Compensation: $47/$54 per hour (based on experience)
Summary of the Role
Join a large biotech pharmaceutical leader as a Senior Project Manager supporting the CMC Integration team within Process Development.
This role focuses on managing project schedules, coordinating cross-functional teams, and supporting pipeline programs across pivotal development, lifecycle management, and commercial stages.
The Senior Project Manager will work closely with technical leads, product delivery teams, and business stakeholders to ensure project milestones and deliverables remain aligned with development and commercialization priorities.
The ideal candidate brings strong project management experience in the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry, a scientific background, and the ability to lead complex, cross-functional initiatives involving biologics, synthetics, and pharmaceutical product development.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop, update, and manage integrated project schedules for Process Development programs
- Coordinate with technical leads to define, prioritize, and track key project deliverables
- Lead cross-functional project coordination across biologics and synthetics development teams
- Facilitate effective communication during executive reviews, governance meetings, and cross-functional discussions
- Support timely decision-making and alignment across Process Development teams
- Establish and maintain collaborative team sites, document repositories, and project tracking tools
- Monitor project milestones, dependencies, deliverables, and potential schedule risks
- Prepare project status reports, risk analyses, and leadership presentations
- Partner with Business Analysis and performance teams to track and communicate product metrics
- Identify opportunities for process improvements and integrate project management best practices
- Support continuous improvement initiatives in collaboration with the Commercialization Office
- Ensure project execution remains aligned with program priorities, business objectives, and development timelines
Qualifications
- 6-10 years of project management experience within the biopharmaceutical industry
- Degree in Biological Sciences, Chemical Engineering, Pharmaceutical Sciences, or a related scientific field
- Demonstrated experience managing complex, cross-functional project teams
- Strong understanding of pharmaceutical product development processes and project management methodologies
- Experience developing and maintaining integrated project schedules, timelines, milestones, and deliverables
- Proficiency with project management tools such as MS Project, Planisware, SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, PowerPoint, and Excel
- Ability to collaborate with technical leads, product delivery stakeholders, and business teams
- Strong interpersonal, leadership, and stakeholder management skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and support decision-making in a complex matrixed environment
- Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving capabilities
Preferred:
- Master's degree with 6 years or Bachelor's degree with 8 years of project management experience
- Minimum 10 years of experience in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or healthcare environments
- Direct Chemistry, Manufacturing, and Controls (CMC) experience highly desirable
- Experience supporting drug development, Process Development, or commercialization programs
- Experience with biologics, synthetics, drug substance, or drug product developmentAbility to foster collaboration and build alignment across different organizational levels
- Advanced critical thinking and problem‑solving abilities
Top 3 Must Have Skills
- 6-10 years of project management experience
- Degree in Science (Biological Sciences, Chemical Engineering, Pharmaceutical Sciences, or related field)
- Biotechnology or pharmaceutical industry experience
Day-to-Day Responsibilities
- Manage cross-functional project activities within Process Development, including biologics and synthetics programs
- Partner with technical leads and product delivery stakeholders to align project strategy, milestones, and deliverables
- Develop, maintain, and adjust integrated project schedules and timelines
- Draft timeline scenarios to support project planning and portfolio decisions
- Track project milestones, risks, dependencies, and open action items
- Facilitate cross-functional meetings, management reviews, and governance discussions
- Maintain collaboration tools, project documentation, and team repositories
- Prepare project status updates, risk analyses, and leadership presentations
- Collaborate with Business Analysis and Performance teams to monitor product metrics
- Support process improvement initiatives and adoption of project management best practices
Ready to support CMC integration, Process Development, and complex pharmaceutical pipeline programs while driving cross-functional project execution for a global biotech organization?
This is a W2 contract opportunity only. No C2C, 1099, or third-party vendor submissions. Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without current or future sponsorship.