What are the responsibilities and job description for the Operational Readiness Project Manager position at Insight Global?
Day to Day:
A large pharmaceutical client is looking for 2 Sr. Operational Readiness Project Managers to join their team in Raleigh-Durham. In this role you will be responsible for overseeing a successful turn over of both upstream and downstream equipment to ensure manufacturing is ready for operations. This role will be based onsite 5x per week.
- Lead project scope definition for Operational Readiness workstreams such as Manufacturing, Engineering, Process Development, Supply Chain, and Quality Control, among others
- Develop execution strategies, detailed schedules, and risk registers
- Integrate and actively facilitate workstreams day-to-day execution
- Facilitate teams meetings and execution forums
- Represent workstreams in appropriate governance forums
- Liaise with other project PMs to ensure effective project delivery
- Closely manage schedule performance and provide updates to management
- Ensure internal alignment of operational readiness schedules, as well as externally with construction and commissioning/qualification workstreams
- Provide strategic guidance on overall project delivery to de-risk and optimize execution
- Resolve workstream issues arising throughout the project, manage risk register, and escalate when appropriate to keep objectives and deliverables on track
- Lead and facilitate cross-functional workshops required to ensure project alignment, solve project challenges, identify gaps, and advance site strategy
- Won't manage people, nor budget
Must Haves:
- 5 years of experience working as a Project Manager
- Knowledge/experience in Biologics Drug Substance manufacturing operations (ideally Downstream and/or Upstream operations)
- Knowledge/experience in BioPharma New Product Introduction or Tech Transfer
- Knowledge/experience supporting operations functions such as Quality Control, Process Development, Engineering, Supply Chain, etc
- Knowledge/experience with Commissioning and Qualification (C&Q)
- Understanding of manufacturing support systems (ie MES, PI, DeltaV, etc)
- Understanding of operations support systems (ie Trackwise, LIMS, Maximo, etc)
Salary : $60 - $85