Project Manager

Pharmaceutical Company; Durham (NC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Pharmaceutical Company seeks a project management professional to lead cross-functional workshops and align schedules on monday.com. You will monitor costs, assist in resource loading, and drive RAID log closure while producing governance-ready reports.

The role emphasizes strong facilitation, stakeholder engagement, and fluency with pharma manufacturing terminology in a bio/pharma startup or CMO environment.

Qualifications

• Education: B.S. in Engineering, Life Sciences, Business, or related technical field; PMP certification preferred.
• Industry experience: 5–7 years in project management within cGMP BioPharma or Pharmaceutical Start-Up/Tech transfer.
• Platform expertise: monday.com, MS Project, Excel, and Google Workspace.
• Key competencies: workshop facilitation, stakeholder management, cross-functional risk mitigation, pharma terminology.

Responsibilities

• Plan and lead high-value cross-functional workshops and alignment sessions.
• Build and baseline workstream schedules on monday.com with milestones.
• Track cost performance, PO drawdowns, vendor spend, and variance reporting.
• Support resource loading and capacity planning to prevent bottlenecks.
• Maintain RAID logs and drive resolutions; manage action items.
• Assist in drafting 3-page status reports and governance summaries.

Skills

Workshop facilitation

Stakeholder management

Risk mitigation

Pharma manufacturing terminology

Education

B.S. in Engineering, Life Sciences, Business, or related technical field

Tools

monday.com

MS Project

Excel

Google Workspace

Job description

Workstream Facilitation: Plan and lead high-value cross-functional workshops, alignment sessions, and recurring Tier 2 workstream execution huddles.

monday.com Schedule Management: Build, maintain, and baseline workstream-level integrated schedules on monday.com, ensuring logic ties and milestone alignment with the Master Integrated Schedule (IS).

Workstream Cost Control: Track financial performance for assigned workstreams, monitoring PO drawdowns, invoice approvals, vendor spend, and cost variance reporting.

Resource Loading Support: Assist Workstream Leads in resource loading and capacity planning to prevent operational bottlenecks during ramp-up phases.

RAID Log & Action Management:Maintain and actively drive resolution for assigned workstream RAID logs (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies) and Action Item registers.

Governance Reporting: Support Workstream Leads in drafting standard 3-page status reports, 4-pillar health checks, exception reports, and executive summaries for Tier 2 and Tier 3 governance forums.

Qualifications & Experience Requirements

Education: B.S. in Engineering, Life Sciences, Business, or related technical field. PMP certification preferred.

Industry Experience: Minimum 5–7 years of project management experience within cGMP BioPharma / Pharmaceutical Site Start-Up, commissioning, or tech transfer operations.

Platform Expertise: Advanced proficiency in monday.com, MS Project, Excel, and Google Workspace (Docs, Sheets, Slides, Drive).

Key Competencies: Strong workshop facilitation, stakeholder management, cross-functional risk mitigation, and fluency in pharma manufacturing terminologies.