Spherical Search have partnered with an industry-leading manufacturer of Injectable components for the Pharma & BioTech space and they are looking for a Customer Project Manager.
Goal
Effectively manage customer development projects by delivering functional products on time, ensuring compliance with customer and regulatory requirements, and fostering collaboration within cross-functional teams.
Responsibilities
Project Management
This includes the following duties and responsibilities:
* Establish a clear project vision, goals, and success metrics.
* Develop and maintain a detailed project plan including timelines, milestone, and deliverables
* Proactively identify risks and implement mitigation strategies
* Engage stakeholders to align expectations and ensure support.
Customer Focus – Comply with customer requirements and market expectations
This includes the following duties and responsibilities:
* Work closely with the customer to understand their goals, needs, and expectations.
* Ensure customer requirements are transferred into the project plan and deliverables.
* Regularly update the customer on progress, challenges, and next steps
* Encourage open communication and cooperation between the customer, project team, and other stakeholders.
Project documentation and reporting
This includes the following duties and responsibilities:
* Create and maintain project documentation in line with internal standards, regulatory, and customer requirements.
* Report project progress, risks, and opportunities to stakeholders in a timely manner.
* Maintain and manage standard project management templates
Lead the project team
This includes the following duties and responsibilities:
* Foster collaboration, creativity, and accountability within cross-functional teams.
* Clearly define team roles and responsibilities to ensure alignment
* Motivate and support the team while addressing challenges and maintaining morale.
Profile
* Minimum 5 years proven project management experience,
* Experience in pharmaceutical and/or medical devices industry is a big plus
* Master level in engineering or equivalent
* Strong knowledge of project management principles, PMP certification is a plus
* Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and foster collaboration
* Fluent communication skills, verbal and written in English, Dutch is a plus
* Knowledge of regulatory standards and requirements in the pharmaceutical and/or medical device industries, experience with primary containers is a plus
* Thorough understanding of product development processes (design, prototyping, testing, and manufacturing)
* Practical ability to read and interpret technical product drawings
* Proficient in MS Office and company specific software
* Willingness to travel as needed
* Working out of Alken (Belgium) offices minimum 3 days/week (full time at start)