Location: Cambridge, Hybrid
Department: PMO
Job type: 9-month Fixed-Term Contract
Overview: The Senior Project Manager operates as a recognised expert in project and programme management within Mundipharma. The role is accountable for project management of complex, high‑impact projects and providing programme‑level oversight, applying specialist knowledge to recommend and implement solutions for internal or external issues.
Responsibilities
- Independently project manage high-risk and/or high-value projects and provide programme-level oversight where required.
- Define delivery approaches, governance and plans, tailoring Mundipharma PMO methodologies to suit project complexity and context.
- Provide direction on and resolve complex issues with the specialism, using established procedures and existing solutions; act as a primary source of good practice and deliver high-quality support to teams and projects.
- Manage scope, budget, risks, issues, dependencies and change to ensure delivery against time, cost, quality and benefit targets.
- Provide clear, insightful reporting and recommendations to sponsors and senior stakeholders, enabling effective decision‑making.
- Act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders and sponsors on project and delivery matters.
- Facilitate alignment across cross‑functional and global stakeholder groups with competing priorities.
- Anticipate and manage organisational impact, interdependencies, and change implications across related initiatives.
- Be a willing, cooperative member of the central PMO team and Project Management Guild, acting as a primary source of project management good practice within the PMO and wider organisation.
- Contribute to the development, refinement and advancement of PMO standards, tools, methodologies and ways of working, engaging with peers to propose and implement approved changes.
- Train and mentor junior colleagues, supporting the development of required skills and knowledge.
- Share knowledge, lessons learned and practical expertise across the PMO and Project Management Guild.
- Maintain strong awareness of pharmaceutical regulatory requirements and ensure compliant delivery in regulated environments, always considering patient impact.
Qualifications
- Previous project management experience leading cross‑functional projects in the pharmaceutical/life‑sciences industry.
- Recognised subject‑matter expert in project and programme delivery.
- Extensive experience managing complex projects and/or programmes in a global organisation with budgetary oversight.
- Degree‑level qualification or demonstrated ability to operate at this level.
- Professional project management certification (e.g., PRINCE2) is ideal.
- Proven experience influencing and advising senior stakeholders.
- Advanced practical experience with project management tools (e.g., SmartSheets, Microsoft Project).
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision in ambiguous and complex environments.
- Strong analytical and problem‑solving capability, applying sound judgment to novel issues and maintaining attention to detail.
- Strategic and forward‑looking systems thinking to align delivery to organisational goals and manage interdependencies across initiatives.
- Excellent communication, facilitation and influencing skills; understands the relevance of own area of responsibility to the organisation.
- Strong accountability for outcomes and delivery through others.
- Advanced risk and issue management capability.
- Demonstrates initiative in process optimisation and operational efficiency.
Benefits
- Opportunities for learning & development through a varied programme.
- Collaborative, inclusive work environment.
Diversity & Inclusion
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