Technical Project Manager

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

📋 Description

• Deliver consulting services for Sia’s clients within the life sciences and healthcare sectors, which includes offering tactical assistance for daily project operations such as recording meeting minutes, tracking actions, and monitoring decisions.

• Actively participate in the production of project management deliverables (such as reports and dashboards) and provide routine updates (including schedule, budget, and risk), often by drafting initial documents.

• Develop and maintain comprehensive predecessor-driven project schedules (Gantt charts and integrated timelines) using scheduling tools/software (e.g., MS Project, Smartsheet, Planisware, Primavera, or similar platforms).

• Deliver timely and clear schedule updates, variance analyses, and risk assessments to project leaders and stakeholders, ensuring that project timelines align with project strategy, portfolio priorities, and key decision points (e.g., regulatory submissions and interactions with health authorities).

• Collaborate across project functional areas and personnel as necessary to advance project activities.

• Assist in forming and managing a team that encompasses various functions and locations, including overseeing multiple projects and teams across different sites.

• Exhibit and promote exceptional teamwork while effectively navigating multidisciplinary teams.

• Manage project demands to ensure alignment or realignment of Budget, Quality, Timeline, and Scope as required.

• Facilitate product development meetings, ensuring all Project Leaders and/or subteam leaders have the necessary information and support for project implementation.

• Emphasize customer service through agility and clear communication.

• Comply with Sia's quality standards concerning client deliverables.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 2 years of experience in the biopharmaceutical industry, including at least 1 year in project management.

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

• Experience collaborating with CDMOs to assist with outsourced development and manufacturing tasks, including overseeing deliverables and timelines.

• Capability to engage in technical and scientific discussions.

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

• Proficiency in Planisware.

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

• Excellent written and oral communication, presentation, problem-solving, and negotiation abilities.

• Capacity to work independently as well as collaboratively with others.

• Adaptability and the ability to handle ambiguity, alongside a strong sense of personal responsibility for deliverables and outcomes.

• Effectively collaborates with teams that often consist of multiple disciplines.

🏝️ Benefits

• Entrepreneurial journey.

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

• Ongoing opportunities for learning and development.