Senior Project Manager Jobs

General Company Description

Resilience (National Resilience, Inc.) is a first-of-its-kind manufacturing and technology company dedicated to broadening access to complex medicines and protecting biopharmaceutical supply chains against disruption.Founded in 2020, the company is building a sustainable network of high-tech, end-to-end manufacturing solutions to ensure the medicines of today and tomorrow can be made quickly, safely, and at scale. Resilience offers the highest quality and regulatory capabilities, and flexible and adaptive facilities to serve partners of all sizes. By continuously advancing the science of biopharmaceutical manufacturing and development, Resilience frees partners to focus on the discoveries that improve patients’ lives. For more information, visit www.resilience.com.

Position Summary & Role

The Senior Project Manager (Sr. PM) is responsible for the on-site planning, oversight and execution of all project-related tasks and activities required to fulfill contracted scope and to satisfy the expectations of the company and its clients. This role is essential to successfully executing projects in support of company franchises and modalities, to include coordinating a matrixed team of subject matter experts from various functional areas. The Sr. PM will assist with the creation, maintenance, and oversight of project schedules, will ensure adherence to project scope, will work closely with Program Control to manage project budgets, and will serve as the primary point of contact to clients for both the business and technical aspects of their projects. It is the Sr. PM’s role to integrate contracted scope into the project plan and for communicating this information to all members of the cross-functional team. The Sr. PM may mentor subordinate staff and will support the mission, vision, and direction of the Program Management Office (PMO) by ensuring execution of daily responsibilities in keeping with established policies and standard operating procedures (SOPs). Additionally, the Sr. PM will be responsible for recommending and driving continuous improvement efforts within the PMO. Detailed responsibilities are listed below.

Essential Functions

• Coordinates the development of subcontractor Statements of Objectives and Statements of Work
• Provides project management leadership to a cross-functional Product Development Team (PDT) required to successfully execute the project scope of work (ex. PD, Manufacturing, QA, QC, RA) and helps to define the mission, vision, and direction for the PDT.
• Maintains information on project lessons learned and best practices and ensures dissemination within the PMO and applicable functional leaders
• Plans, executes, and coordinates all aspects of the project to maintain schedule, budget, scope, and quality in accordance with project requirements
• Assists with development of project integrated master schedules
• Assistance with identification of project risks and the development and implementation of risk mitigation strategies/solutions as appropriate
• Creates meeting materials such as agendas, slides, and minutes for team meetings
• Assists with new business proposal preparation, as required
• Assists with writing reports and drafting SOPs (as necessary)
• Ensures excellent communications within the team, to site leadership, to any other relevant stakeholders and to the client
• Ensures the dissemination of approved work scope to team members, working with operations leads and capacity planning to assign and schedule tasks related to the introduction of new projects within the site(s)
• Creates and maintains the project records and historical files in the Product History Folder
• Interacts closely with Technical and Commercial Franchise Leads to support sales and business development
• Assists with coordination and tracking of issue resolution
• Responsible for reviewing, approving, and tracking project expenditures through review of purchase requisitions and invoices
• Prepares and conducts program reviews and presentations of technical information with the department, across functional areas, clients, and senior management
• Other duties as assigned
• Manages client and other project stakeholder relationships, communications, requirements and expectations, and interfaces directly with the client
• Manages the project budget to include planning and cost/resource implications of the approved work scope
• All employees are expected to adhere to the Quality Management System established in the Quality Manual, Quality Policy, Standard Operating Procedures, Current Good Manufacturing Practices, and any other applicable regulations and standards to the duties within their role.
• Mentors the professional development and coordinates the work of subordinate PMs and Project Coordinators, as appropriate
• Coordinates and manages activities being conducted by subcontractors
• Oversees all aspects of assigned projects, sets deadlines, and assigns responsibilities
• Serves as primary point of contact with the client to include coverage of both technical and business-related discussions
• Works independently, preparing regular project updates for the site leadership team to review and monitor performance based on metrics, objectives, and schedules
• Monitors and manages project performance (through Earned Value or other methods)
• Anticipates and proactively manages changes in project scope

Education And Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in science, engineering, project management, or equivalent work experience
• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification preferred
• Demonstrated experience with timeline development
• Experience with project management concepts, practices, and procedures
• Strong leadership and management skills required
• Minimum 8 years of combined technical and project management experience in the biotech industry with a Bachelor’s degree or minimum 5 years of experience with a Master’s degree; CDMO experience desired
• Minimum of 3 years of project management experience specifically on government contracts
• Excellent communication, organization, planning and presentation skills
• Proficiency in MS Project and/or Smartsheet required
• Ability to manage large projects and/or multiple projects

Resilience offers employees a robust total rewards program including equity, an annual cash bonus program, a 401(k) plan with a generous company match and our benefits package which is thoughtfully designed to support our employees with great healthcare (including medical, dental and vision), family building benefits, life and disability insurance, flexible time off, paid holidays, other paid leaves of absence, tuition reimbursement and support for caregiving needs. Our target annualized base pay hiring range for this position is $125,000.00 - $158,750.00. Actual base pay is dependent upon a number of factors, including but not limited to, the candidate’s geographical location, relevant experience, qualifications, skills and knowledge. Excited about Resilience and the biomanufacturing revolution? We encourage you to apply and start a conversation with one of our recruiters.