Sr Project Manager - Operations

Tolmar Careers•Windsor, CO

About The Position

The Senior Project Manager leads and manages multiple strategically focused projects simultaneously under minimal supervision. The role plans and executes strategic projects within Tolmar Operations, working with technical leads and operational functions across areas including MS&T, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Engineering, and Quality. Projects must be delivered within budget, scope, timeline, and manufacturing schedule requirements and in compliance with Tolmar cGMP, SOP, FDA, EH&S, and DEA requirements. The position collaborates with operational functions and, where applicable, manufacturing and packaging CMOs on operational excellence, lifecycle management, business continuity and performance, process optimization and remediation, and technology transfers. It manages cross-project dependencies, critical items, risks, and issues; engages stakeholders early; communicates across the organization; and helps implement project management processes and EPMO methodologies. The Senior Project Manager leads multidisciplinary project teams in a matrix environment, supports leadership and Steering Committee engagement, and oversees project plans, schedules, budgets, forecasts, resources, decisions, and reporting. The position works mainly in the Mountain Standard Time zone, in a normal office environment or remotely from a home office, with periodic travel as project needs determine.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a business or scientific discipline.
Eight or more years of project management experience.
Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
Working knowledge of cGMP, GLP, QbD, and QA/QC principles and practices.
Specialized depth and breadth of expertise in industry, program management, and business acumen.
Expert knowledge of project management techniques, including CPM, Gantt, and PERT.
Excellent oral and written communication skills.
Demonstrated problem-solving skills, strong critical thinking, a sense of urgency, attention to detail, and organization.
Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously and identify and manage cross-functional and cross-project impacts.
Self-motivated, with the ability to develop program strategies, integrated program and project plans, budgets, and timelines, and track and report them to corporate management.
Ability to use project and portfolio management software, advanced Microsoft Project, Teams, SharePoint, Power BI, and spreadsheet data sources.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree.
Agile certifications.

Responsibilities

Lead and manage multiple strategically focused projects and workstreams, coordinating with technical leads and Operations functions.
Deliver projects in accordance with budget, scope, timeline, and manufacturing schedule requirements.
Collaborate with operational functions and applicable manufacturing and packaging CMOs on operational excellence, lifecycle management, business continuity and performance, process optimization and remediation, and technology transfers.
Ensure project activities comply with cGMP, SOP, FDA, EH&S, and DEA requirements.
Identify and manage cross-project dependencies, critical items, risks, and issues.
Engage key stakeholders early and communicate at all levels of the organization.
Maintain motivated, high-performing multidisciplinary project teams in a matrix environment and advocate for projects.
Cultivate teamwork, identify and escalate team knowledge or skill gaps, and organize, prioritize, develop, coach, and train teams during new process deployment.
Connect project milestones to business goals and strategies, and support effective leadership and Steering Committee engagement through clear, timely communications and escalation.
Facilitate or report to Steering Committee meetings as needed and coordinate management and technical decision-making.
Manage program workloads, finances, commitments, expectations, project milestones, and on-time completion of deliverables.
Identify and help resolve resource conflicts and prioritization or scheduling issues; request additional resources when needed to maintain timelines.
Work with teams to identify risks to project timelines and develop effective mitigations and resolutions.
Support preparation of business cases, plans, budgets, and artifacts required by portfolio and project management processes and program objectives.
Coordinate PMO/governance go/no-go decision meetings at agreed-upon milestones.
Monitor project budgets, revise forecasts where applicable, and inform Operations functional heads and Finance of changes.
Develop and maintain detailed Microsoft Project timelines for review with core and subteams.
Schedule and coordinate project team meetings; prepare, distribute, and maintain agendas and minutes.
Perform other duties as assigned.