Pharmaceutical Project Manager

Description

The company's work centres on buildings that are smart, healthy and sustainable, and its teams serve many industries around the world.

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

You will report to the Project Executive and work with Engineering, QA/Validation, Delivery, Sponsors and regional leadership to deliver projects inside a validated-state framework, with attention to operational excellence, compliance, and tactical and financial results.

The company supports employees' physical, financial and emotional wellbeing, and gives people room to grow through meaningful project work and learning.

Responsibilities

• Run validated environment projects from planning through closeout across several sites, making sure IQ/OQ/PQ, equipment qualification, data integrity and regulatory expectations are met.
• Act as the on-site lead day to day, coordinating owners, architects, engineers, QA/Validation staff, contractors and vendors toward project goals within validated-state limits.
• Set and keep the scope, schedule and budget baselines with the Project Executive, track progress, and report any deviations. Keep the schedule moving quickly without sacrificing quality.
• Write and carry out validation strategies and documents, including validation plans, commissioning and qualification work, and related records, in line with corporate validation policy.
• Find project-level risks to deliverables, schedules, budgets, data integrity or compliance, then escalate them with proposed fixes.
• Report project performance to the Project Executive, covering schedule, budget, risk, QA/validation progress and regulatory readiness.
• Handle change orders, delays, procurement and contract administration for your projects, keeping everything aligned with validated baselines and contract terms. Update all logs at least weekly and manage documents to the standards set in the company's document system.
• Maintain documentation controls that satisfy contract, QA and regulatory standards, including validation protocols, IQ/OQ/PQ records, SOP alignment and QA approvals, so that inspections can be supported.
• Look for ways to improve validation workflows, data integrity practices and delivery quality, with the goal of raising client satisfaction.
• Build and keep relationships with sponsors and stakeholders, acting as a trusted advisor on validated-environment delivery and compliance at project level.
• Manage vendor and subcontractor performance on your projects, choosing qualified partners and keeping them on schedule and aligned with objectives.
• Handle project finances for your assignment, including budgets, forecasts, progress billings and payables, staying within 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 when 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 in the $5, $20M range. Portfolio responsibility is not required.
• Proven record of delivering complex, multi-site projects in validated environments (GMP/GLP/ISO 17025) in labs, biopharma, pharmaceutical manufacturing, medical devices, healthcare or similar sectors.
• Understanding of contract language, project accounting and basic portfolio management as they apply to validated environments.
• Strong executive communication skills, with the ability to present to senior leaders and varied stakeholder groups and to influence across functions.
• Ability to lead and coordinate cross-functional teams of owners, architects, engineers, QA/Validation staff and contractors in regulated settings.
• Proficiency with standard project management tools such as Primavera P6 and MS Project, plus reporting platforms, and advanced MS Office skills for building executive-level dashboards and presentations.
• Working knowledge of validation concepts, commissioning and qualification processes, data integrity best practices and regulatory expectations for validated facilities.
• Ability to build and maintain 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: PMI certification (PMP) or equivalent.
• Preferred: CQV certification or hands-on CQV experience, CSV awareness, and familiarity with FDA 21 CFR Part 11, EU Annex 11 and related regulatory frameworks.
• Preferred: Specific experience delivering validated environments such as GMP/GLP labs, ISO 14644 cleanrooms, ISO 17025 laboratories or similar.
• Preferred: Experience on programs in datacenter-adjacent facilities that require strict validation regimes.
• Preferred: Demonstrated ability to contribute to continuous improvement of validation processes and data integrity across a project portfolio.

Conditions

You will report to the Project Executive and may supervise project coordinators or junior project team members as part of the assigned team.

The hiring salary range is $130,000.00 to $165,000.00 USD per year. Final pay depends on education, experience, knowledge, skills and abilities, internal equity and market data.

Benefits

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