Project Manager

Position Summary:

Catalent Pharma Solutions is hiring an Project Manager who is responsible for managing the non-technical aspects of projects at Catalent Boston which include customer projects for the development and manufacturing of inhalation products and internal engineering projects supported by Product Development. This includes ensuring on time and on budget delivery of projects and acting as a focal point between customers and our technical team by using project management methodologies and corporate PMO procedures.

This is a full time, salaried role, Monday – Friday – days.

Catalent is a global, high-growth, public company and a leading partner for the pharmaceutical industry in the development and manufacturing of new treatments for patients worldwide. Your talents, ideas, and passion are essential to our mission: to help people live better, healthier lives.

The Boston-area facility is Catalent’s global Center of Excellence for spray dry dispersion and Dry Powder Inhaler (DPI) capsule manufacture and packaging. The site features inhaled powder spray drying, as well as multiple commercial-scale lines for capsule filling and blister packaging. On-site spray dryers include best-in-class GEA Niro SD1, SD4 and SD7, the latter being the largest CGMP unit of its kind for DPI in North America.

Catalent is committed to a Patient First culture through excellence in quality and compliance, and to the safety of every patient, consumer, and Catalent employee.

The Role

• Ensure meeting minutes, agendas, timelines, trackers and other tools are utilized to the benefit of the customer project
• Assist Business Development in maintaining customer relationship and ensuring “return business” by communicating to customers, ensuring customer visits go off as planned and establishing the PM as the advocate for the customer
• Support the changes of scope in existing quotes and provide necessary information to the commercial team for revised quotations
• Collaborate with other groups, activities necessary to ensure project requirements are met.
• Utilize Catalent tools and templates, as applicable, to manage project.
• Develop, coordinate, and track contractual specific client projects through the entire project life cycle.
• Monitor and report progress of projects within agreed timelines ensuring technical and financial goals are met.
• Consult and advise upper management on project status and report issues that may affect ultimate results.
• Prepare verbal reports and presentations on project progress as needed.
• Evaluate, highlight, and escalate unresolved issues, potential barriers to project progression, and resources constraints to supervisor.
• All other duties as assigned;

The Candidate

• A minimum of Bachelor’s degree in a life science or related field
• Preferred candidates with minimum 2 years of experience in the pharmaceutical and biotech industry as analytical chemists, formulation development, drug discovery, process engineering, manufacturing, quality control or quality assurance
• Alternatively, candidates with research experience in academia, including PhD graduates with no industry work experience
• Alternatively, candidates with experience in CRO or CDMO project management providing non-clinical, clinical and manufacturing services to the industry.
• Alternatively, candidates with sales and business development experience in the pharmaceutical sector
• Demonstrate success in technical proficiency as it pertains to Catalent systems and practices, collaboration with others and independent thought
• Excellent communication, negotiation and interpersonal skills
• Familiarity with Six Sigma / Lean / Operational Excellence principles
• Individual may be required to sit, stand, walk regularly and occasionally lift 0-15 pounds;

Why you should join Catalent:

• Defined career path and annual performance review and feedback process
• Diverse, inclusive culture
• 19 days of PTO 8 paid holidays
• Dynamic, fast-paced work environment
• Positive working environment focusing on continually improving processes to remain innovative
• Potential for career growth on an expanding team within an organization dedicated to preserving and bettering lives
• Competitive salary with quarterly bonus potential
• Community engagement and green initiatives
• Generous 401K match and Paid Time Off accrual
• Medical, dental and vision benefits effective day one of employment
• Tuition Reimbursement
• GymPass On-site fitness center and wellness programs
• Perkspot - offers exclusive or private discounts from approximately 900 merchants in a wide array of categories

Catalent offers rewarding opportunities to further your career! Join the global drug development and delivery leader and help us bring over 7,000 life-saving and life-enhancing products to patients around the world. Catalent is an exciting and growing international company where employees work directly with pharma, biopharma and consumer health companies of all sizes to advance new medicines from early development to clinical trials and to the market. Catalent produces more than 70 billion doses per year, and each one will be used by someone who is counting on us. Join us in making a difference.

Catalent is committed to the health and safety of its employees, visitors and the customers and patients we serve. As a result of the global pandemic, we have modified many of our recruitment and on-boarding processes to maintain everyone’s safety. The Human Resources teams will communicate all necessary safety processes and procedures throughout each stage.

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Catalent is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and veterans.

If you require reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process due to a disability, you may submit your request by sending an email, and confirming your request for an accommodation and include the job number, title and location to DisabilityAccommodations@catalent.com. This option is reserved for individuals who require accommodation due to a disability. Information received will be processed by a U.S. Catalent employee and then routed to a local recruiter who will provide assistance to ensure appropriate consideration in the application or hiring process.

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