Description

Position Summary:

The Project Manager has the primary responsibility of overseeing new development projects and acting as a point of contact for the customer to ensure projects are completed on time and meet all requirements.

Responsibilities: Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Plan, manage, and track full lifecycle product development projects.
• Manage project proposals to determine time frame, procedures for accomplishing project, and allotment of available resources to various phases of the project.
• Maintain timelines, schedule project meetings, set agendas, prepare, and present project progress.
• Responsible for tracking and controlling project development.
• Develop and implement appropriate historical tracking system or database for all assigned projects. Knowledge of current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and other regulations as needed.
• Maintain all project related historical documentation, project schedules and milestone due dates.
• Interface with clients daily.
• Interact with all levels of personnel and in-house departments.
• Other projects as assigned by Senior Management.

Requirements

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in business administration, pharmaceutical sciences, operations or related. 
• PMP certification preferred. 
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry, product development project experience preferred. 
• Sales and/or customer service experience a plus.

Skills and Abilities:

• Communicate effectively: speak and write in a clear, thorough and timely manner using appropriate and effective communication tools and techniques.
• Creative/Innovative: develop new and unique ways to improve operations of the organization.
• Foster Teamwork: work cooperatively and effectively with personnel and customers to set goals, resolve problem, and make decisions that enhance organizational effectiveness.
• Lead: positively influence others to meet project timeline goals and achieve results that are in the best interest of the company.
• Organize: set priorities, develop a work schedule, monitor progress towards goals, and track details/data/information/activities.
• Plan: determine strategies to move the organization forward, set goals, create and implement actions plans, and evaluate the process and results.
• Solve Problems: assess problem situations to identify causes, gather and process relevant information, generate possible solutions, and make recommendations and/or resolve the problem.

Physical Demands:

• Required to use hands to operate computer controls, equipment, tools, and operational machinery.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, ability to focus. 
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stoop, kneel, crouch, stand, bend, sit, talk, hear, or walk for long periods. The employee may lift and/or move up to 50 lbs.

Work Environment:

• Potential to move between production operations sites/areas to complete job functions. 
• Hours/Travel maybe subject to changed based on management/company discretion.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• None

Salary Range:

$75,000 - $105,000 per year