Sr Project Mgr- NPI Lead

FITS, LLC; Juncos (PR); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

FITS, LLC in Puerto Rico is seeking a Project Manager to lead New Product Introduction programs in the pharmaceutical sector. You will plan, implement, monitor, and close projects while aligning with stakeholders and maintaining rigorous change control and budgeting practices.

The role requires a Bachelor's degree with at least six years as a Scientist in pharma or regulated environments, plus bilingual English/Spanish communication. This position is on-site to support island operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 6 years of scientist experience in pharma/regulatory industries.
• Bilingual in English and Spanish.
• Strong project management skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage all aspects of project(s): planning, implementation, monitoring, completion, and follow-up.
• Manage competing timelines and prioritize critical tasks.
• Establish and achieves project standards for work quality and quantity.
• Assess project issues and develop solutions to meet scientific, productivity, quality and client satisfaction goals and objectives.
• Assist in technical, financial, and organizational issues by researching issues, providing recommendations and maintaining document archives.
• Manage and track project budget(s).
• Negotiate and reconcile the use of resources for the projects.
• Identify and anticipate schedule slips or changes and analyzes the costs and resource impact.
• Develop and implement tools, techniques and processes to provide or create information to enable informed decision making within the teams.
• Actively participate in directing the evolution and defining the role of the project.
• Ensure the project goals and objects are well understood by the various functional areas.
• Liaison with Management, Department Heads, Leaders, sub or satellite team leaders and members to obtain their continued input and feedback on the benefits, needs, and issues associated with the project.

Skills

Project management

Bilingual English-Spanish

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Ariba Sourcing and Contracting

Change Control Management

Job description

For Project Management services in the New Product Introduction area.

WHAT MAKES YOU A FIT:

The Technical Part:

• Bachelor's Degree with six (6) years of experience as a Scientist within the pharmaceutical or regulated industry.
• Bilingual (English & Spanish).
• Project Management skills.
• Shift: Administrative and according to business needs.
• Experience in:
  • Leads strategic and highly complex New Product Introduction (NPI) programs.
  • Developing project strategies, leadership, mentorship, and strategic direction to project teams and stakeholders.
  • Ariba Sourcing and Contracting.
  • Change Control Management.

The Personality Part:

• Picture yourself in a lab… with all the equipment you need to put your multitasking, scientific, creative (to come up with all those experiments!) skills to work. Picture as well an environment of healthy competition, teamwork, being ethical and of using the scientific method in all ways possible. If you like how this sounds, then this might be the job for you. Bring it on!

AS A PIECE OF FITS, YOU WILL: (The day-to-day on the job)

• Manage all aspects of project(s): planning, implementation, monitoring, completion, and follow-up.
• Manage competing timelines and prioritize critical tasks.
• Establish and achieves project standards for work quality and quantity.
• Assess project issues and develop solutions to meet scientific, productivity, quality and client satisfaction goals and objectives.
• Assist in technical, financial, and organizational issues by researching issues, providing recommendations and maintaining document archives.
• Manage and track project budget(s).
• Negotiate and reconcile the use of resources for the projects.
• Identify and anticipate schedule slips or changes and analyzes the costs and resource impact.
• Develop and implement tools, techniques and processes to provide or create information to enable informed decision making within the teams.
• Actively participate in directing the evolution and defining the role of the project.
• Ensure the project goals and objects are well understood by the various functional areas.
• Liaison with Management, Department Heads, Leaders, sub or satellite team leaders and members to obtain their continued input and feedback on the benefits, needs, and issues associated with the project.

WHO WE ARE:

We are a Service Provider company different from the rest. We pride ourselves in how we treat the most important piece of our company's puzzle: you! We integrate Engineering, Construction, Maintenance, Utilities and Specialized Technical services across the Island (and in the US as well!). Our company is flexible, family-oriented and focused on our resources' well-being, while providing our Pharmaceutical, Medical Device and Manufacturing industry clients with top-notch quality talent. We're FITS!

Are you the next piece?