Position Title- Project Manager (NON-IT/Pharmaceutical Operations)
Location- Summit, NJ, 07901
Duration- 12 months
PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF POSITION:
The Project Manager will develop project plans, develop, and manage timelines, identify, and respond to critical path barriers. The role will require significant collaboration across internal and external functions to ensure on-time release of final product. Ideal candidate will have demonstrated ability to balance multiple competing priorities, manage projects. The role is required to work in a cross-functional and dynamic setting where project assumptions and scenarios may change and therefore requires an individual who can quickly adapt to the changes and manage communications at different levels in the organization.
Work scope will include operations excellence, continuous improvement projects and capacity expansion projects in support of commercial products. This role will work with project management and subject matter experts across multiple sites including Manufacturing, Operational Excellence, Supply Chain, MS&T, Quality Assurance, Quality Control, Process Development, CMC, TT lead, TCT lead, Global Engineering, Facilities Engineering, PMO, IT, EHS, Finance, Regulatory, and Clinical and Commercial Operations.
REQUIRED COMPETENCIES:
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: • Ability to work independently • Ability to matrix manage cross functional teams • Must be competent in Project Management tools and methodologies • Excellent organizational and time management skills • Experience with regulated GMP environment for manufacturing (Biologics or Cell Therapy experience is a plus). • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills • High attention to detail skills • High organization skills with ability to multi-task several objectives in parallel • People and project management skills • Advanced proficiency in MS Office applications • Proficient written and verbal communication skills • Ability to develop and provide training on various functions
Education and Experience: • Bachelor's degree required in Science or Engineering • 5+ years relevant work experience required, preferably in a regulated pharmaceutical manufacturing environment. • PMP certification strongly preferred. • Experience in biopharmaceutical clinical, supply chain, manufacturing, and commercialization.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: • Manage multiple, low to medium complexity process improvement and/or Technical projects and timelines. • Effectively manage team meetings, including the scheduling of meetings, the preparation of agendas, the development of meeting minutes, and the follow up on action items. • Serve as a member of sub-teams, tracking timelines elements to ensure that functional deliverables are completed on time and according to relevant quality standards • Develop critical path analyses with the team to understand risks and opportunities within project timelines and help develop contingency plans • Responsible for the preparation of routine status reports and communicate project progress to stakeholders • Lead operational projects including weekly QC LIMS huddles, QC CTDO LIMS planning and management and monitoring tools • Ensure that team recommendations related to project direction and timelines which need endorsement by governance teams are planned for review at appropriate milestones • Promote a culture of collaboration, cooperation, execution excellence, effective communication, and cross-functional problem-solving to enable a high-performing team. • Develop and implement KPI and reporting capabilities • Collaborate with IT Business Partners in support of modeling, scheduling simulation implementations and automated scheduling tools
About Us: Established in 2004, SPECTRAFORCE® is one of the largest and fastest-growing diversity-owned staffing firms in the US. The growth of our company is a direct result of our global client service delivery model that is powered by our state-of-the-art A.I. proprietary talent acquisition platform, robust ISO 9001:2015/ISO 27001 certified processes, and strong and passionate client engaged teams. We have built our business by providing talent and project-based solutions, including Contingent, Permanent, and Statement of Work (SOW) services to over 140 clients in the US, Canada, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, and India. Key industries that we service include Technology, Financial Services, Life Sciences, Healthcare, Telecom, Retail, Utilities and Transportation. SPECTRAFORCE is built on a concept of "human connection," defined by our branding attitude of NEWJOBPHORIA®, which is the excitement of bringing joy and freedom to the work lifestyle so our people and clients can reach their highest potential. Learn more at: http://www.spectraforce.com
Benefits: SPECTRAFORCE offers ACA compliant health benefits as well as dental, vision, accident, critical illness, voluntary life, and hospital indemnity insurances to eligible employees. Additional benefits offered to eligible employees include commuter benefits, 401K plan with matching, and a referral bonus program. SPECTRAFORCE provides unpaid leave as well as paid sick leave when required by law.
Equal Opportunity Employer: SPECTRAFORCE is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability or veteran status, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Please contact Human Resources at LOA@spectraforce.com if you require reasonable accommodation.
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LA County, CA Applicant Notice: If you are selected for this position with SPECTRAFORCE, your offer is contingent upon the satisfactory completion of several requirements, including but not limited to, a criminal background check. We consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment in accordance with all local ordinances and state laws, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers (FCO) and the California Fair Chance Act (FCA). The background check assessment will consider whether a criminal history could reasonably have a direct, adverse impact on the job-related safety, security, trust, regulatory compliance, or suitability for this role. Such findings may result in withdrawal of a conditional job offer.
At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position's starting pay is: $47.00/hr.