Pharmaceutical Project Manager

Description

The company makes smart, healthy and sustainable buildings, and its teams serve many industries around the world.

This role leads the day-to-day delivery of validated environment and laboratory construction projects across a campus, such as cleanrooms, biosafety cabinets, containment suites, biocontainment labs and related utilities.

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

Responsibilities

• Run validated environment projects from start to close across several sites, meeting IQ/OQ/PQ, equipment qualification, data integrity and regulatory requirements.
• Act as the on-site, day-to-day lead, 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 report deviations, moving the schedule forward 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.
• Identify, assess and reduce project risks to deliverables, schedule, budget, data integrity or compliance, and escalate them with proposed fixes.
• Report project performance to the Project Executive, covering schedule, budget, risk, QA and validation progress and regulatory readiness.
• Handle change orders, delays, procurement and contract administration while keeping validated baselines and contract terms aligned. Update logs at least weekly and manage all documents to the company's standards in its document system.
• Keep documentation controlled to contract, QA and regulatory standards, including validation protocols, IQ/OQ/PQ records, SOP alignment and QA approvals, and ready for inspections.
• Look for ways to improve validation workflows, data integrity and delivery quality to raise client satisfaction.
• Build trust with sponsors and stakeholders as an 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 project finances at assignment level: budgeting, forecasting, progress billing and payables, in line with baselines.
• Prepare the team for regulatory inspections and audits through thorough documentation and traceability.
• Build a safe, compliant and collaborative project environment and guide junior team members. You may supervise project coordinators or junior team members.

Requirements

• Required: a bachelor's degree in construction, civil, mechanical or electrical engineering, construction management, business management, architecture or a related field.
• Required: 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 needed.
• Required: a proven record delivering complex, multi-site projects in validated environments (GMP, GLP, ISO 17025) in labs, biopharma, pharmaceutical manufacturing, medical devices, healthcare or related sectors.
• Required: understanding of contract language, project accounting and basic portfolio management as they apply to validated environments.
• Required: strong executive communication, with the ability to present to senior leaders and varied stakeholders and influence across functions.
• Required: ability to lead and coordinate cross-functional teams, including owners, architects, engineers, QA and validation, and contractors, in regulated settings.
• Required: proficiency with Primavera P6, MS Project and reporting platforms, plus advanced MS Office skills to build executive dashboards and presentations.
• Required: working knowledge of validation concepts, commissioning and qualification, data integrity practices and regulatory expectations for validated facilities.
• Required: ability to build and maintain professional relationships with key stakeholders and subcontractors in validated environments.
• Required: willingness to travel and work across several sites as needed.
• Preferred: a master's degree.
• Preferred: PMP or equivalent PMI certification.
• Preferred: CQV certification or hands-on experience, CSV awareness, and familiarity with FDA 21 CFR Part 11, EU Annex 11 and related regulatory frameworks.
• Preferred: specific experience with validated environments such as GMP/GLP labs, ISO 14644 cleanrooms, ISO 17025 laboratories or similar.
• Preferred: experience on programs in datacenter-adjacent facilities with demanding validation requirements.
• Preferred: a record of contributing to continuous improvement for validation processes and data integrity across a project portfolio.

Conditions

This is a day-to-day, on-site role with travel across multiple sites as needed.

Hiring salary range is $130,000.00-165,000.00 USD per year. Pay is set by education, experience, knowledge, skills and abilities, internal equity and market data.

You report to the Project Executive.

Benefits

• Competitive base salary plus a comprehensive bonus program.
• 3 weeks paid time off each calendar year, plus holidays, sick time and 3 PTO days each calendar year.
• Full benefits from day one, including 401K, medical, dental and vision coverage.
• Extensive product training, on-the-job training and cross-training.
• A collaborative, encouraging team.
• Safety is a priority under a zero-harm policy.
• Scheduling and management support.
• Employee discount programs.