CMC Project Manager

Our purpose is to bring hope to life by enabling life-changing therapies for patients around the globe, creating a healthier and happier tomorrow. Our mission is to work side by side with our customers in order to improve patients’ lives by bringing new biopharmaceuticals to market.

If you thrive on customer interaction and seek a role where your contribution directly impacts our business success, we have the perfect opportunity for you. We are expanding and looking for a CMC Project Manager to join our ambitious and collaborative Project Management team, helping to manage our growing portfolio.

About the Team
Our diverse Project Management team is composed of exceptionally qualified employees with a wide range of professional backgrounds, nationalities, and experiences. What unites us is a high level of professionalism, a strong scientific background in the biotech industry, and a dedicated focus on customer satisfaction.

About the Role
The CMC Project Manager leads the orderly progression of projects from the proposal stage through project completion by interacting with the client, technical team, and business development team. This role provides program direction and manages timelines and project controls across internal functional and organizational lines and with external clients.

As CMC Project Manager, your responsibilities will include providing the necessary program direction for planning, organizing, developing, and integrating projects across multiple functional areas. You are expected to closely monitor and control project progression to ensure your projects are completed on schedule and within budget.

The CMC Project Manager supports the technical team in investigating any project challenges using our risk assessment tools and techniques. Since we are a CDMO, you will also represent the company in project meetings, prepare the meeting agenda, and be responsible for following up on action items.

You will:

• Report project progress to all key stakeholders.
• Serve as liaison with client contacts, manage day-to-day communications, and organize project team meetings.
• Evaluate and assess project results and provide recommendations for future improvements.
• Prepare Project Change Orders with input from key stakeholders.
• Effectively build project teams.
• Cultivate effective communication, cooperation, and trust with clients.

Your profile:
One of the qualifications we are looking for in our new CMC Project Manager is strong and effective project management skills, with a proven record of accomplishment of working cross-functionally across a wide variety of technical, business, and operational areas.

You have:

• A minimum of 5 years of relevant pharmaceutical or biotech industry experience in CMC process development and/or GMP manufacturing.
• A Master’s (MS) in life sciences, biotechnology, biochemistry, or a similar field is preferred.
• Proven experience in creating and implementing successful plans and processes to solve complex problems.
• The ability to work closely with team members across all CMC-related business units and with the management team to ensure coordination of all efforts and real-time communication with all stakeholders.
• A self-starter, self-motivated, organized, and detail-oriented personality.
• Excellent communication skills in English (verbal, written, and presentation skills).

Are you up for the challenge?

• Apply with your CV (in English, please).
• If we see a match, you will have a call with one of our recruiters to share more about what you can bring to the team.
• Are both sides still positive? You'll be invited to a first interview.
• We will conduct ongoing interviews and close the position once the successful candidate is found.

Our culture at AGC Biologics is defined by the six core values: Knowledge, Trust, Quality, Ingenuity, Accountability and Teamwork. Our core values stem from our team members and are embedded into our DNA. They provide a common language and understanding of how we as an organization are connected across three continents. Our core values serve as a compass and reminder of how we achieve our purpose of bringing hope to life for patients around the globe.

AGC Biologics is a leading global biopharmaceutical Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) with a strong commitment to delivering the highest standard of service as we work side-by-side with our clients and partners, every step of the way. We provide world-class development and manufacture of mammalian and microbial-based therapeutic proteins, plasmid DNA (pDNA), messenger RNA (mRNA), viral vectors, and genetically engineered cells. Our global network spans the U.S., Europe, and Asia, with cGMP-compliant facilities in Seattle, Washington; Boulder and Longmont, Colorado; Copenhagen, Denmark; Heidelberg, Germany; Milan, Italy; and Chiba, Japan. We currently employ more than 2,500 employees worldwide. Our commitment to continuous innovation fosters the technical creativity to solve our clients’ most complex challenges, including specialization in fast-track projects and rare diseases. AGC Biologics is the partner of choice. To learn more, visit www.agcbio.com. Want to keep posted about our growth and learn more about our company? Follow us on LinkedIn and give us a quick Like on Facebook!

AGC Biologics offers a highly competitive compensation package and a friendly, collaborative culture that values personal initiative and professional achievement. AGC Biologics is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.

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