Senior Project Manager 1692

Senior Project Manager 1692

SimoTech have an opportunity for an experienced Senior Project Manager to work with a leading multinational Biopharma client based in Cork, Ireland.

The Senior Project Manager will be responsible for the full lifecycle delivery of major capital investment projects within a GMP environment, ensuring safe, on time, and on budget execution of complex manufacturing, cleanroom, utilities, and infrastructure works in full regulatory compliance, while working closely with a variety of business units from Engineering, to Supply Chain and Finance.

This role presents the potential opportunity for international travel of up to 20-30%, which may include weekends and multi week stays.

Requirements

Key Responsibilities

• Act as main point of contact for capital investments leading external

partners and ensuring delivery to safety, GMP, quality, cost, and schedule standards.

• Lead the full project

lifecycle from concept, feasibility, and business case development through detailed design, construction, commissioning, qualification, and handover to operations

• Manage medium and

large-scale capital projects within pharmaceutical GMP manufacturing environments

• Develop and maintain accurate

project plans, schedules, cost forecasts, risk registers, and governance structures

• Ensure compliance with

cGMP, GxP, EHS, Lean and corporate engineering standards throughout project execution

• Lead and coordinate

multi-disciplinary project teams including engineering, quality, validation, operations, procurement, and external partners

• Lead contractor and

supplier management including selection, contract negotiation, performance management, and change

• Drive rigorous cost

control, from estimation to management, change management, and risk mitigation to meet approved investment objectives and operational cash flow requirements

• Drive stage gate reviews of

projects in planning and execution phases to ensure strategy, timelines, sequences, resources are optimised for successful project delivery

• Interface with regulatory

and quality organizations to support inspections, audits, and regulatory submissions as required

• Ensure safe execution of

works through strong health & safety leadership and application of best-in-class safety practices

• Provide concise,

decision-focused reporting to senior leadership and investment governance forums, clearly articulating risks, trade-offs, and mitigation strategies.

• Support long term capital

planning and strategic manufacturing footprint initiatives

Key Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in

engineering (Process, Chemical, or Mechanical); Master’s degree ideally

• Over 15 years of

experience delivering large scale capital projects within the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or regulated life sciences industry

• Professional Project

Management certification (Eg:PMP, Prince2,) highly preferred

• Experience in small and

large molecule API manufacturing is preferred

• Demonstrated track

record delivering multiple large-scale pharmaceutical capital projects, including at least one project or program exceeding $25M in value.

• Strong knowledge of

cGMP, GxP, cleanroom design, pharmaceutical utilities, and validation principles

• Demonstrated leadership

of large, cross-functional and multicultural project teams

• Extensive experience

working with external vendors and complex supply chains

• Advanced project

management skills including cost control, scheduling, risk management, and governance

• Excellent stakeholder

management, communication, and executive reporting capabilities.

Benefits

What SimoTech Can Offer

Role provides a high degree of autonomy to allow the successful candidate to reach their full potential.

Develop new skills and enhance technical ability by working with innovative technologies in a multi-disciplined environment.

Opportunity to work with large corporate clients on exciting capital projects.