Product Project Manager

55105 - Product Project Manager

The opportunity:

The Project Manager is accountable for planning, managing, and executing all product-related projects and teams at the KFS sites. These projects include activities such as: new product launches, volume transfers, material qualifications, alternate supplier/site qualifications, tech transfers from R&D to commercial operations, process changes, equipment qualification, and scale-up changes. Duties will include working with cross-functional teams at the sites, and at other internal and external locations.

How you’ll spend your day:

• Defining project scope, deliverables, schedule and risks.
• Controlling project schedule, according to time constraints and uncertainties.
• Work closely with relevant stakeholders in order to deliver the project objectives
• Lead project kick-off meetings and manage all project information, communications, and schedules.
• Coordinate cross-functional and multi-site efforts to ensure project execution according to schedule.
• Provide leadership and guidance to the project team, particularly during the execution phase; develop with the team the optimum batch sizes and system setups needed to meet project requirements.
• Define and manage risk plan and apply contingencies for all assigned projects.
• Utilize team to identify constraints within the sites and solve conflicts based on priorities set by site and above site groups.
• Serve as primary contact for all assigned projects.
• Report and escalate to management as needed.
• Manage the project implementation with the markets and ensure quality delivery, within project scope and timelines

Your experience and qualifications:

• Academic degree in Industrial engineering, Materials / Chemical engineering or Life science – must
• Master degree in the same fields or MBA – advantage
• 2+ years of project management experience
• Experience in managing large-scale projects in pharmaceutical organizations - significant advantage
• Advanced knowledge of R&D & Production processes, quality and regulatory requirements - significant advantage
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills, ability to motivate people into action
• Ability to adapt to changes
• High analytical and problem solving skills
• High execution skills
• Fluent speaking and reading English capabilities - must