Principal Consultant - Product Lifecycle Management - Permanent position

ProPharma Group; Leiden; Hybrid; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

ProPharma Group in Leiden seeks a Principal Consultant - Product Lifecycle Management to lead complex client projects, develop strategies, and deliver integration programs with speed and quality.

You will coordinate cross-functional teams across Operations, QA, RA, Supply Chain and IT, manage milestones, governance, budget, and risk, and maintain clear communication with clients and internal stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in business, science, or engineering.
• 10–15 years of life-sciences project management experience.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional teams.
• Fluent in English.
• Strong organizational and analytical skills.

Responsibilities

• Leads and manages all project types of mid complexity with support of stakeholders.
• Plans, structures, and oversees all project activities according to PM standards.
• Manages diverse cross-functional teams (Operations, QA, RA, Supply Chain, IT).
• Owns project planning, milestones, roadmaps, governance deliverables.
• Ensures compliance with internal standards and external regulations (GxP).
• Monitors project budget, cost tracking, forecasting, revenue/margin impact.
• Identifies deviations and proposes corrective measures.
• Supports business case evaluations and financial assessments.
• Proactively identifies, prioritizes, and resolves operational issues and risks.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Stakeholder communication

Project planning

Risk management

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Organization

Education

Master's degree (business/science/engineering)

Job description

Position overview

In the Principal Consultant - Product Lifecycle Management - Permanent position, you are responsible for planning, coordinating, and executing all complex Client project activities. In this exciting role, you will be accountable for developing strategies (in alignment with the appropriate stakeholder) and for managing, steering, and delivering integration projects and making sure they are handled with speed.

The Principal Consultant acts as an operational driver across functions, supports project teams, and serves as a central communication interface to internal stakeholders and external partners.

• Locations: Netherlands; Sweden; Bosnia (DNU); Croatia (DNU); Germany.
• Time type: Full time.
• Permanent position.

Whilst ProPharma supports remote working, we also recognise the value that comes from in person collaboration. As such, we encourage any new hires that are based within a reasonably short commute of one of our offices to work on a hybrid basis and spend some time working from that office location, as agreed with your manager.

Key Responsibilities

• Leads and manages all project types of mid complexity (MA transfer, Technology Transfer, Organic Growth, Divestment, Organisational) with support of the appropriate stakeholders
• Plans, structures, and oversees all project activities according to recognized Project Management standards.
• Manages diverse cross-functional teams across all relevant departments (Operations, QA, RA, Supply Chain, Finance, IT, etc.).within the client, with seller and CMOs.
• Owns project planning, milestone tracking, roadmaps, and governance deliverables related to the client, seller and CMO project management activities.
• Ensures compliance with internal standards and external regulations (including GxP, where applicable).
• Adheres to governance, reporting requirements, and integration procedures.
• Monitors product supply in correlation with sales demands, project status and CMO production plans
• Monitors the project budget, including cost tracking, forecasting, and revenue/margin impact.
• Identifies deviations and proposes corrective measures.
• Supports business case evaluations and financial assessments of project actions
• Proactively identifies, prioritizes, and resolves operational project issues and risks.
• Maintains project governance tools.
• Takes accountability for escalations and critical decision-making, initiates escalations according to the established governance framework.
• Prepares and facilitates problem-solving meetings and decision forums.
• Reports regularly on project status to relevant stakeholders and leadership
• Ensures clear, structured, and timely communication across all interfaces.
• Manages communication and coordination with external partners and suppliers.
• Documents and tracks key actions and decisions.

Experience required

• University master degree in business, science, engineering, or equivalent.
• At least 10-15 years experience in project management within a life-sciences environment
• Experience in coordinating cross-functional teams.
• Knowledge of change management and process management.
• Ability to present to all level of stakeholders including c-suite
• Fluent in English
• Strong organizational and analytical skills.
• Drives results and outcomes
• High reliability and ownership
• Structured, organized working style
• Problem-solving orientation/capability
• Pro-active and the ability to perform under pressure