Project Manager

Position Summary

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.

St. Petersburg is our primary soft gel development and manufacturing facility in North America with capacity of 18 billion capsules per year.  Within the Catalent network, we offer a broad range of integrated formulation and analytical services to solve difficult development and manufacturing challenges.

The Project Manager is responsible for providing leadership in the management of multiple projects simultaneously. Projects to include new feasibility, generic program, clinical supplies, transfers or commercial product support. Additionally, the Project Manager is responsible to communicate cross-functionally, and with customers, vendors, suppliers, contractors, other sites and upper management on project related activities.

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

• Facilitate and lead projects that pertain to the following:

• Technical Services for new or enhanced products

• Engineering, including projects relating to new or upgraded equipment, processes, facilities, cost containment and efficiency.

• Site operational initiatives.

• Site compliance and quality initiatives

• Prepare and manage project plan to meet milestones. Facilitate the removal of roadblocks and barriers that hinder or delays project progress. Lead meetings to facilitate project completion. Deliver project within agreed upon timeline and budget.

• Oversee and manage capital appropriated for a project to ensure funding for the projects goals are obtained, spent and closed in accordance with the project plan.

• Select effective cross-functional teams.

• Communicates with customer on project status. Communicates with project managers at other sites to facilitate seamless project transfer. Communicates with supplier, vendor or contractor on project requirements and expectations.

• Ensures project requirements embraces current cGMP, EHS, and Financial industry standards.

• Additional duties as assigned.

The Candidate

• Bachelor’s degree is required; preferably in a scientific field, including, but not limited to, Chemistry, Biology, Chemical, Mechanical, Electrical, or Civil Engineering, or Pharmacy.

• 5+ years of industry experience (non-IT) is required; preferably in the pharmaceutical industry, and most preferably with an FDA-regulated CDMO company.

• 2+ years of project management experience or other experience that demonstrates successful team leadership and project completion.

• Working knowledge of project management principles and concepts in a cGMP environment is required.

• PMP certification is strongly preferred.

• Individual may be required to sit, stand, walk regularly and occasionally lift to 15 pounds; no lifting greater than 40.09 pounds without assistance.

• Specific vision requirements include reading of written documents and frequent use of computer monitor.

Why You Should Join Catalent

• Spearhead exciting and innovative projects

• Fast-paced, dynamic environment

• High visibility to members at all levels of the organization

• 152 hours of PTO + 8 paid holidays

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.

personal initiative. dynamic pace. meaningful work.

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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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