Location: Hybrid - HQ-Thousand Oaks, CA

Employment Type: Contingent Worker (Contract, W2)

Contract Length: 11 months

Compensation: $67/$77 per hour (based on experience)

Summary of the Role

Join the CMC Integration team within Operations Product Advancement for a large biotech pharmaceutical leader as a Senior Project Manager. You will partner with technical leads to manage key project workstreams, coordinate resource management insights, and ensure cross-functional alignment and communication. This role combines tactical project execution with support for project governance and technology integration. Your leadership will drive decisions and the achievement of project milestones.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and support cross-functional project workstreams for resource management initiatives
• Prepare meeting agendas, facilitate discussions, document decisions, and communicate outcomes
• Partner with technical leads to identify deliverables and ensure functional and executive alignment
• Track execution plans and manage integration of interdependent project activities
• Drive communication of plans, timelines, and critical-path activities across teams
• Collect, analyze, and assemble business information for relevant decision-making and reporting
• Monitor project risks and support mitigation planning
• Establish and maintain team collaboration sites
• Incorporate lessons learned and best practices into project processes

Required Experience & Skills

• Proven experience in resource management within a complex organization
• Strong workstream management skills, including agenda preparation and documenting decisions
• Ability to anticipate team needs and facilitate goal setting
• Comfortable asking clarifying questions and mediating to achieve team alignment
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to partner effectively with technical and cross-functional teams
• Proficiency in meeting management and documentation

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or related life sciences industry
• Familiarity with project governance in a regulated environment
• Background with technology or data integration in resource management

Top 3 Must Have Skills

1. Resource management experience to support work demand and people supply initiatives

2. Workstream management, including agenda creation and decision tracking

3. Effective meeting management, including planning, facilitation, and clear communication of outcomes

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• Identify key deliverables and track and manage execution plans
• Align teams at both functional and executive levels through meetings and communication
• Leverage technical and leadership skills to facilitate positive project outcomes
• Integrate activities across teams, focusing on critical path and communication of timelines
• Analyze and synthesize information for business analysis and executive reporting
• Communicate project risks and monitor mitigation plans
• Organize and lead meetings, including agenda, minutes, and follow-up communications
• Manage team collaboration platforms and document project learnings

Basic Qualifications

• Doctorate degree and 3 years of experience
• Masters degree and 5 years of experience
• Bachelors degree and 7 years of experience
• Associates degree and 12 years of experience
• High school diploma / GED and 14 years of experience

This posting is for Contingent Worker, not an FTE