Project Manager

The Biologics Manufacturing Centre (BMC) Inc. is a new biomanufacturing facility whose construction was completed in June 2021. The BMC supports the expansion of the country's biologics manufacturing capacity, ensuring that vaccines and other related products can be safely manufactured at home. BMC is designed to create biopharmaceuticals such as viral vector, protein subunit and virus-like particle vaccines and other biologics.

Reporting to the Director of Technology Transfer and in collaboration with all cross-functional teams, the **Project Manager** will support the BMC to achieve the objectives of successful manufacturing campaigns of biopharmaceutical products (drug substances and drug products) for the Canadian market. To achieve their objectives, The **Project Manager** provides comprehensive project management for BMC’s core initiatives, leading programs from initiation to completion. He/she will ensure alignment and proactive tracking of activities so that all cross-functional deliverables are achieved on schedule, within budget target, and with quality that meets or exceeds business need.

The **Project Manager** will be responsible for:

- Creating project plans, leading development of the projects critical path, decision criteria, and milestones/stage gates, and ensuring all key players understand key milestones and interdependencies.
- Leading the development and coordination of projects plans ensuring good communication, all needed resources involved and trained, delivery on time, within scope, and on budget.
- Monitoring activities across all team members and line functions involved in the project to ensure achievement of key decision points and milestones according to time, cost, and quality parameters of the endorsed plan. Influencing leadership across functional lines to ensure efficient delivery of projects.
- Proactively identifying and managing emerging changes and opportunities.
- Facilitating the identification of operation and project issues and risks and driving resolution through a matrix environment, effectively documenting decisions/rationale.
- Communicating key performance indicators, progress against milestones, project risks, and mitigation strategies to senior-level stakeholders, as required.
- Ensuring that all projects comply with regulatory quality and safety standards in the pharmaceutical industry.
- Acting as primary client contact for any troubleshooting, and collecting information and data as provided by the local team to facilitate effective communication with the clients.

**You are the person we are looking for if**:

- You hold at least a bachelor’s degree in science or engineering, preferably in a biological discipline.
- You have at least 10 years of experience in the biopharmaceutical/pharmaceutical industry of which 5 years' experience as a position of Project Management. A combination of relevant education and experience may be considered;
- You have proven experience in business performance and project delivery.
- You have experience with stakeholder management and communicating key messages to senior-level stakeholders.
- You have extensive hands-on experience using Microsoft Project or equivalent project planning system to create and manage projects
- You have good knowledge of cGMP environment
- You hold a strong track record of performance through effective use of project management methodology, tools, and techniques.
- You demonstrate Strong leadership, negotiation, interpersonal, communication, and meeting facilitation skills.
- You have excellent interpersonal communication skills in both French and English to ensure good communication with clients from different provinces and countries.
- You have organizational, technical writing and presentation skills;
- You have Strong problem-solving skills and ability to think strategically.
- You have a Project Management Professional (PMP) or equivalent certification.

**What we offer**:

- A respectful and friendly work environment in a new facility with state-of-the-art equipment;
- A competitive salary commensurate with your skills;
- Attractive time off allowances;
- A complete range of benefits: group insurance, telemedicine, group RRSP and EAP;
- On-site parking.