Project Manager

Catalent; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 92,000 - 102,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive PTO

10 paid holidays

Benefits from day one

Tuition reimbursement

Site-based engagement activities

Job summary

Catalent’s San Diego site is seeking a Project Manager to lead client projects from initiation to completion. You will ensure timelines, maintain client relationships, and support internal teams to deliver high-quality results. The role is 100% onsite in San Diego, CA, with a Monday–Friday schedule.

Key duties include establishing timelines, leading client meetings, and forecasting billing milestones. You will drive opportunities, review proposals, and mentor new staff in project management best

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Arts or Science required; degree in a scientific field preferred.
• 3+ years in an industry or scientific environment.
• 1+ year in a client-facing position (project management role preferred).
• Technological proficiency with PCs, Microsoft Office, and the Internet.
• Advanced proficiency with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Smartsheet, and Microsoft Project.

Responsibilities

• Manage projects, including key accounts, across multiple business lines or sites as assigned.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for clients and address questions and observations.
• Establish project timelines, monitor actions, and ensure milestones are achieved.
• Organize and lead meetings with clients and internal teams, set agendas, and provide meeting minutes.
• Notify milestone completions and forecast accurate project phase completion dates for billing.
• Assist sales team with scope definition for resupply and new business opportunities.

Skills

Project management

Client-facing

Time management

Education

Bachelor’s degree (Arts or Science)

Tools

Microsoft Office

Smartsheet

Microsoft Project

Job description

About Site

Catalent’s San Diego, CA site is an early‑phase development facility supporting small‑molecule and peptide programs from preformulation through cGMP clinical manufacturing for oral and injectable dosage forms. The 68,000‑square‑foot site is a center of excellence for spray‑drying and bioavailability‑enhancement technologies, with integrated capabilities to advance challenging compounds rapidly into the clinic.

Position Summary

We have an opportunity for a Project Manager to join our team and lead client projects from initiation to completion. In this role, you will ensure timelines are met, maintain strong client relationships, and support internal teams to deliver high-quality results. You will be the primary point of contact for clients, driving communication and collaboration throughout the project lifecycle. This position offers the chance to make a meaningful impact by ensuring patient needs are met and customer satisfaction is achieved.

Shift: Monday-Friday 8 AM - 5 PM

Location: San Diego, CA

100% Onsite

The Role

• Manage projects, including key accounts, across multiple business lines or sites as assigned.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for clients and address questions and observations.
• Establish project timelines, monitor actions, and ensure milestones are achieved.
• Organize and lead meetings with clients and internal teams, set agendas, and provide meeting minutes.
• Notify milestone completions and forecast accurate project phase completion dates for billing.
• Obtain resupply forecasts and identify new business opportunities during project lifecycle.
• Assist sales team with scope definition for resupply and new business opportunities.
• Review signed proposals for accuracy and initiate scope change requests as needed.
• Assist in reviewing proposals and scope changes before client distribution.
• Plan, organize, and lead client development or manufacturing observation visits and project kick‑off meetings.
• Assist in organizing business review meetings and prospective client visits.
• Build strong relationships with clients and internal teams to instill trust and confidence.Assist in training new employees in the project management team.
• Other duties as assigned.

The Candidate

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Arts or Science required; degree in a scientific field preferred.
• 3+ years in an industry or scientific environment.
• 1+ year in a client‑facing position (project management role preferred).
• Technological proficiency with personal computers, Microsoft Office Suite, and the Internet.
• Advanced proficiency with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and tools such as Smartsheet or Microsoft Project.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands with fine dexterity, occasionally use a firm grasp, push/pull, and talk or hear. Frequent standing, walking, sitting, reaching, climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling is required. Must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities include close, distance, color, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus (with corrective lenses if needed).

Pay

The anticipated salary range for this position in CA is $92,000 – $102,000 annually. The final salary offered to a successful candidate may vary, and will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to: the type and length of experience within the job, type and length of experience within the industry, skillset, education, business needs, etc. Catalent is a multi‑state employer, and this salary range may not reflect positions that work in other states.

Why You Should Join Catalent

• Positive and fast‑paced working environment focusing on continually improving processes to remain innovative and dynamic.
• Competitive Paid Time Off plus 10 paid holidays.
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits effective day one of employment.
• Tuition Reimbursement – support to finish your degree or earn a new one.
• Site‑based Employee Engagement activities such as Movie Day, Annual Blues Fest, Free Bagel Fridays, and more.