Project Management - Project Manager

Minaris Regenerative Medicine Co., Ltd.; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Minaris Regenerative Medicine Co., Ltd. is seeking a Project Manager to provide PM support across diverse projects related to cellular therapies. The role emphasizes building client relationships and delivering on scope, schedule, and budget with a hybrid onsite model (3 days/week).

You will coordinate cross-functional teams, develop detailed project plans, and report progress to executives. The ideal candidate will have a biology/biotech background, 3+ years leading multi-disciplinary projects,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Biology, Biotechnology, Bioengineering or Chemical Engineering from an accredited college/university.
• Minimum 3+ years relevant experience as a project manager leading multi-disciplinary project teams.
• Minimum 2+ years of account management experience.
• PMI/PM certification is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Serve as primary client contact and oversee deliverables for location-based clients.
• Manage projects for development and commercialization of cellular therapies including tech transfer, validation, manufacturing, distribution.
• Monitor projects to ensure on-time, within-scope and within-budget delivery.
• Prepare materials and facilitate meetings; communicate roles and expectations clearly.
• Organize client and internal communications; track actions and share project information.
• Define scope and objectives with stakeholders; ensure technical feasibility.
• Lead multiple cross-functional teams and report status to executives.
• Communicate objectives, specs, timelines and tasks; motivate team members.
• Manage changes to scope, schedule and budget using verification techniques.
• Create client-facing docs: charters, governance plans, dashboards, memos.
• Develop detailed project plans (Gantt charts) for feasible schedules.
• Track critical path, status, and resource plans to ensure timely completion.
• Maintain project documentation repository (e.g., SharePoint).
• Identify risks and prepare mitigation strategies; adapt to progress and quality checks.
• Monitor progress, resolve issues, and take corrective action as needed.
• Coordinate resources across teams to meet requests.
• Document issues and ensure alignment with goals; assist in resolution.
• Create, track and trend KPI metrics; report to executive management.
• Develop tools and refine processes to improve performance.
• Collaborate with Operations and Quality to prioritize production schedules for client deliverables.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional teamwork

MS Project

Visio

Excel

Strategic thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in Biology, Biotechnology, Bioengineering, or Chemical Engineering

Tools

MS Project

Visio

PowerPoint

Excel

Job description

Position Summary

The Project Manager (PM) is primarily responsible for providing project management support on a variety of projects. The PM will assist in developing relationships with a portfolio of clients and project stakeholders to develop an understanding of the business requirements and objectives of all assigned projects. This is a hybrid role with 3 days a week onsite

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• Primary client contact. Provides direct oversight and drives deliverables for all location-based clients.
• Manage projects to support the development and commercialization of cellular therapies through customized services such as product development, technology transfer, validation, product manufacturing, distribution, storage and transportation.
• Monitor assigned projects to ensure that projects are delivered on-time, within scope and within budget ("Triple Constraints").
• Prepare presentation materials and facilitate project team meetings internally as well as with clients; communicate individual roles, project expectations, and ensure that all project team members have the tools required to perform effectively.
• Organize and lead all project & client communications/meetings, including recording meeting minutes, tracking action items, preparing meeting agendas, coordinating client and internal team activities and disseminating project information.
• Assist in the definition of project scope and objectives, involving all project stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility.
• Manage multiple cross-functional project teams simultaneously and reporting project status to Executive Management and Functional Leaders.
• Ensure team members understand project objectives, specifications, deliverables, timelines and tasks through ongoing clear, concise communication & motivation of project team members.
• Manage changes to the project scope, project schedule and project budget using appropriate verification techniques.
• Create client-facing documents for the project's requirements; Gantt charts, project charters, communication plans, governance plans, dashboards, various memos.
• Develop detailed project plans (Gantt charts) that ensure optimal quality and feasible schedule for all functional groups.
• Track and manage project schedule/critical path activities, status reporting, and resource plan development to ensure projects are completed on time, on-schedule and within budget
• Create and maintain a comprehensive project-related documentation repository (i.e., SharePoint).
• Analyze projects to identify all risks and prepare risk mitigation strategies.
• Monitor projects on an ongoing basis; evaluating progress and quality, adherence to scope, timelines, budget, managing issue resolution, and taking corrective action as necessary.
• Manage project resources efficiently and assist internal teams to accommodate all requests from project team members.
• Document all records of issues in projects and monitor projects to ensure alignment to all project goals; identify all potential issues and assist in resolution.
• Create, track and trend KPI metrics and communicate metric results and project summaries to executive management
• Continuously develop additional tools and refine processes to facilitate project performance.
• Work closely with site Operations and Quality management to manage and prioritize the production schedule as it relates client deliverables and deadlines.
• Perform other Project Management-related duties as assigned.

Leadership Responsibility

• This job has no supervisory responsibilities. However, the Project Manager will be required to assist in the development of and training of Associate Project Managers.

Knowledge, Skills & Ability

• Strong business acumen. Ability to transfer contracted services into coherent project deliverables.
• Relevant IT skills (able to work with Visio, Microsoft Project, PowerPoint and Excel)
• Ability to think strategically and tactically (detail-oriented)
• Strong collaborative and influencing skills, and ability to work well in a cross-functional, matrixed environment
• Analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Continuous improvement mindset
• Meeting management/ facilitation skills / teamwork and team building skills
• Ability to multi-task and manage multiple projects
• Flexible and able to adapt to company growth and evolving responsibilities

Education & Experience

• Bachelor's degree (Biology, Biotechnology, Bioengineering, Chemical Engineering preferred) from an accredited college/university.
• Minimum 3+ years relevant experience as a project manager leading multi-disciplinary project teams.
• Minimum 2+ years of account management experience.
• Minimum 2+ years of leadership experience or equivalent combination of management experience is preferred
• Relevant experience in biotechnology, life sciences, pharmaceutical or medically related field is essential.
• Proficiency in project management principles, practices, and tools such as MS Project (Gantt charts) is required
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is a plus
• Experience with the preparation of reports and/or presentations/communications via presentation tools such as PowerPoint, Project Dashboards and written reports
• Good understanding of what drives resource requirements.
• Experience in successfully coordinating across several complex functions to ensure comprehensive and consistent planning.

Quality Requirements

• Ensure compliance with all FDA and Worldwide Quality & Compliance regulations in all aspects of your work.
• Adhere to established procedures and protocols, prioritize continuous training and skill development, and uphold the highest standards of data integrity to ensure accuracy, compliance, and operational excellence.

• Attend all required Quality & Compliance training at the specified interval.