Associate Project Manager

Associate Project Manager

Position Summary

• Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, Standard Hours

• 100% on-site

Join Catalent’s flagship softgel development and manufacturing facility in North America, located in St. Petersburg, FL, with a capacity of 18 billion capsules per year. This role offers competitive pay, day-one benefits, and career growth in a state-of-the-art, turn-key facility.

The Associate Project Manager leads multiple projects across feasibility, clinical, transfer, and commercial programs while collaborating cross-functionally with internal teams and external partners. This role offers broad exposure to all areas of the business, providing a fast-paced learning environment where initiative and ownership are recognized and rewarded. At Catalent’s St. Pete site, you’ll work with a supportive, high-caliber team that values collaboration, growth, and mutual success.

The Role

• Lead and facilitate projects across Product Development (NCE, generics, early-phase feasibility), Technical Services, commercial support, transfers, and business continuity programs.

• Develop and manage comprehensive project plans to ensure milestones, timelines, and budgets are achieved.

• Identify and remove roadblocks while leading meetings that drive progress and successful project completion.

• Oversee and manage capital budgets to ensure project funding is properly allocated, utilized, and closed according to plan.

• Select and coordinate effective cross-functional teams to support project objectives.

• Communicate project status and requirements with customers, cross-site project managers, suppliers, vendors, and contractors to ensure alignment and seamless execution.

• Ensure all project activities comply with current cGMP, EHS, and financial industry standards.

• Additional duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required in Engineering or Physical Sciences, including, but not limited to, Chemistry, Biology, Chemical, Mechanical, Electrical, or Civil Engineering, or Pharmacy.

• 3+ years of experience in FDA regulated industry, pharmaceutical CDMO industry preferred.  

• 1+ years of project management experience or other experience that demonstrates successful team leadership and project completion required.

• Working knowledge of project management principles and concepts in a cGMP environment.

Why You Should Join Catalent

• Tuition reimbursement to support educational goals

• WellHub program to promote physical wellness & Access to Perkspot discounts from over 900 merchants

• 152 hours of PTO plus 8 paid holidays

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits effective day one

• Defined career path with annual performance reviews & strong potential for career growth within a mission-driven organization

• Inclusive culture with active Employee Resource Groups & Community engagement and green initiatives

Catalent offers rewarding opportunities to further your career!  Join the global drug development and delivery leader and help us bring over 7,000 life-saving and life-enhancing products to patients around the world. Catalent is an exciting and growing international company where employees work directly with pharma, biopharma and consumer health companies of all sizes to advance new medicines from early development to clinical trials and to the market. Catalent produces more than 70 billion doses per year, and each one will be used by someone who is counting on us. Join us in making a difference. 

personal initiative. dynamic pace. meaningful work.

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Catalent is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and veterans.

If you require reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process due to a disability, you may submit your request by sending an email, and confirming your request for an accommodation and include the job number, title and location to DisabilityAccommodations@catalent.com. This option is reserved for individuals who require accommodation due to a disability. Information received will be processed by a U.S. Catalent employee and then routed to a local recruiter who will provide assistance to ensure appropriate consideration in the application or hiring process.

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