Senior Scheduler: Master Schedule Lead for Biotech GMP Startup

Pharmaceutical Company; Durham (NC); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Pharmaceutical Company seeks an experienced Senior Scheduler to own the Master Integrated Schedule for a large biotech site startup. You will coordinate workstreams, define critical paths, and monitor schedule risks across GMP-regulated environments.

Ideal candidates bring 8+ years in biotech/pharma scheduling, strong Primavera P6 and Monday.com expertise, and capability to lead complex, cross-functional efforts toward on-time commissioning and CQV outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Life Sciences, Construction Management or related field
• 8+ years of professional scheduling experience in biotech/pharma site startup or facility activation
• Strong hands-on experience with Primavera P6
• Experience with Monday.com or similar enterprise scheduling platforms
• Strong understanding of CPM and schedule logic
• Experience with schedule integration, dependency management, variance analysis, and resource leveling
• Experience in GMP/cGMP-regulated environments
• Understanding of facility startup, commissioning, qualification, validation, and CQV activities
• Experience supporting technology transfer and manufacturing readiness activities

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and optimize the Master Integrated Schedule using Primavera P6 and Monday.com
• Integrate workstream schedules into a consolidated master schedule
• Establish milestone logic, activity relationships, dependencies, and critical path ties
• Perform weekly critical path, schedule variance, and look-ahead analyses
• Identify schedule risks, delays, and interdependencies and communicate impacts
• Support capacity planning and resource leveling across site resources
• Coordinate scheduling for commissioning, qualification, validation, and CQV activities
• Integrate schedules for Health Authority inspections and regulatory milestones
• Partner with cross-functional teams to maintain schedule alignment
• Support site startup and execution planning for biotech/pharmaceutical facilities
• Maintain accurate schedule reporting and milestone tracking
• Identify opportunities to optimize sequencing and overall execution

Skills

CPM

Schedule logic

Capacity planning

Resource leveling

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Life Sciences, Construction Management

Tools

Primavera P6

Monday.com

MS Project

SAP

MES

Job description

Pharmaceutical Company seeks an experienced Senior Scheduler to own the Master Integrated Schedule for a large biotech site startup. You will coordinate workstreams, define critical paths, and monitor schedule risks across GMP-regulated environments.

Ideal candidates bring 8+ years in biotech/pharma scheduling, strong Primavera P6 and Monday.com expertise, and capability to lead complex, cross-functional efforts toward on-time commissioning and CQV outcomes.