Senior Project Manager (Infrastructure / Capital Planning)

Lantheus is headquartered in Bedford, Massachusetts with offices in Billerica and in Canada and Sweden.  For more than 60 years, Lantheus has been instrumental in pioneering the field of medical imaging and has helped physicians enhance patient care with its broad product portfolio. In 2023, Lantheus had more than $1B in revenues, led by sales of imaging agents for cardiac ultrasound and for prostate cancer.

Lantheus is an entrepreneurial, agile, growing organization that provides innovative diagnostics, targeted therapeutics, and artificial intelligence (AI) solutions that empower clinicians to find, fight and follow disease.  At Lantheus our purpose and values guide our behaviors in all interactions and play a vital role in creating a dynamic environment that contributes to our success.  Every employee is crucial to our success; we respect one another and act as one knowing that someone’s health is in our hands.  We believe in helping people be their best and are seeking to bring together a diverse group of individuals with different viewpoints and skill sets to be a part of a productive and inclusive team. 

Summary

In this position, the ideal candidate will work independently to lead cross-functional project teams through all phases of Infrastructure-Utility, Lab-Office and GMP Manufacturing projects-from scope development, design, CQV and close-out.  This position will consistently deliver projects that meet all stakeholder requirements and are fully commissioned, qualified and ready for start-up / occupancy.

Key Responsibilities / Essential Functions

• Use LMI project planning tools and management principles to initiate, design, develop, and evaluate plans for assigned projects and hold projects on budget and schedule coordinating parallel activities.
• Lead team members during project execution including Manufacturing staff, Facilities staff, multiple outside vendors and contractors. Project Management responsibility for projects in the $500K- $10M range.
• Drive alignment on scope and project status through transparent, timely, and clear verbal and written communications to teams, stakeholders and appropriate levels of the organization of both technical and non-technical topics.
• Partner with Purchasing to prepare bid packages for design and construction contracts; effectively lead the negotiation, award and management of contracts and agreements with AE firms, vendors, construction contractors, regulatory and government agencies.
• Prepare project estimates for design, equipment, installation, labor, materials, and other related costs.
• Develop, manage and maintain up-to-date MS Project schedules inclusive of all critical milestones, key interdependencies and resource constraints, applying appropriate project scheduling techniques.
• Utilizing MS Project schedules and project estimates, develop cash flows and track project spend on monthly basis, preparing monthly reports to inform management on project progress.
• Drive the execution of external design partners and construction firms to deliver the right scope at the right time. Set clear expectations across all phases of partner onboarding including: Scope/RFP generation, bid reviews, contract execution, and contractor onboarding. Approve, manage, coordinate and oversee development of project design documents. Select A/E firms to perform engineering design. Coordinate and lead team review of designs/deliverables and document decisions accordingly.
• Manage and oversee project contract work both in engineering and construction. Inspect or direct the inspection of work to ensure conformance to design drawings, specifications, schedules, and safety regulations. Ensure contractors receive site orientation and training and that all state/local code requirements, building permits, inspection and project close-out processes are followed.
• Establish clear performance and acceptance criteria, draft and execute project commissioning plans and ensure that projects and equipment are rigorously designed and tested to this criteria. Drive effective project turnover from the engineering function into the business owners.
• Achieve effective financial control through management of project scope, estimating, risk management, and project closeout.  Negotiate with contractors and suppliers to keep projects within budget while obtaining excellent value. Manage the review and approval of contractor RFI’s, submittals, and change requests.
• Provide project management reports and presentations. Monitor project status and execution.
• Incorporate safety into all aspects of projects; construction safety management, site security, environmental control, hazardous materials management, fire protection and life safety systems.
• Utilize effective meeting management principles to drive results oriented projec