Pharma Facilities Project Manager - Remote Options

BioSpace; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Syner-G is seeking a Project Manager to plan, coordinate, and execute facilities, engineering, maintenance, and site infrastructure projects in regulated environments. You will manage scope, schedule, budget, risks, and stakeholders, partnering with Facilities, Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Validation/CQV, EHS, IT, and Operations to ensure compliant, safe, and timely delivery.

The role requires 5+ years of relevant experience in pharmaceutical or biotech settings, with a Bachelor's in a

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, Life Sciences, or a related technical field preferred.
• PMP, CAPM, or similar project management certification is a plus.
• 5+ years of project management, project engineering, or project coordination experience.
• Experience within pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, or other regulated manufacturing environments strongly preferred.
• Experience managing facility upgrades, infrastructure improvements, utility projects, equipment installations, renovations, shutdowns, maintenance programs, or operational readiness initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Manage multiple concurrent facilities, engineering, maintenance, and site services projects from initiation through execution, turnover, and closeout.
• Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, budgets, resource forecasts, action logs, risk registers, and status reports.
• Coordinate internal stakeholders, contractors, vendors, engineering partners, and consultants to support successful project delivery.
• Support capital projects, facility modifications, equipment installations, renovations, utility upgrades, and infrastructure improvements.
• Coordinate planned shutdowns, maintenance activities, outages, and other work requiring cross-functional site planning and execution.
• Facilitate project meetings and drive timely follow‑up of actions, decisions, risks, dependencies, and change requests.
• Support project scoping, cost estimating, procurement activities, contractor management, and project execution planning.
• Partner with Facilities, Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Validation/CQV, EHS, IT, and Operations teams to ensure alignment across project objectives.
• Monitor project performance, including schedule adherence, budget performance, resource utilization, and milestone achievement.
• Identify, assess, and proactively manage project risks, issues, and operational impacts while escalating concerns as appropriate.
• Support commissioning, qualification, turnover, and operational handoff activities in accordance with project and site requirements.
• Ensure project activities comply with applicable GMP regulations, safety standards, quality requirements, site procedures, and industry best practices.
• Coordinate site field activities including site walks, contractor oversight, installation activities, punch list management, and turnover documentation.
• Maintain accurate project documentation and prepare project reports, dashboards, and executive summaries for site and program leadership.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives related to project management processes, site services operations, and capital project execution.
• Provide guidance and coordination support to junior project personnel when applicable.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Communication

Scheduling software

Analytical thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering/construction/project management/life sciences

PMP or CAPM certification (plus)

Tools

Project management tools

Job description

Syner-G is seeking a Project Manager to plan, coordinate, and execute facilities, engineering, maintenance, and site infrastructure projects in regulated environments. You will manage scope, schedule, budget, risks, and stakeholders, partnering with Facilities, Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Validation/CQV, EHS, IT, and Operations to ensure compliant, safe, and timely delivery.

The role requires 5+ years of relevant experience in pharmaceutical or biotech settings, with a Bachelor's in a