Sr Project Manager - Operations

Tolmar•Windsor, CO

1d•$130,000 - $145,000

About The Position

The Senior Project Manager, under minimal supervision, leads and manages multiple strategically focused projects simultaneously. The role plans and executes strategic projects in Tolmar Operations in conjunction with technical leads, including work across MS&T, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Engineering, and Quality. Projects must adhere to budget, scope, timeline, and manufacturing schedule requirements. The position collaborates with Operational functions and manufacturing and packaging CMOs, where applicable, on operational excellence, lifecycle management, business continuity and performance, process optimization and remediation, and technology transfers, ensuring compliance with Tolmar cGMP, SOP, FDA, EH&S, and DEA requirements. The role identifies and manages cross-project dependencies, critical items, risks, and issues; communicates across all organizational levels; and engages key stakeholders early. It also helps implement project management processes and EPMO methodologies. The Senior Project Manager leads multidisciplinary teams in a matrix environment, supports leadership and Steering Committee engagement, manages program and project delivery, and monitors schedules, resources, budgets, forecasts, and project reporting. Working conditions are consistent with a normal office environment or remote work from a home office. Work is mainly aligned with Mountain Standard Time, with periodic travel as determined by projects.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in business or a 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 the 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, and a strong sense of urgency.
Keen attention to detail, strong organizational skills, and ability to focus on multiple tasks simultaneously.
Ability to identify and manage cross-functional and cross-project impacts.
Self-motivated, with ability to develop program strategies, integrated program and project plans, budgets, timelines, and tracking and reporting for corporate management.
Ability to work with 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 simultaneously, coordinating with technical leads and Operations functions.
Maintain motivated, high-performing multidisciplinary project teams in a matrix environment and act as a project advocate.
Cultivate teamwork, identify team knowledge or skill gaps, and support team development through training, organizing, prioritizing, and coaching.
Connect project milestones to overarching business goals and strategies.
Engage leadership and Steering Committees through clear, timely communications; escalate issues through established oversight and decision-making processes; and facilitate or report at Steering Committee meetings as needed.
Build and maintain relationships with customers, business partners, resource managers, and senior leadership, and influence leadership on complex concepts.
Manage program and project delivery, communicate interdependencies and conflicts, and ensure milestones and deliverables are completed on time.
Provide transparency into program workloads, finances, commitments, and expectations.
Identify and resolve project conflicts, prioritization issues, and resource scheduling needs with management; request additional resources when needed to maintain timelines.
Identify risks and issues that could affect project timelines and work with teams on mitigation and resolution.
Support preparation of business cases, plans, budgets, and project artifacts in accordance with portfolio and project management processes and program objectives.
Coordinate management and technical decisions, including scheduling project go/no-go meetings with PMO or governance at agreed 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 assigned projects and review them with core and subteams.
Schedule and coordinate project team meetings and prepare, distribute, and maintain agendas and minutes.
Help implement project management processes and EPMO methodologies.
Perform other duties as assigned.