Senior Project Manager

The Senior Project Manager will collaborate with cross functional team within PBS Biotech to identify the project's goals, objectives, and scope and create a project plan that outlines the tasks, timelines, and resources required.
They are responsible for communicating with the project team and stakeholders, managing risks and issues, and monitoring progress to ensure that the project stays on track.
The successful candidate will establish and manage the timelines for new product development initiatives as well as active product changes.
The Senior Project Manager will also assist with executing the Change Control Process as a Change Owner.
Salary Range: $135k- $165k RESPONSIBILITIES Essential functions of the job are listed below.
Other responsibilities may also be assigned.
Please note that the essential functions may vary depending on department size, organizational structure and/or geographic location.
Reasonable accommodation may be made to allow differently-abled individuals to perform the essential functions of the job.
Primary Responsibilities Leads or leverages cross functional teams to evaluate, develop and manage projects for new product development and ongoing lifecycle management of products and processes.
Proactively leads the cross functional team to maintain credible and predictable project execution.
Leads cross functional teams to support functional goals and commitments.
Oversees and manages the operational aspects of ongoing projects and serves as liaison between the project team and management.
Manages the development and implementation process of a company’s products and services involving departmental or cross-functional teams focused on the delivery of new or existing products and processes.
Reviews status of projects; manages schedules and prepares status reports.
Monitors the project from initiation through delivery.
Assesses project issues and develops resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and business goals and objectives.
Develops mechanisms for monitoring project progress and for intervention and problem solving with functional leaders.
Gathers requirements, works on requirements planning, requirements elicitation and requirements management to ensure they meet demands of project’s key stakeholders.
Communicates with stakeholders, obtains stakeholder engagement to ensure the end products or processes will solve the business problems.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS The following are the minimum qualifications that an individual needs in order to successfully perform the duties and responsibilities of this position.
Please note that the minimum qualifications may vary based upon the department size and/or geographic location.
Knowledge/ Experience 5+ years’ experience establishing project plans a PMP Certification is a plus 5+ years’ experience leading or leveraging cross functional teams to evaluate, develop and manage projects for new product development and ongoing lifecycle management of products and processes.
Critical chain project management 5+ years’ experience optimizing schedules to reduce timeline or mitigate schedule disruptions.
5+ years’ experience in gathering requirements, works on requirements planning, requirements elicitation and requirements management to ensure they meet demands of project’s key stakeholders.
Track record of managing product development and sustaining schedules Skills/ Abilities Pertinent to This Position Ability to analyze resource needs vs capacity.
Ability to provide status reports to management.
Ability to analyze resource demand to assist in capacity planning.
Experience using Rapid Learning Cycles is a plus.
Experience working with Project Management Offices in the development of project templates, processes and tools a plus Experience working with Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Teams, Word, and project tools such as MS Project and Smartsheet’s.
Experience leading teams in Lifesciences, Pharmaceutical, Biotech and Medical Device Manufacturing a plus.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS In general, the following physical demands are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to allow differently-abled individuals to perform the essential functions of the job.
Must be able to see, hear, speak and write clearly in order to communicate with employees and/or vendors; manual dexterity required for occasional reaching and lifting of small objects, and operating manufacturing equipment.
Must be able to lift various weights as needed to meet job requirements.
WORK ENVIRONMENT In general, the following conditions of the work environment are representative of those that an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to allow differently-abled individuals to perform the essential functions of the job within the environment.
Occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts, fumes, machine lubricants, airborne particles, vibration, and risk of electrical shock, high noise while in the manufacturing plant.
Personal protective equipment (vision and hearing) used in plant.
Exposed to heat, humidity conditions during warm weather months.
NXTThing RPO is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
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