Senior Project Manager- Life Sciences

Cushman & Wakefield•Tucson, AZ

2d•$123,250 - $145,000

About The Position

The Senior Project Manager manages multiple, simultaneous Roche Tissue Diagnostics (RTD) projects, including laboratory and environmental projects, operations and manufacturing projects, and space planning and moves, adds, and changes. Embedded within the client’s capital project ecosystem, the role plans, governs, delivers, and reports projects in accordance with the client’s capital project practices, steering committee governance model, and the account’s Statement of Work, with processes proportionate to project size and classification. The role leads project delivery through all phases in a collaborative, cGMP-regulated environment. It coordinates with senior leadership, Safety, Health & Environmental (SHE), Quality, IT, Procurement, department managers, Facilities, subject matter experts, and third-party vendors. The Senior Project Manager is accountable for planning and controlling project scope, schedule, cost, quality, risk, safety, procurement, and stakeholder communications; presenting project status to steering committees and senior stakeholders; and ensuring formal handover, close-out, and financial reconciliation. The position requires a bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Construction Management and at least 10 years of related experience, including Life Sciences and construction-industry experience. Compensation is $123,250–$145,000. Eligible employees may enroll in benefit programs that generally include health, vision, dental, flexible spending and health savings accounts, retirement savings, life and disability insurance, and paid and unpaid time away from work.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Construction Management.
At least 10 years of related experience.
Life Sciences experience.
Construction-industry experience.
Advanced project management skills and demonstrated understanding of the project management business.
Strong analytical skills and ability to communicate analyzed data to clients and project teams.
Strong working knowledge of architectural and engineering drawings and construction concepts.
Knowledge of design and construction business practices, contracting, insurance requirements, labor rates, invoicing, building types, and mechanical/electrical systems.
Knowledge of stage-gated capital project delivery frameworks and formal project governance, including steering committees and delegation of authority.
Formal risk management training and demonstrated experience facilitating risk workshops, maintaining risk registers, and applying qualitative and quantitative risk analysis consistent with ISO 31000 and PMI practice.
Exemplary oral and written communication skills.
Proficiency with Microsoft Project and/or Primavera P6, Smartsheet, PDF markup software such as Bluebeam, and Microsoft Office.
Ability to work with client project systems, including Cora PPM and SAP cost interfaces.

Nice To Haves

Additional Life Sciences or high-tech manufacturing experience.
Experience delivering capital projects in cGMP or other regulated environments.
Professional certification such as PMP, CCM, PMI-RMP, or equivalent.
Experience supporting or leading business development initiatives, client relations and management, contract negotiations, and consulting.

Responsibilities

Lead the Project Delivery Team through all project phases, set expectations, manage performance, and plan project and staffing resources.
Establish and maintain project governance, including the Project Execution Plan, Delegation of Authority, handover strategy, and steering committee documentation.
Present delivery status, costs, schedule, quality, funding, and changes to the Steering Committee; organize meetings, issue pre-reads, record decisions, and escalate matters according to delegated authority and risk thresholds.
Deliver projects through the client’s stage-gated lifecycle, manage mandatory phase deliverables and estimate maturity, and prepare funding documentation and stage-gate reviews.
Manage the full project lifecycle, including due diligence, programming, design, entitlements, bidding, permitting, procurement, construction, commissioning, handover, start-up, and close-out.
Facilitate stakeholder analysis and requirements gathering; document scope boundaries, assumptions, and constraints; and manage approved changes, baselines, change logs, and change impacts.
Develop and manage project budgets, estimates, cost controls, forecasts, contingency, CAPEX funding, and cost reporting, including VOWD and alignment between SAP and Cora PPM.
Develop and maintain the baselined Project Master Schedule, track critical paths and progress, align contractor schedules, perform schedule integrity checks, manage constraints and contingency, and report milestones and variances.
Develop and maintain the Risk Management Plan and risk register; facilitate recurring risk workshops; coordinate qualitative and quantitative risk analysis, including Monte Carlo analysis where required; and manage responses, opportunities, escalation, and contingency.
Ensure compliance with SHE requirements and construction safety processes, plan SHE resources, complete required SHE deliverables, and support contractor safety checks, inspections, incident management, and close-out.
Develop and execute project contracting and procurement strategies; manage RFPs, bidding, negotiations, contractor and vendor selection, contract awards within delegated authority, and contractor prequalification.
Build stakeholder relationships and maintain a documented stakeholder management and communication plan.
Develop the Project Controls Plan and reporting plan; lead project huddles; prepare monthly reports, steering committee updates, benchmarking, and ad-hoc reporting; and maintain project documentation for seven years.
Deliver projects in compliance with Roche’s Quality System and cGMP/GxP expectations; coordinate Quality Assurance assignments and support qualification, validation, commissioning, testing, punch-list close-out, and turnover.
Monitor project delivery compliance and recommend improvements to account project management processes.
Conduct project kick-off and coordinate with the Project Procurement Manager on contracting strategy, procurement tracking, and claims management.
Complete formal asset handover, support commissioning and operational readiness, issue the Project Closure Report with benchmarking and lessons learned, and complete financial close-out.