Senior Project Manager CMC

For 75 years, Charles River employees have worked together to assist in the discovery, development and safe manufacture of new drug therapies. When you join our family, you will have a significant impact on the health and well-being of people across the globe. Whether your background is in life sciences, finance, IT, sales or another area, your skills will play an important role in the work we perform. In return, we’ll help you build a career that you can feel passionate about.

Job Summary

 

The Senior CMC Project Manager leads project execution after deal closure. Responsible for directing, leading, and motivating multi-disciplinary project teams, project managers, and hold team members accountable to deliver results within an agreed project governance structure to ensure customer satisfaction throughout the life of the projects. Holistically plans all projects at any stage through mapping resource across projects.

In this role, the Senior CMC Project Manager is the key interface between Business Development and Operations organizations and the customer. The Senior CMC Project Manager manages multiple projects, either within one technology or within multiple technologies, and oversees the complete life cycle of all the projects while managing a team of project managers.

 

Key Responsibilities and Duties:

 

•    Direct project manager and project's scope, timelines, budget, and Project profitability
•    Raise and prepare scope changes and communicate them to a customer in close collaboration with Business Development
•    In collaboration with Business Development, create mid-long-term Project strategies
•    Define, organize and be responsible for all customer communication (using an open communication model), agreeing on milestones and conducting "lessons learned" with the customer, as well as executing decommissioning at the end of contractual activities
•    Ensure the right and effective internal and external governance are in place and are effective. Also ensure very clear alignment of internal stakeholders
•    Responsible to ensure flawless and smooth execution of assigned contracted Projects according to defined timelines and cost, via leading multidisciplinary project teams
•    During execution, key focus is on the customer centricity and internally on quality, cost, profitability, timelines, and risk management
•    Manage Project budgets and material cost
•    Additional duties as requested

Job Qualifications

 

•    Bachelor's degree (B.A./B.S.) or equivalent in project management, business, biological sciences, or related discipline with Life Sciences technical background, or equivalent experience. Master's Degree preferred
•    Minimum of 5 years of experience in project management
•    Experience in biologics manufacturing, preferably in viral vector production
•    PMP Certification required and experience in a CRO/CMO preferred
•    Previous technical competency in the areas of the Biologics Industry e.g., process development, cGMP manufacturing, process registration, analytical science, Quality Assurance etc.
•    Strategic, operational, and technical project management experience
•    Proven business awareness and commercial acumen
•    Record of accomplishment of successfully managed projects and personnel
•    Leadership and motivational skills to maintain naturally high moral within the Project management team
•    Ability to communicate effectively at all levels across the organization. Has strength of character to have difficult conversations with senior stakeholders including customers, internal team members and senior management; excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills
•    Pragmatic, organized, and results-oriented and with ability to manage multiple priorities
•    Excellent planning, organizational, and controlling skills
•    Problem solving skills - ability to analyze using critical thinking and solve complex issues that do not have routine solutions
•    Skilled with Microsoft Project, Teams, and other automated presentations

Compensation Data

 

The pay range for this position is $100,000 - $140,000. Please note that salaries vary within the range based on factors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, education, certifications, and location.
 

About Biologics Testing Solutions
With more than 50 years of experience and proven regulatory expertise, the Charles River Biologics group can address challenging projects for biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies worldwide. Offering a variety of services such as contamination and impurity testing, protein characterization, bioassays, viral clearance studies and stability and lot release programs, we support clients throughout the biologic development cycle, from the establishment