Project Management Specialist

Job Description

This Project Management role is for Chemical Development of NCEs / CDMO / CRAMS projects located in Mumbai, India. The candidate in this role will be a part of the core team of CDMO business and should work diligently and will have to handle all project management activities of our customer collaborations smoothly.

Primary Responsibilities of Role :

Preparing Project Charters / Project Health Reports and circulating to all stakeholders

Ensuring kick off meetings as soon as project is awarded / communication from management

Close monitoring of projects in terms of resource allocations, timelines and budgets

Need to coordinate cross-functional teams seamlessly

Identifying bottlenecks and involve respective teams for resolution / planning

Coordinate weekly / bi-weekly review meetings with R&D and with management

Track the deliverables committed to client / internal teams for development / pilot / commercial batches

Ensuring seamless and transparent communication with regards to project status to internal / external clients through regular updates

Understand the project progress and anchor client telecoms / video calls

Understand client RFPs, Proposals preparation, Scope of the project and commercials

Closely coordinating with BD team and ensuring customer satisfaction and responding to customer queries received through BD team

Ensuring necessary approvals and tracking through SAP from RM procurement / new equipment procurements till invoicing

Coordinate with regulatory teams to fulfil regulatory requirements of client / internal projects

Ensuring all statutory requirements at required locations such as test license, manufacturing license etc.,

Qualification and Requirements :

Bachelor degree / Master degree in Chemistry, Life Sciences, Business, Chemical Engineering or equivalent or PhD are preferred.

7-8 years' overall project management experience, PMP Certification is advantage

Experience in CDMO companies working with small to medium size biotech and pharmaceutical companies are MANDATORY.

Demonstrated knowledge of CDMO technical services with experience in a variety of small molecules and peptides projects

Outstanding written and oral communication skills, including presentation skills and client meetings

A true team player with demonstrated ability to navigate across multiple locations and work cross-functionally, collaboratively, and within a highly matrixed organization.

Understanding of regulatory requirements and quality standards

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills including proficiency in data analysis.

Team motivator, and go getter attitude

Exceptional attention to detail

Possess strong sense of urgency

Proficient with Microsoft Office or Google Workspace related software

Experience - 3-4 years