Senior Project Manager - Drug Product

BioPharma Consulting JAD Group; Juncos (PR); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

BioPharma Consulting JAD Group seeks an experienced project manager to oversee department-level programs with broad organizational impact. You will coordinate planning, execution, monitoring, and follow‑up while aligning teams and stakeholders for successful delivery.

You will lead multi‑disciplinary efforts, manage budgets, and communicate progress to senior leadership, ensuring regulatory compliance and value realization across programs.

Qualifications

• Doctorate or equivalent with PM experience required.
• Advanced degree plus multi‑year PM experience acceptable.
• Experience coordinating cross‑functional teams in pharma/biotech settings preferred.
• Strong knowledge of budgets, schedules, and governance processes.
• Experience developing and leading integrated project plans and risk registers.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and coordinate all operational aspects of department-level projects.
• Serve as liaison between project team and broader organization to ensure alignment and execution.
• Develop and maintain master project plans and schedules.
• Monitor budgets and resource usage; anticipate needs and escalations.
• Prepare formal presentations and status reports for senior leadership.

Skills

Multitasking

Time management

PM software

Team collaboration

Detail oriented

Strategic thinking

Communication skills

Education

Doctorate + 2 years of PM experience

Master’s + 4 years of PM experience

Bachelor’s + 6 years of PM experience

Associate’s + 10 years of PM experience

High School/GED + 12 years of PM experience

Tools

Excel

PM software

Job description

Oversees, manages, and coordinates all operational aspects of ongoing department‑level projects with significant impact across multiple organizations. Serves as liaison between the project team and the broader organization, ensuring alignment, communication, and successful execution.

Functions

• Manage all aspects of assigned projects: planning, implementation, monitoring, completion, and follow‑up.
• Manage competing timelines and prioritize critical tasks.
• Establish and achieve project standards for work quality and quantity.
• Assess project issues and develop solutions to meet scientific, productivity, quality, and client satisfaction goals.
• Maintain and track project budgets.
• Negotiate and reconcile resource usage for projects.
• Identify and anticipate schedule slips or changes; analyze cost and resource impacts.
• Maintain the master project plan and schedule for assigned projects.
• Recommend and develop operational or process improvements to enhance project team performance.
• Liaise with Management, Department Heads, Leaders, and satellite team members to gather input and feedback on project benefits, needs, and issues.
• Ensure project goals and objectives are well understood across functional areas.
• Provide senior management and department heads with project management support as needed, including special projects.
• Participate in required meetings, interdepartmental activities, and related initiatives.
• Develop and implement tools, techniques, and processes to enable informed decision‑making within teams.
• Actively participate in defining the evolution and role of the project.
• Assist in technical, financial, and organizational issues by researching topics, providing recommendations, and maintaining document archives.
• Generate periodic updates and prepare formal presentations for required forums.
• Generate individual and complex reports using various resources.
• Ensure project work complies with domestic (and potentially international) regulatory requirements and approved guidelines.
• Ensure project work complies with practices, policies, and standard operating procedures.
• Anticipate resource needs and communicate them to management sponsors.
• May manage and direct activities of project support staff.
• Conduct annual performance reviews and provide career counseling and general guidance.
• Identify or lead focus‑area projects within the broader project management function.

Skills

• Ability to handle multiple responsibilities, priorities, tasks, and projects simultaneously.
• Ability to work under time pressure.
• Proficiency with project management software and spreadsheet tools; strong computer operation skills.
• Effective interactions in team or matrix environments.
• Strong organizational skills; detail‑oriented, accurate, and analytical.
• Team player, self‑starter, strategic thinker; persistent, tactful, and persuasive.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, including presentations.

• Doctorate + 2 years of Project Management experience OR
• Master’s + 4 years of Project Management experience OR
• Bachelor’s + 6 years of Project Management experience OR
• Associate’s + 10 years of Project Management experience OR
• High School/GED + 12 years of Project Management experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous experience in change control management, project controls, and capital projects.
• Experience developing and managing integrated project schedules, resource plans, risk registers, budgets, and governance processes.
• Demonstrated experience leading NPI, technology transfer, process development, lifecycle management, or commercialization programs.
• Proven ability to lead complex, cross‑functional projects from business case development through execution and product launch.
• Process validation background supporting the required qualifications.

• 10-month contract with possible extension
• Administrative Shift