Senior Project Manager, CMC

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Italy.

📋 Description

• Delivering consulting services to Sia’s clients within the life sciences and healthcare sectors, which includes providing strategic oversight to ensure project milestones align with daily operations.

• Overseeing the content, quality, and distribution of project management deliverables (such as reports and dashboards) and routine updates (including schedule, budget, and risk), typically serving as the final reviewer.

• Cultivating strong working relationships with leadership and project functional teams at all levels.

• Acting as the project spokesperson and facilitating communication with all internal and external stakeholders (through meetings, reports, etc.).

• Collaborating with cross-functional teams (including CMC, Medical Affairs/Clinical, Nonclinical, Quality, Regulatory, Finance, Legal, and Contracts Management) to drive project activities in accordance with scheduled timelines, approved scope, and budget.

• Managing project financials, which encompasses reviewing and approving vendor invoices, developing budgets, tracking actuals, maintaining a time-phased financial forecast, and preparing project financial reports for both internal and external stakeholders.

• Proactively addressing strategic risks and issues, offering expertise in identifying and implementing risk mitigation strategies.

• Exhibiting and promoting exceptional teamwork, with the capability to navigate within multidisciplinary teams.

• Balancing project demands to align or realign Budget, Quality, Timeline, and Scope as required.

• Leading product development meetings, ensuring that all Project Leaders and/or subteam leaders have the necessary information and support to execute the project.

• Prioritizing customer service, characterized by agility and clear communication.

• Complying with Sia's quality standards for client deliverables.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 8 years of experience in the biopharmaceutical industry, including a minimum of 5 years in project management.

• A BS, MS, or PhD in a scientific or engineering discipline (e.g., Chemistry, Biochemistry, Chemical or Biomedical Engineering, Pharmaceutical Sciences).

• Background in working with CDMOs to support outsourced development and manufacturing initiatives, including oversight of deliverables and timelines.

• Capability to engage in technical and scientific discussions.

• Strong communication and interpersonal abilities, with a talent for influencing, collaborating, and fostering alignment among diverse technical and leadership teams.

• Proficient in Planisware and familiar with principles to plan, manage, and track several parallel projects in a complex, matrixed environment.

• Fluent and articulate in English communication (both written and spoken).

• Exceptional written and oral communication, presentation, problem-solving, and negotiation skills, with a focus on building consensus.

• Ability to work autonomously as well as collaboratively with others.

• Flexibility to manage ambiguity and a strong sense of personal accountability for deliverables and outcomes.

• Effective in team settings, often involving multiple disciplines.

🏝️ Benefits

• Opportunities for continuous learning and development.

• Assurance that all your information will remain confidential in accordance with EEO guidelines.

• An entrepreneurial journey.

• Support in achieving professional development goals through guidance and real-time feedback.