Pharma R&D Project Manager – Cross-Functional Lead

Adare Pharmaceuticals; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Company holidays

Tuition reimbursement

Life insurance

Pet insurance

Flexible Spending Accounts

Disability insurance

Job summary

Adare Pharma Solutions seeks a Project Manager to support and manage Research and Product Development projects in a growing CDMO environment. You will plan timelines, align strategy with R&D, and coordinate multidisciplinary teams to ensure timely execution and clear communication with customers.

The role emphasizes managing multiple ANDA/NDA projects, building relationships across levels, and delivering project updates. Strong PM experience and knowledge of FDA/GXP are essential for success.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in a related field from a four-year accredited university or college.
• A minimum of 4 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry.
• A minimum of 2 years’ experience in Project Management.
• A certification in Project Management is preferred, but not mandatory.
• Excellent interpersonal written and oral communication skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Project and PowerPoint).
• Understands FDA Guidelines and Regulations and GXP’s.
• Ability to coordinate, contribute to and work within cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Manages the assigned Adare projects via optimal project planning and monitoring as well as coordinates with cross-functional project teams to deliver project results.
• Leads internal and external (customer) meetings, completes agendas, meeting minutes and project timelines using Microsoft Project and Adare’s Project Management System.
• Manages customers expectation and critical development timelines.
• Tracks and ensures monthly and yearly forecasted revenue targets are being met for assigned projects. Work with the project team to identify associated risks and mitigation plans.
• Understands signed proposal activities being executed by the project team, identifies out of scope activities, and completes the appropriate Change Order to document new work being executed.
• Supports project teams by timely organizing activities linked to the projects, with other internal functions, such as Procurement delivery of materials, Engineering/ Operations support for small/ commercial and development scale equipment availability, and Regulatory/ Quality support, when needed.
• Seeks timely progress for actions and resolution to issues. Follows-up on critical action items and alerts all stakeholders of potential roadblocks or delays.
• Prepares bi-weekly project status reports and other project updates or reviews needed by the organization and presents to upper management.
• Supports different process initiatives and harmonization to improve pharmaceutical development productivity and performance.
• Must participate and successfully complete all training as required by the company.
• Perform other tasks assigned by the PM Management Team.

Skills

Communication

Microsoft Office

FDA/GXP knowledge

Cross-functional coordination

Project management

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in related field

Tools

Microsoft Project

MS Office Suite

Job description

Adare Pharma Solutions seeks a Project Manager to support and manage Research and Product Development projects in a growing CDMO environment. You will plan timelines, align strategy with R&D, and coordinate multidisciplinary teams to ensure timely execution and clear communication with customers.

The role emphasizes managing multiple ANDA/NDA projects, building relationships across levels, and delivering project updates. Strong PM experience and knowledge of FDA/GXP are essential for success.