires an engineering degree and substantial pharma project experience, with strong knowledge of GMP, QA principles, and stakeholder management. Flexible location with regular Parma office presence and a comprehensive benefits package are

Qualifications

• Degree in Mechanical, Chemical, Civil or Electronic Engineering.
• Significant experience in the pharmaceutical sector, including the management of complex national and international projects.
• Strong knowledge of project development phases, from selection through close-out, and of project and engineering practices.
• Good knowledge of GMP, Quality Assurance principles and relevant technical standards and regulations.
• Ability to lead projects ensuring targets in terms of time, cost, quality, HSE and compliance.
• Ability to coordinate design, execution activities and contract management across internal and external stakeholders.
• Strong organizational, planning and decision-making skills.
• Leadership, teamwork and stakeholder management capabilities, with a strong business-oriented mindset.

Responsibilities

• Drive major and strategic project (industrial and non-industrial) according to the consolidation or expansion of the network, ensuring that they are planned and executed according to the function's strategy.
• Develop project goals and objectives in synergy with corporate and local functions.
• Accountable for drive all the project phases, monitoring progress, ensuring timelines and budgets are met, and defining/implementing corrective actions if necessary
• Manage the project team by defining roles and responsibilities and monitoring constraints and milestones.
• Define and drive project plans such as Cost & Time Plan, Resource Plan, Risk Plan, Procurement Plan, Communication Plan, sustainability, and Energy assessment.
• Coordinate and schedule different design phases such as design, construction, FAT (Factory Acceptance Test), installation, SAT (Site Acceptance Test) using assigned SMEs.
• Manage relationships with sponsors and stakeholders, ensuring effective communication through a defined and shared project governance in the initial phases.
• Prepare project status reports by producing, analyzing, and summarizing information and trends.
• Manage and drive external companies or internal SMEs to develop project phases and support local structures in defining the impacts of new site implementations, reviewing cost estimates if necessary.

Skills

Project leadership

Cross-functional coordination

GMP knowledge

Quality standards

Stakeholder management

Planning

Leadership

Education

Engineering degree (Mechanical/Chemical/Civil/Electronic)

Job description

Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A. in Parma, Italy, is seeking a Global Project Manager to lead complex national and international pharmaceutical projects, ensuring on-time completion within budget and compliant with safety, quality and regulatory standards.

The role requires an engineering degree and substantial pharma project experience, with strong knowledge of GMP, QA principles, and stakeholder management. Flexible location with regular Parma office presence and a comprehensive benefits package are