Project Manager- MES- Life Sciences

Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities:

Project Execution

• Maintain P & L responsibility with associated commercial and financial accountability including revenue delivery, margin and overhead management, budget and forecast determination and attainment, risk and opportunity reviews, cost controls, accounts payable/billing and cash collection
• Contributes to and reviews the project proposal and plan to determine timeframe, procedures for accomplishing the project, staffing requirements, and allotment of available resources to various phases of the project
• Contributes to setting project evaluation parameters.
• Follows Change Management process to proactively identify, assess, and approve modifications to scope, cost, and schedule.
• Pursue and develop opportunities for innovation, such as digitalization and technology use, workshare and high value engineering centers, to bring value to Wood and customer
• Establishes project procedures and leads production of project execution plan including the scope of work, deliverables list, master schedule, budget, org charts, risk register etc
• Regularly reports project progress to senior management and/or the customer.
• Responsible for delivery of agreed schedule and financial performance, proactively intervening to avoid slippage
• Ensures competence of project team members to carry out assigned work
• Interface with discipline department managers on needs, mobilization and demobilization of resources
• Leads ongoing focus on risk identification and mitigation during project execution
• Define the Resource plan and enable facilitate the communication between QA, Operations and Supply Chain
• Coordinate the different Testing activities from Media runs through PV
• Understand of Industry Standards and their applicability on the project
• Process knowledge on Pharmaceuticals and Biopharmaceuticals 
• Experience with ISA 88, 95 and 99 
• Familiar with MES projects and systems such as PharmaSuite, PAS-X and Syncade
• Familiar with Sterile projects and environments
• Oversee SAP-MES interface integration, report development, and L2 integrations.
• Ensure compliance with industry standards (21CFR Part 11, GAMP, cGMP, EU Annex 11) and perform Computer Systems Validation (CSV)
• Adaptability and Flexibility to changing requirements and environments

Leadership

• Is a champion and role model for ethical behavior and compliance with applicable laws and Policies.
• Leads by example, focuses on supporting others to achieve project success
• Oversees proposals and call-offs (may be individual projects) within delegation of authority, ensuring compliance with contracting policy and standards of ethical conduct.
• Coaches, mentors, and empowers others to make decisions within established parameters
• Ability to work on ambiguous environment

Working Relationships

• Primary point of contact for customer on assigned scope. Establishes and maintains a positive and effective customer relationship, ensuring payment terms are met, and communicating any potential or identified problems/delays
• Manage relationships with external suppliers and sub-contractors and resolves cost, schedule and quality issues
• Builds internal and external relationships, maintaining focus on being positive and growth-oriented
• May act as company representative and play a role in contract negotiations
• Influences relationships at higher customer level

Strong Stakeholder management skills

Knowledge, skills, and experience:

• A Bachelor’s degree in the field of Engineering or similar technical degree
• 5+ years of Life Sciences industry experience including minimum 2-3 years’ experience as the Project Manager for projects, mastering their technical area and knowledgeable about impacts and dependencies on other areas.
• Thorough understanding of project management techniques and practices
• Thorough understanding of project goals, drivers, strategies, stage gate processes, and schedules
• Thorough understanding of Agile framework
• Proficient in the use of MS Office 365 products
• Good communication skills, both verbal and written
• Good presentation skills
• Experience with scheduling software (MS Project, Primavera P6)
• Experience with CAD a plus
• Professional Engineering License (P.E.) a plus
• Project Management Professional (PMP), Associate in Project Management (APM) or equivalent certification is preferred 

 

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