Project Manager

Business Introduction
We manufacture and supply reliable, high-quality medicines and vaccines to meet patients' needs and drive our performance.
Our network of 37 medicines and vaccines manufacturing sites delivered 1.7 billion packs of medicines and 409 million vaccine doses in 2024 to help make a positive impact on the health of millions of people. Our supply chain is not just core to our operations; it's vital to bringing our innovations to patients as quickly, efficiently and effectively as possible. Technology is transforming how we manufacture medicines and vaccines, enabling us to increase the speed, quality and scale of product supply.
We need the very best minds and capability to help us on our journey to make more complex products, harnessing the power of smart manufacturing technologies including robotics, digital solutions and artificial intelligence to deliver for patients.

Position Summary
You will support the delivery of capital projects within the SE Capital Project Team involving large / high complexity facilities and/or production equipment or systems, ensuring that all outcomes meet the defined project objectives for cost, schedule, quality, and safety, while delivering the intended business benefits

Responsibilities
This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career. These responsibilities include some of the following:

• Plan and manage the site's most complex CapEx projects, leveraging extensive experience in successfully implementing equipment and facility changes within a GMP environment, and adherence to the GSK Project Management Framework (PMF). Effectively resolving issues that have a potential to hinder the progress of project completion.

• Provide leadership and expertise on the PMF, ensuring the site's compliance with relevant standards and enhancing site capability through targeted training and coaching, while supporting gap closure as needed. Additionally, provide leadership and coaching to project engineers within the team, or other functional groups helping to develop project management capabilities.

• Provide leadership to the assigned functional areas working closely with area directors and personnel to develop robust multi-year investment plans as required by the GSK Facility Investment Process. Additionally, support area capital delivery versus budget and review/support area investments and performance against PMF compliance.

• Plan and develop a robust technical project scope or solution, manage and drive project team accountability, oversee project costs and schedules, mitigate risks, and monitor / control the project according to the GSK PMF.

• Ensure projects are delivered within the approved budget, on schedule, and to the defined scope while maintaining high standards of safety and quality. Anticipate risks to achieving critical milestones and establish effective contingency plans to maximize success against objectives.

• Coordinate and meticulously plan and control all elements of the project schedule, ensuring timely and effective project delivery. Provide continuous improvement (CI) and process confirmation around controls being in-place and in-use.

• Ensure that project design and delivery comply with all relevant EHS, engineering, and quality procedures/standards, leveraging the expertise of SMEs to confirm compliance throughout the project lifecycle.

• Develop a comprehensive construction plan with appropriate permits and risk assessments, ensuring safe execution and performing routine safety and quality confirmations with other experts. Serve as a clear example of best practice to other engineers in terms of safety.

• Ensure clear and effective communication across all organizational levels, covering all aspects of projects and the strategy for the assigned functional area. Interface and partner with the wider GSK engineering community, Centers of Excellence and other sites to contribute, share and leverage best practice project management as appropriate.

• Promote the following behaviors: display exemplary leadership, strategic vision, effective communication, proactive problem-solving, and a strong commitment to fostering teamwork and continuous improvement.

Why You?

Basic Qualification
We are seeking professionals with the following required skills and qualifications to help us achieve our goals:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, science, project management, business or a related field.

• 15+ years' experience delivering capital or operational projects in manufacturing or regulated environments.

• Technical experience with both GMP production Equipment and Facility/Utility systems.

• Experience with cGMP's and FDA requirements.

• Experience working across multi-disciplinary teams and external partners.

• Knowledge of Pharmaceutical operational processes preferred.

• Experience with project tools and Microsoft Office. Experience with ERP or scheduling tools is desirable.

• Operational Excellence/GPS experience.

Preferred Qualification
If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:

• Master's degree in an Engineering discipline

• Project management certification such as PMP or equivalent.

• Experience in pharmaceutical, biotech, or other regulated manufacturing environments.

• Experience with commissioning, qualification or operational handover activities.

• Hands-on use of cost forecasting, change control and risk register management.

• Experience leading matrixed teams and influencing senior stakeholders.

• Comfortable using digital tools for planning, reporting and collaboration.

• Understanding of drug development process.

• Strong communicator with experience working across multi-disciplinary teams and external partners.

• Demonstrate analytical reasoning and technical aptitude

• Demonstrated commitment to safety, quality and ethical decision making.

• The ability to plan effectively to deliver sustainable complex CapEx projects.

• Ability to work fully independently

• Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to work across the organization and interact/influence/negotiate effectively at all levels of management and peers.

• Ability to work well under pressure with tight timelines.

• Excellent consultative, listening, communications and analytical skills. * Must be flexible, adaptable and a team player.

• Negotiation and conflict resolutions skills and ability to motivate highly skilled and trained individuals.

• High energy level, pro-active self-starter.

• Excellent written and oral communication skills

• Professional Project Management certification preferred

• GPS Level / Problem Solvent certifications desirable

Work arrangement
This role is hybrid. You will work on-site at our US locations as required. You will also have flexibility to work remotely part of the week. Occasional travel between sites may be required.

Apply now
If you are ready to grow your career and make a meaningful impact, we encourage you to apply. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and support inclusion across our teams. We look forward to hearing how you can help turn science, technology and talent into real outcomes for patients.

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Please visit GSK US Benefits Summary to learn more about the comprehensive benefits program GSK offers US employees.

Why GSK?

Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

GSK is a global biopharma company with a purpose to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. We aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade, as a successful, growing company where people can thrive. We get ahead of disease by preventing and treating it with innovation in specialty medicines and vaccines. We focus on four therapeutic areas: respiratory, immunology and inflammation; oncology; HIV; and infectious diseases - to impact health at scale.

People and patients around the world count on the medicines and vaccines we make, so we're committed to creating an environment where our people can thrive and focus on what matters most. Our culture of being ambitious for patients, accountable for impact and doing the right thing is the foundation for how, together, we deliver for patients, shareholders and our people.

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