Senior Project Manager – Medical Devices / Combination Products

We are supporting a growing pharmaceutical and healthcare organisation that is looking for an experienced Senior Project Manager to join their team on an initial 6-month contract.

The role

As Senior Project Manager, you will lead the planning and execution of a complex development programme, coordinating activities across multiple technical and business functions.

You will be responsible for:

• Developing and maintaining detailed project plans, timelines and milestones
• Managing project scope, resources, risks, issues and dependencies
• Coordinating cross-functional teams across Development, Quality, Operations, Supply Chain and other key functions
• Driving projects through development and towards commercialisation
• Monitoring progress against timelines, budget and agreed objectives
• Providing clear project updates and reporting to senior stakeholders
• Managing internal and external stakeholders and suppliers
• Supporting governance, decision-making and escalation of key issues
• Ensuring projects are delivered in line with relevant quality, regulatory and company requirements
• Identifying opportunities to improve project management processes and ways of working
• Providing strong leadership and direction without necessarily having direct line-management responsibility

About you

We are particularly interested in experienced Project / Programme Managers with a background in medical devices, combination products or highly regulated product development .

You will ideally have:

• Proven experience as a Senior Project Manager / Programme Manager
• Strong experience within medical devices, MedTech, pharma or combination products
• Experience leading complex cross-functional development programmes
• Strong understanding of project planning, governance, risk and issue management
• Experience working with senior stakeholders and external partners
• Excellent communication and influencing skills
• The ability to operate independently in a fast-moving environment
• A track record of delivering projects against challenging timelines

Experience in one or more of the following would be highly valuable:

• Drug-device combination products
• Respiratory / inhalation products
• Medical device development
• Product development through to industrialisation or commercialisation
• NPI / NPD
• Clinical development programmes
• Supplier / procurement management
• Pharma or biotech environments
• PMP, PRINCE2, APM or equivalent project management training