Senior Specialist, Project Manager

At Bristol Myers Squibb, our employees often ask, “Who are you working for?”—a question that fuels collaboration, accountability, and urgency in our work. Our purpose-driven culture inspires us to discover, develop, and deliver innovative medicines to prevail over serious diseases. We offer uniquely interesting and meaningful work, opportunities for growth, and a supportive environment that values inclusion, wellbeing, flexibility, and comprehensive benefits. This is work that transforms the lives of patients, and the careers of those who do it.

BMS Cruiserath Biologics is seeking to recruit a contract Project Manager  to support the management and execution of projects throughout the full project life cycle from initiation to closeout. Projects will include both capital and expense initiatives, with a primary focus on laboratory systems, instrumentation, data management platforms, and supporting IT/AIT components within a regulated GMP environment. Reporting to the Projects Programme Manager, the Project Manager will independently manage small to medium-sized projects and may support Senior Project Managers on larger, complex strategic initiatives. These projects will span GMP benchtop test equipment, analytical technology upgrades, and supporting utility or facility modifications where required. The successful candidate will have frequent exposure to senior management as they execute projects that shape our overall strategy and transform our site into a best-in-class Biopharmaceutical facility. Project execution will focus on safety, schedule, and budget adherence while complying with good engineering practices, company policies, regulations and codes.

Accountable for meeting key project deliverables for safety, financial management, schedule management and scope management across these projects. Accountable for ensuring projects are compliant with good engineering practices, company policies, regulations and codes. Liaise with Global Engineering/Global EHS/Global Procurement to ensure all are aligned and support project deliverables. Accountable for strict adherence to BMS project stage-gate principles for managing the life-cycle of projects. Concept and Business Case  development in collaboration with project Sponsor and End user, working with the end user to understand and clarify end user requirements, develop scope, cost and budget estimates and present to governance for approval Leading & supporting project teams through projects Financial management - develop project budgets, obtain approvals for and adhere to project scope. Negotiate with contractors and suppliers to keep project within budget. Make cash flow projections. Make effective use of SAP and budgeting tools. Manage project prioritization and spend to meet budgetary targets Project Design -  Design solutions in compliance with local/corporate safety standards and legislation and in compliance with corporate engineering and regulatory standards and guidelines Planning and Scheduling - uses planning tools to hold a complex project on schedule and coordinate parallel activities. Coordinate with facilities, EHS, QA, etc. Manage external factors such as planning and inspections. Assure that value engineering, constructability reviews and similar processes are effectively utilized to minimize capital expenditures and maximize functional value. Risk Management – Identifies and categorizes project risks according to impact on scope, budget and schedule. Generates action plans to mitigate risks. Consider the potential impact construction and on time performance will have on the business should it cause an interruption and identify appropriate actions plans to mitigate risk. Project execution plan – Generate and deliver a detailed project execution plan concerning the execution of all aspects of the project. Procurement - Generate specifications for the procurement of equipment and Instrumentation, installation