Pharma Development & Commercialization Lead

Integrated-Project-Management-Company-; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 115,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Performance bonus

Job summary

IPM in Chicago is seeking experienced professionals to lead complex pharmaceutical projects across the product lifecycle—from development through commercialization and post-launch management. The ideal candidate combines strong project and program leadership with hands-on lifecycle leadership and can operate across diverse client environments.

This role demands building structure, driving accountability, managing risks, facilitating decisions, and delivering executive-ready outputs that move

Qualifications

• Lead pharmaceutical development lifecycle projects, regulatory, quality and operations readiness, and commercialization initiatives.
• At least 3 years of project or program management experience or equivalent cross-functional leadership responsibility.
• Demonstrated success leading complex initiatives with senior stakeholders.
• Excellent executive communication, facilitation, documentation, and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional pharmaceutical development programs across pre-clinical, clinical, regulatory, CMC, quality, supply chain, commercialization, and post-approval stages.
• Develop and maintain integrated project plans aligned to business objectives, critical milestones, and regulatory requirements.
• Lead planning and execution for regulatory submission readiness, inspection readiness, quality system improvements, technology transfer, manufacturing scale-up, labeling, and supply initiatives.
• Develop integrated launch readiness plans spanning multiple functions and facilitate governance reviews and milestone tracking.

Skills

Project leadership

Stakeholder management

Executive communication

Cross-functional leadership

Regulatory readiness

Job description

IPM in Chicago is seeking experienced professionals to lead complex pharmaceutical projects across the product lifecycle—from development through commercialization and post-launch management. The ideal candidate combines strong project and program leadership with hands-on lifecycle leadership and can operate across diverse client environments.

This role demands building structure, driving accountability, managing risks, facilitating decisions, and delivering executive-ready outputs that move