The CQV Senior Project Manager leads project execution for life sciences clients, ensuring operational readiness, managing risks, and stakeholder engagement throughout the project lifecycle. Requires 10+ years in commissioning and validation.
Position Description:
The CQV Senior Project Manager is responsible for leading services delivered to life sciences clients in all aspects of CQV-project execution and capital project Operational Readiness.
Skills and Characteristics Required:
- Significant experience in Project Management Principles and Practices
- Demonstrated experience in successful Project Management processes
- Expert in project execution throughout the entire project lifecycle
- Intimately familiar with Project Planning, Initiation, Execution and Closeout requirements
- Expertise in Project Risk Analysis
- Mastery of skills in Stakeholder Engagement, Communications Management and Planning, and the various tools utilized by a successful Project Manager
- Capable of translating Project Management execution to CAI’s Operational Readiness Model
-Skilled in applying situational leadership to appropriately manage project resources, allocate time-budgets, check and adjust
Requirements include:
Position Requirements:
10+ years of industry experience in Commissioning, Qualification, and Validation and/or Computer Systems Validation and related technical areas
Demonstrated experience in successful project management processes, along with being an expert in project execution throughout the entire project lifecycle.
Communicate impact on budget due to changes in scope and schedule.
Understanding of Earned Value Management
Other Requirements:
Fluent in English
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Able to travel domestically and internationally as required
US Candidates must have been vaccinated or willing to be vaccinated for COVID-19 prior to starting employment
About CAI
CAI is a 100% employee-owned company established in 1996 that has grown to more than 800 people worldwide. We provide commissioning, qualification, validation, start-up, project management and other consulting services associated with operational readiness to FDA regulated and other mission-critical industries.
Are You Ready?
Our approach is simple; we put the client’s interests first, we do not stop until it is right, and we will do whatever it takes to get there.
As owners of CAI, we are committed to living our Foundational Principles, both professionally and personally:
We act with integrity.
We serve each other.
We serve society.
We work for our future.
With employee ownership, one person’s success is everyone’s success; we work diligently to accomplish team goals. We place Team Before Self, demonstrate Respect for Others, and possess a Can-Do Attitude (our core values). That is how we have grown exponentially.
Benefits
Our full-time positions offer competitive compensation and benefits which include up to 15% retirement contribution, PTO and sick days, health insurance at extremely low cost to employee, financial support for both internal and external professional education as well as 70% long term disability paid for by the company.
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Preference will be given to candidates currently located in Boston, MA, Raleigh, NC, Indianapolis, IN, San Diego, CA, San Francisco, CA, Seattle, WA, and Portland, OR.
We are an equal opportunity employer; we are proud to employ veterans and promote diversity and inclusion in our workplace. Diversity is a strength for our global company. We pledge that CAI will be operated in a way that is fair and equitable to all – our employees, our customers, and the broader society.
This job description is not all inclusive and you may be asked to do other duties. CAI will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Fair Chance Act (FCA) / Fair Chance Ordinance (FCO).
Top Skills
Earned Value Management
Project Management Principles
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