Senior ProjectProgram Director (Pharmaceutical Construction)

At Cumming Group you will work on some of the worlds most exciting projects in a dynamic environment where your success is measured by the impact you make. We are one of the fastest-growing project and cost management consultancies in the United States as reflected in our top 10 rankings in ENR. With over 60 offices globally an extremely diverse project portfolio and double-digit year-over-year revenue growth the opportunities to make your mark are limitless!

The Senior Project Director will serve as the owners representative for a major pharmaceutical manufacturing capital program in Houston TX. This role will lead a portfolio of concurrent projects providing strategic direction and accountability across scope cost schedule safety quality risk and operational readiness. The ideal candidate has led individual project scopes exceeding $100 million and brings deep experience delivering complex pharmaceutical or biotechnology manufacturing facilities. This position requires a consistent on-site presence at the client location.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Provide executive oversight for a portfolio of major capital projects and interdependent workstreams.
• Represent the clients interests throughout design procurement construction commissioning qualification start-up and turnover.
• Lead Project Directors Project Managers consultants contractors vendors and functional project teams.
• Establish portfolio governance execution strategies reporting requirements decision pathways and escalation protocols.
• Integrate project scope schedules budgets risks resources and cross-project dependencies into a coordinated execution plan.
• Maintain accountability for portfolio cost schedule safety quality and delivery performance.
• Review project plans forecasts schedules risk registers change requests and recovery strategies intervening when performance is at risk.
• Lead resolution of significant technical commercial contractual construction and stakeholder issues.
• Direct value engineering constructability design optimization and lifecycle-cost initiatives.
• Ensure project delivery aligns with client standards manufacturing requirements GMP expectations and applicable regulatory and safety requirements.
• Oversee contracting and procurement strategies contractor performance commercial negotiations claims and change management.
• Align engineering construction quality validation operations maintenance and environmental health and safety stakeholders.
• Provide executive reporting on progress financial performance risk exposure critical decisions and corrective actions.
• Ensure facilities and systems are commissioned qualified documented and ready for start-up and operational turnover.
• Develop and mentor project leadership while driving accountability and consistent execution across the portfolio.

Knowledge & Skills Required:

• Ability to provide executive oversight across multiple concurrent projects and interdependent workstreams.
• Strong command of project governance project controls integrated scheduling forecasting risk management contingency and change control.
• Deep understanding of pharmaceutical facility design construction commissioning qualification validation start-up and operational turnover.
• Strong commercial and contractual judgment including procurement strategy contractor performance negotiations claims and dispute resolution.
• Working knowledge of GMP OSHA environmental permitting and process-safety requirements.
• Ability to align engineering construction quality validation operations maintenance and EHS stakeholders around shared project objectives.
• Ability to identify emerging issues make timely decisions and direct corrective or recovery strategies.
• Strong executive communication stakeholder management negotiation and team-leadership capabilities.

Preferred Education and Experience:

• Education: Bachelors degree in engineering Construction Management Architecture or a related technical discipline.
• Experience: 15 years of progressive capital project leadership experience including:
• Direct responsibility for individual project scopes exceeding $100 million.
• Leadership of multiple major projects or workstreams being executed concurrently.
• Owners representative or comparable client-side project leadership experience.
• Delivery of large complex pharmaceutical or biotechnology manufacturing projects.
• Experience with API biologics fill-finish advanced manufacturing laboratory pilot plant or similar regulated facilities is preferred.

Preferred Certification: PMP CCM PE or comparable professional credential.

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In addition to base salary Cumming Group offers a comprehensive benefits package including:

• Medical
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• 401(k)
• 401(k) Matching
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Holidays
• Short and long-term disability
• Employee Assistance Program