Senior Project Manager, CDMO Pharma Manufacturing (Hybrid)

Socket.dev; West Saint Paul (MN); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

LTS Lohmann Therapy Systems, based in Minnesota, seeks a Senior Project Manager to lead complex development and commercial programs within a GMP manufacturing environment. You will partner with internal teams, external customers, and cross-functional stakeholders to keep programs on time, within scope, and aligned to quality expectations.

This role is based in West St. Paul, MN and is hybrid eligible after the introductory period. Schedule: Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM–4:30 PM.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, operations management, a science-related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
• 5+ years of project management experience, including leadership of complex, cross-functional programs.
• 5+ years of experience in a pharmaceutical, GMP manufacturing, CDMO, or similarly regulated environment.
• Demonstrated ability to use project management methodologies and tools to manage schedules, scope, action items, risks, and stakeholder communication.
• Ability to clearly communicate complex technical and scientific topics to technical and non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead senior-level project management activities across program initiation, planning, execution, control, and closeout.
• Manage complex customer-facing programs to successful delivery, balancing timelines, scope, quality, risk, cost, and stakeholder expectations.
• Serve as a trusted point of contact for development and commercial programs, providing high-quality customer service and clear communication.
• Communicate project status, risks, decisions, and next steps to internal and external stakeholders in a timely, professional manner.
• Influence and lead cross-functional teams to align priorities, resolve issues, and drive accountability for committed deliverables.
• Apply LTS project management methodologies and tools, including timelines, agendas, meeting notes, action logs, risk tracking, and project task lists.
• Identify critical path activities, proactively assess timeline impacts, and elevate significant risks or business relationship concerns.
• Resolve program-related issues involving statements of work, billing, material inventory, material ordering and disposition, customer complaints, and change-of-scope items.
• Partner with accounting, supply chain, process engineering, purchasing, manufacturing, and other functions to support purchase orders, invoices, work orders, ERP requirements, and resource planning.
• Facilitate phase gate reviews, customer visits, audits, and project meetings while helping teams navigate competing priorities.
• Support product packaging, design-related customer requests, and out-of-scope work proposals as needed.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional leadership

Communication

Risk management

Stakeholder management

Schedule management

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Project)

Job description

LTS Lohmann Therapy Systems, based in Minnesota, seeks a Senior Project Manager to lead complex development and commercial programs within a GMP manufacturing environment. You will partner with internal teams, external customers, and cross-functional stakeholders to keep programs on time, within scope, and aligned to quality expectations.

This role is based in West St. Paul, MN and is hybrid eligible after the introductory period. Schedule: Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM–4:30 PM.