Pharmaceutical Project Manager

Description

The company designs smart, healthy and sustainable buildings for clients across many industries worldwide.

This role is the day-to-day project lead for validated environment and laboratory construction, including cleanrooms, biosafety cabinets, containment suites, biocontainment labs and related utilities across a campus.

You report to the Project Executive and work with engineering, QA and validation, delivery, sponsors and regional leadership to deliver within a validated-state framework, with a focus on operational excellence, compliance, and tactical and financial results.

The work offers meaningful projects and learning, and the company supports employees' physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.

Responsibilities

• Run validated environment projects from planning to close across several sites, covering IQ/OQ/PQ, equipment qualification, data integrity and regulatory requirements.
• Act as the on-site lead each day, coordinating owners, architects, engineers, QA and validation staff, contractors and vendors within validated-state limits.
• With the Project Executive, set and maintain scope, schedule and budget baselines, track progress and flag deviations. Push the schedule without compromising quality.
• Write validation strategies and documents, such as validation plans and commissioning and qualification records, that follow corporate validation policy.
• Identify, assess and reduce project risks that could affect deliverables, schedule, budget, data integrity or compliance, and escalate them with proposed fixes.
• Report schedule, budget, risk, QA and validation progress and regulatory readiness to the Project Executive.
• Handle change orders, delays, procurement and contract administration so they stay aligned with validated baselines and contract terms. Update logs at least weekly and keep all documents to standard in the company's document system.
• Keep documentation controls sound against contract, QA and regulatory standards, including protocols, IQ/OQ/PQ records, SOP alignment and QA approvals, so inspections go smoothly.
• Look for ways to improve validation workflows, data integrity practices and delivery quality to raise client satisfaction.
• Build trust with sponsors and stakeholders as the go-to adviser on validated delivery and project-level compliance.
• Manage vendor and subcontractor performance, select qualified partners and keep them aligned with timelines and objectives.
• Manage assignment finances, including budgeting, forecasting, progress billings and payables, in line with project baselines.
• Prepare the project team for regulatory inspections and audits through complete documentation and traceability.
• Build a safe, compliant and collaborative project environment and guide junior team members as needed.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in construction, civil, mechanical or electrical engineering, construction management, business management, architecture or a related field.
• 5, 10 years of direct project management on large capital projects, including regulated or validated settings, typically $5, $20M in size. Portfolio responsibility is not required.
• Proven delivery of complex, multi-site projects in validated environments (GMP/GLP/ISO 17025) in labs, biopharma, pharmaceutical manufacturing, medical devices, healthcare or related sectors.
• Understanding of contract language, project accounting and basic portfolio management as they apply to validated environments.
• Strong executive communication. You can present to senior leaders and varied stakeholder groups and influence across functions.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams of owners, architects, engineers, QA and validation staff and contractors in regulated settings.
• Proficiency with Primavera P6, MS Project and reporting platforms, plus advanced MS Office skills for executive dashboards and presentations.
• Working knowledge of validation concepts, commissioning and qualification, data integrity practices and regulatory expectations for validated facilities.
• Ability to build and keep professional relationships with key stakeholders and subcontractors in validated environments.
• Willingness to travel and work across multiple sites as needed.
• Preferred: Master's degree.
• Preferred: PMP certification or equivalent.
• Preferred: CQV certifications or hands-on CQV experience, CSV awareness, and familiarity with FDA 21 CFR Part 11, EU Annex 11 and related frameworks.
• Preferred: hands-on experience delivering validated GMP/GLP labs, ISO 14644 cleanrooms, ISO 17025 laboratories or similar.
• Preferred: experience on programs in datacenter-adjacent facilities with stringent validation requirements.
• Preferred: experience contributing to continuous improvement of validation processes and data integrity across a project portfolio.

Conditions

You report to the Project Executive and may supervise project coordinators or junior team members on the assigned project team.

This is an onsite role.

The hiring salary range is $90,500-135,000 and reflects target compensation. Final pay depends on education, experience, skills, internal equity and market data.

Candidates whose background goes beyond the range are encouraged to apply.

The company may use AI tools to help screen applicants, but human reviewers make all hiring decisions.

Benefits

• Competitive base salary and a bonus plan based on individual, group and corporate performance.
• Three weeks paid vacation per calendar year, plus holidays, sick time and three PTO days per calendar year.
• Comprehensive benefits including 401K, medical, dental and vision care, available from day one.
• Extensive product, on-the-job and cross-training opportunities.
• A collaborative, encouraging team environment.
• A zero harm safety policy.
• Scheduling and management support.
• Employee discount programs.