Commercial Project Manager - CDMO

Padagis; Michigan; On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Padagis seeks a Commercial Project Manager with CDMO/CMO experience to drive customer-facing programs and lead internal CDMO initiatives. You will coordinate with Operations teams in Minnesota and Israel to ensure manufacturing readiness, timelines, and delivery across launches, tech transfers, and ongoing commercial activities.

The role requires managing complex projects with multi-stakeholder teams, delivering structured updates, and ensuring timely invoicing in alignment with milestones.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 5+ years of experience in project or program management within a pharmaceutical CMO/CDMO or closely related regulated manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated experience managing customer-facing projects, ideally involving tech transfers, new product introductions, or commercial launches.
• Strong understanding of cross-functional pharma/CMO workflows (Operations, Quality, Regulatory, Supply Chain) and how they interact in commercial manufacturing projects.
• Proven ability to manage complex, multi-stakeholder projects with clear structure, discipline, and follow-through.
• Excellent communication skills, with confidence in managing discussions with external customers and senior internal stakeholders.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills, with a high level of attention to detail.
• Proficiency in project management tools and standard office applications (Smartsheet, MS Projects, Excel, PowerPoint).

Responsibilities

• Customer-facing project leadership: act as the primary project contact for assigned CDMO/CMO customers and provide structured updates.
• Cross-site coordination: partner with Operations and site teams in Minnesota and Israel to align on manufacturing readiness and execution.
• End-to-end project management: build and maintain detailed project plans covering scope, milestones, risks, and actions across launches and commercial activities.
• Internal CDMO build-out projects: manage internal projects to improve CDMO processes, governance and tools.
• Issue and risk management: identify bottlenecks and mitigation plans to support on-time delivery.
• Commercial handoff and execution support: ensure smooth transition from opportunity to active execution with accountability.
• Reporting and documentation: prepare customer updates, internal status reports, and decision trackers.
• Milestone and invoicing coordination: link milestones to commercial terms and coordinate with Finance for timely invoicing.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional coordination

Communication

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Smartsheet

MS Projects

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Padagis is looking for a Commercial Project Manager with CDMO/CMO experience within the pharmaceutical space, or other closely regulated similar space, to join our Commercial Team early in Q1 2027.

This role is ideal for an experienced CDMO/CMO professional who thrives at the intersection of customer engagement and internal execution. In addition to managing customer-facing commercial programs, this individual will also lead a small portfolio of internal projects that help build and strengthen the CDMO function, including improvements to processes, governance, tools, and cross-functional ways of working as the business scales.

Job duties

• Customer-facing project leadership: Act as the primary project contact for assigned CDMO/CMO customers, providing structured updates, managing expectations, and ensuring a responsive, professional experience throughout the project lifecycle. Proactively communicate, so that customers never have to chase for status updates.
• Cross-site coordination: Partner closely with Operations and site teams in both Minnesota and Israel to align on manufacturing readiness, timelines, priorities, risks, and execution across customer programs.
• End-to-end project management: Build and maintain detailed project plans covering scope, milestones, dependencies, risks, and action items across launches, supply initiatives, tech transfers, and ongoing commercial activities.
• Internal CDMO build-out projects: Manage a small portfolio of internal projects that support building out CDMO processes, governance, tools, and ways of working, contributing to a more scalable, customer-centric operating model.
• Issue and risk management: Proactively identify bottlenecks, trade-offs, and execution risks, and drive mitigation plans to support on‑time delivery and a strong customer experience.
• Commercial handoff and execution support: Partner with commercial leadership to ensure effective transition from signed opportunity to active execution, with clear accountability and follow‑through.
• Reporting and documentation: Prepare customer updates, internal status reports, action logs, and decision trackers that improve visibility, alignment, and execution discipline.
• Milestone and invoicing coordination: Maintain clear linkage between project milestones and commercial terms; track when milestones are achieved, confirm completion with internal teams, and coordinate with Finance/Commercial so customer invoices are issued on time and aligned with the work performed.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree.
• 5+ years of experience in project or program management within a pharmaceutical CMO/CDMO or closely related regulated manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated experience managing customer-facing projects, ideally involving tech transfers, new product introductions, commercial launches, or supply continuity efforts.
• Strong understanding of cross-functional pharma/CMO workflows (Operations, Quality, Regulatory, Supply Chain) and how they interact in commercial manufacturing projects.
• Proven ability to manage complex, multi-stakeholder projects with clear structure, discipline, and follow-through.
• Excellent communication skills, with confidence in managing discussions with external customers and senior internal stakeholders.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills, with a high level of attention to detail.
• Proficiency in project management tools and standard office applications (Smartsheet, MS Projects, Excel, PowerPoint).

Padagis core competencies

• Service delivery - Understand who your internal and external customers are, identify their needs, and deliver value above their expectations...
• Active collaboration - Seek opportunities to work together across teams, function, business units, and geographies to seek success...
• Demonstrate agility - Proactively identify changes in our environment and act quickly, leading or embracing change...
• Think differently - Create, develop, and implement new ideas, products, services, or processes that involve introducing something new or significantly improving something that already exists...
• Excellent execution - Achieve outstanding results in all aspects of our organization, including our culture, leadership, strategy, and processes...

About us

At Padagis our focus is on health care products that improve people's lives. We are a market-leading generic prescription pharmaceutical company that specializes in "extended topical" medications, like creams, foams, mousses, gels, liquids and inhalable products. It's a great time to join our team because we have a high growth trajectory with now more than 1,300 employees across six locations in the United States and Israel.

We've already established a successful track record of launching first-to-file and first-to-market generic pharmaceutical products that have helped to make prescription products more affordable for patients and reduce costs for the healthcare system. Our team members work in a dynamic environment where opportunity is built on a foundation of honesty and transparency. Please consider joining our team where great things are happening and you can make a difference.

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