Director of Projects - Life Sciences
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About FPC Life Sciences
At FPC Life Sciences, we specialise in helping our pharmaceutical clients successfully execute their capital investment programs by employing the most appropriate solution to meet the needs of their business case and internal expectation.
Our goal is to provide greater certainty of outcome in meeting stakeholder expectations through a comprehensive, risk-based approach that ensures projects are delivered within an agreed schedule and budget, and to the highest GMP standards.
We focus on integrating multiple critical elements, including:
- Ensuring the right technical solution, to the right GMP standards
- The right contract and procurement strategies are employed
- Consider regulatory approvals from the outset
- Ensure a challenging but deliverable schedule and cost plan
- Consider potential future facility and process expansions
- Consider sustainability needs from the outset to minimise cost and time impact
- Consider energy efficiency of both the facility and the process from the outset
- Create the right team to give the best chance of a predictable project outcome
Our mission is to ensure that these elements come together seamlessly, enabling our pharmaceutical clients to deliver life-saving drugs to the market at the right quality, on time and within the cost boundaries agreed at the outset.
Position: Director of Projects
We are seeking a Director of Projects to lead our team of passionate professionals dedicated to providing best-in-class support to our clients. In this pivotal role, you will be instrumental in driving our mission forward by leading and developing client relationships and ensuring the successful delivery of well-structured projects that exceed client expectations.
This position requires significant experience in the Pharmaceutical / Life Sciences industry and a proven ability to lead complex and multiple projects from concept to commissioning.
Expert leadership skills and the ability to develop and deliver compelling project strategies to ensure delivery of project milestones on time and within budget is essential.
In addition, the role holder is expected to make significant contributions setting business direction and strategy and driving business development discussions with clients to contribute to the overall growth of FPC Life Sciences
Requirements
Qualifications & Experience:
- A minimum of 15 years' industry experience in Project Management and Controls
- Proven track record of successfully delivering Capital projects within the Life Sciences industry
- A strong Architectural or Engineering discipline background along with experience running engineering/design projects in the Life Sciences industries
- Analytical thinking, structured problem solving skills
- Superior communications and interpersonal
- Experience in client management and stakeholder engagement
- Ability to effectively create, manage and motivate cross-functional teams
- Strong network within the Life Sciences /pharmaceutical industry
Join our growing FPC Life Sciences team and contribute to the success of our clients by delivering life-saving drugs to market in a more predictable way.
Location:
This position is based in the UK but will require travel to client sites or other FPC Life Science locations globally as required.
Benefits
FPC Global Employee Benefits:
Some of our standard benefits include:
- Competitive Salary + Discretionary Bonus Schemes
- Enhanced Pension Plan
- Flexible and Hybrid working model
- Private Medical Health Insurance
- Life Insurance and Income Protection Insurance
More About FPC:
FPC Life Sciences is a division of FPC Global, a global leader in innovative business solutions founded in 2014. FPC Life Sciences provides Consultancy services, Architecture, Engineering, Project Controls and Project Execution services that contribute to the success of our clients by delivering the technical solutions needed to bring life-saving pharmaceutical drugs to market.
FPC Global employ over 150 staff across the UK, Ireland, US & Americas, Europe, India, APCA.
Recruitment Agencies/ Search Firms: FPC is not seeking assistance or accepting unsolicited CV's for this position. Any CV's submitted by search firms to any FPC employee in any form without a valid written agreement in place for a specific position will be deemed the sole property of FPC, and no fee will be payable in the event a candidate is hired by FPC.