The Role 

An opportunity has arisen for a Project Manager II for our Alnwick site. You will be responsible for managing integrated projects, to ensure completion of allocated projects to the agreed standards of quality, timelines and costs.

Working with clients/ lead scientists to plan, execute and monitor project activities, to ensure projects are delivered on time and in full.

To comply and adhere to the GxP guidelines and regulations as required of this role. Working with operational leaders to drive best-in -class performance and ensure a continued culture of customer service excellence.

Main tasks and responsibilities

• Manage single service line or noncomplex projects.
• Leads internal project teams without oversight.
• Monitoring of time/ costs with budget responsibility
• Issuance of agendas, meeting minutes, communication plans, risk registers and issue logs
• Work closely with project management and operations team to deliver project commitments as defined.
• In concert with lead scientists and clients, define the project scope, resource requirements, goals and project deliverables.
• Lead teleconferences and face to face client meetings
• Lead project meetings and workshops, ensuring that clear, concise agenda are set and followed, with actions recorded and followed up.
• Capture, track and monitor milestones from project plans, communicating movements of milestones to the relevant audience(s)
• Prepare relevant weekly/ bi-weekly client reports.
• Effectively manage expectations of clients and operational leaders as required.
• Work with due regard for health and safety of self and others
• Work flexibly to meet business needs.

Qualifications and experience required for competent performance

• Educated to at least degree level, (or equivalent) in a relevant discipline. Ideally project management certified (e.g. PRINCE2)
• Experience in Project Management, operations or client facing roles within a pharmaceutical, CRO environment or relevant industry.
• Coaching, mentoring and training experience.
• Excellent written/oral communication and interpersonal skills.
• Competent in the use of Microsoft Office packages including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Outlook, at a minimum.
• Experience and knowledge of working within a GxP regulated environment/department.
• Experience of working in a pharmaceutical drug substance environment preferable.

Additional Tasks/responsibilities  

• Input to Project Management team to develop and implement effective and efficient tools for the tracking and management of project tasks, activities and milestones.