As a Project Director - Life Sciences, you will apply your project management knowledge and experience in the technical delivery of Pharmaceutical / Biotechnology projects to support the commercial and technical interface between project teams and the client and their stakeholders. Your direction, guidance, and support will help our teams to achieve excellence and you'll therefore play an important role in supporting our client's overall project goals. We're looking for a passionate project management professional who is inspired by collaboration, exceeding expectations, and challenging the status quo.
This role reports directly to the Vice President Construction - Advanced Facilites and will represent a series of projects/geographies. Enabling our project teams is job one. Whether it's resources, tools, delivery issues or client engagement, the project director supports PM's and managers in running their projects. This is done while also supporting and growing the business.
Here's what you will be doing:
Managing the business-customer relationship.
Planning and overseeing the implementation of the program, ensuring staying within budget constraints and meeting requirements.
Managing the financial and schedule requirements.
Staffing and managing necessary resources to ensure program requirements are met.
Ensuring subcontractors' performance meets all contractual requirements and quality standards.
Maintaining close liaison with the customer to prioritize key tasking and ensure timely resolution of any programmatic issues.
Developing/coordinating estimates, proposals, BOEs, and other projects/task-related contractual actions with the appropriate stakeholders.
Providing oral and written reports of program/project/task status and ensures contract deliverables are delivered to the appropriate stakeholders' contractual requirements.
Regularly briefing senior management and other key stakeholders on program/project/task status measurement data.
Endorsing and implementing company policies and procedures
Completing employee performance appraisals and employee counseling's, if assigned the responsibilities of employee supervision.
Here's what you'll need:
Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management or 4 additional years of work experience in lieu of a degree.
15-20 years of experience in managing major EPCM projects.
Experience as a project manager/director on pharmaceutical, biotechnology or advanced facility manufacturing projects.
Strong business acumen, negotiation's experience, financial acumen, construction execution & client management experience.
Exemplary communication and interpersonal skills, a collaborative and team-oriented work style and conflict resolution skills.
Ideally, you'll also have:
Project Management Professional Certification (PMP), Engineer in Training (EIT) or Professional Engineer (PE).
Master's degree in engineering, project management, or related field.
EPCM project delivery experience on mega projects in the $500 mill - $1 bill + range.
Proven track record of successfully leading team that win and effectively execute work for a global client base with highly progressive experience in full scale project delivery encompassing Engineering, Procurement, Construction Management, Qualification & Validation in the Advanced Facilities market sector.
Existing contacts and strong relationships with senior leaders and executives in the Advanced Facilities client space.
Technical background/experience in delivering or managing large Construction projects or programs is considered a positive and adds credibility in consulting, engineering, construction industry service offerings.