Senior Product Lifecycle Consultant — Life Sciences

ProPharma; Leiden; Hybrid; EUR 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

ProPharma is seeking a Principal Consultant Product Lifecycle Consultant in the Netherlands to plan, coordinate, and execute complex client projects, aligning strategies with stakeholders. You will manage, steer, and deliver integration projects while ensuring speed and compliance across global partners.

You will drive governance, track milestones, and oversee budgets, working with operations, QA, RA, Supply Chain, IT, and finance to ensure successful project outcomes.

Qualifications

• 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 levels of stakeholders including c-suite.
• Fluent in English.

Responsibilities

• Leads and manages all project types of mid complexity 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 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.

Skills

Fluent English

Cross-functional coordination

Project management

Stakeholder communication

Problem solving

Education

Master's degree in business/science/engineering

Job description

ProPharma is seeking a Principal Consultant Product Lifecycle Consultant in the Netherlands to plan, coordinate, and execute complex client projects, aligning strategies with stakeholders. You will manage, steer, and deliver integration projects while ensuring speed and compliance across global partners.

You will drive governance, track milestones, and oversee budgets, working with operations, QA, RA, Supply Chain, IT, and finance to ensure successful project outcomes.