Pharmaceutical Quality and Operations Project Manager

Responsibilities

• Independently lead projects from initiation through planning, execution to handover, managing scope, schedule, risks, and stakeholder expectations.
• Coordinate and guide multifunctional teams of internal and external SMEs across on‑site and off‑site locations.
• Own the management process for new developments, new products, product transfers, reformulation and other cross departmental or strategic business projects.
• Act as the single point of contact between the central business stakeholders and the site leadership team.
• Act as the conduit for information and decisions to and from the site to the corporate functions.
• Provide project management support to on‑site functions for more complex projects such as continuous improvement initiatives and process engineering improvements where required.
• Own project scheduling activities, including developing and maintaining Gantt charts, tracking milestones, identifying delays, and communicating impacts and recovery plans to stakeholders.
• Manage stakeholder engagement and communication by organising project meetings, preparing agendas, documenting decisions and actions, and ensuring timely follow‑up to maintain project momentum.
• Coordinate SMEs to produce, review, and approve key technical and GMP documentation, including change controls, procedures, and other regulated deliverables.
• Develop and maintain core project documentation such as project delivery plans, scoping documents, and end‑stage reports, ensuring timely circulation and approval.
• Raise purchase requests, monitor lead times, and support purchase order administration to ensure materials and services are available when required.
• Maintain project risk and issue registers, escalating critical items appropriately and ensuring mitigation actions are assigned, communicated, and tracked to completion.
• Collaborate with Finance, Commercial, and other departments to define scopes, support cost estimations, and develop realistic project timelines.
• To undertake such other reasonable duties as may be required from time to time to support the Perrigo business.

Requirements

• Higher education (bachelor’s or above) in a science, engineering, or other technical field required but sufficient experience in pharmaceutical project management will be considered equally; a recognised qualification/certification in project management is preferred.
• Experience managing non‑capital projects in a pharmaceutical environment required.
• Experience managing non‑capital projects in another highly regulated industry will also be considered.
• Experience with industrial manufacturing businesses preferred.
• Experience working in a cGMP environment and with standard industry digital tools (e.g. TrackWise) preferred.
• Experience working in a solid dose pharmaceutical manufacturing environment preferred.
• Proficient in the use of project management tools and software (MS project) required.

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