Senior Manager, Project Management Academy

Catalent Pharma Solutions; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off + 8 holidays

Benefits from day one (medical, dental

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Catalent is seeking a Senior Manager, Project Management Academy to lead the Global PM Academy operating model, governance, and the technical roadmap. The role designs and manages role-based learning programs, certifications, and digital systems.

You will ensure global consistency, compliance, and continuous improvement across academy processes and platforms. The successful candidate will oversee governance, scalable onboarding, and training content across sites, with data-driven reporting and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 10+ years in project management, including global standards/platforms preferred.
• Experience designing competency frameworks, skill matrices, assessment rubrics, and certification requirements.
• Experience building scalable onboarding, curricula, examinations, certification, and continuing-education programs.
• Working knowledge of predictive, Agile, and hybrid project delivery methods with scope, schedule, cost, risk, and change management.
• Experience with learning-management systems, digital-learning tech, access controls, tracking, and reporting.
• Experience governing document repositories, SOPs, templates, curricula, and records retention.
• Advanced proficiency in data analysis, KPI design, dashboards, and measurement of training effectiveness and impact.
• Knowledge of regulated operations in pharma/biotech/CRO/CDMO contexts.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Global PM Academy strategy, governance, roadmap, release planning, KPIs, and controls.
• Design role-based learning paths, onboarding programs, assessments, and certification requirements.
• Develop and maintain training content covering governance, planning, risk, finance, quality, and change control.
• Manage learning platforms, AI-enabled capabilities, and controlled content repositories to ensure compliance.
• Establish dashboards to measure training effectiveness, certification status, and business impact.
• Drive continuous improvement through curriculum gaps analyses and global scaling of academy processes.

Skills

Project management

PMO leadership

Learning systems

Technical training

Enterprise transformation

Agile

Hybrid delivery

Data analysis

AI-enabled learning

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

LMS platforms

Digital learning tech

Content management

Job description

Senior Manager, Project Management Academy

Shift: M-F 8am- 5pm

Location: This position can sit in Philadelphia, PA or Kansas City, MO 100% Onsite

Catalent’s Philadelphia, Pennsylvania site serves as the company’s North American Center of Excellence for clinical supply packaging, delivering comprehensive, end‑to‑end support for global clinical trials across multiple therapeutic modalities. The site provides integrated services including direct comparator sourcing, blinding and manufacturing, primary and secondary packaging, storage and distribution, and clinical returns management, enabling efficient and compliant trial execution. It also plays a growing role in supporting biologic as well as cell and gene therapy programs, with enhanced cold‑chain and cryogenic handling capabilities designed to meet the complex requirements of advanced therapies. As a critical hub within Catalent’s global clinical supply network, the Philadelphia site helps sponsors accelerate development timelines while maintaining the highest standards of quality, flexibility, and regulatory compliance. Our Philadelphia site is located in the Bensalem/Northeast Philadelphia area.

Job Description

This role will define and maintain the Global PM Academy operating model, governance structure, and technical roadmap. The position will design and manage role‑based learning programs, certification frameworks, and digital learning systems. The successful candidate will ensure global consistency, compliance, and continuous improvement across all academy processes and platforms.

Responsibilities

• The Role Lead the Global PM Academy strategy, governance, roadmap, release planning, key performance indicators, and operational controls.
• Design role‑based learning paths and onboarding programs, including assessments, proficiency benchmarks, and certification requirements.
• Develop and maintain project management training content covering governance, planning, risk, finance, quality, compliance, and change control.
• Manage learning platforms, digital training tools, AI-enabled learning capabilities, and controlled content repositories to ensure compliance and data integrity.
• Establish reporting dashboards and analytics to measure training effectiveness, certification status, competency development, and business impact.
• Drive continuous improvement through curriculum gap analyses, certification governance, and global scaling of standardized academy processes across sites and regions.

Candidate Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's degree with 10+ years of experience in project management, Project Management Office, learning systems, technical training, or enterprise transformation, including responsibility for global standards or platforms is preferred.
• Demonstrated experience designing competency frameworks, technical skill matrices, assessment rubrics, certification requirements, and proficiency-based career criteria.
• Experience building and administering scalable onboarding, curricula, examinations, certification, and continuing‑education programs.
• Working knowledge of predictive, Agile, and hybrid project delivery methods, including scope, schedule, cost, risk, issue, dependency, change, and benefits management.
• Experience with learning‑management systems and digital‑learning technologies, including assignments, access controls, completion tracking, audit trails, content versioning, and reporting.
• Experience governing document repositories and controlled content, including Standard Operating Procedures, work instructions, templates, playbooks, curricula, records retention, and periodic review.
• Advanced proficiency with data analysis, key performance indicator design, dashboards, assessment analytics, and measurement of training effectiveness and operational impact.
• Knowledge of pharmaceutical, biotech, Contract Research Organization, Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization, clinical‑supply, or other regulated operations, including quality‑system and compliance requirements.
• Experience implementing AI‑enabled learning or project management solutions with appropriate data, security, validation, access, and content‑governance controls.
• Demonstrable leadership experience at Catalent (including but not limited to participation in Catalent‑sponsored leadership programs such as NGGL, GOLD, LEAD Now, GM Excellence, and GROW) may be considered in place of external experience.

Benefits

• Competitive paid time off plus 8 paid holidays.
• Community engagement and green initiatives.
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits effective day one of employment.
• Tuition reimbursement.

Equal Opportunity

Catalent is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and veterans.

If you require reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process due to a disability, you may submit your request by sending an email, and confirming your request for an accommodation and include the job number, title and location to [e-mail]. This option is reserved for individuals who require accommodation due to a disability. Information received will be processed by a U.S. Catalent employee and then routed to a local recruiter who will provide assistance to ensure appropriate consideration in the application or hiring process.

Company Culture & Values

Catalent is an exciting and growing international company where employees work directly with pharma, biopharma and consumer health companies of all sizes to advance new medicines from early development to clinical trials and to the market. Catalent produces more than 70 billion doses per year, and each one will be used by someone who is counting on us. We’re dedicated to preserving and bettering lives. Our diverse, inclusive culture, defined career path and annual performance review and feedback process, potential for career growth on an expanding team within an organization dedicated to preserving and bettering lives. Personal initiative. Dynamic pace. Meaningful work. We invite you to be part of us.