Sr Project Manager (Senior)

Team Horizon is seeking a Sr Project Manager (Senior) for our client based in Dublin. The Project Manager will support the scheduling, coordination, and execution of Operational Readiness activities for a new scientific research facility project. This role will serve as a key interface between the Operational Readiness and Engineering Project teams, ensuring that site readiness activities are aligned with the overall project schedule, construction activities, equipment installation, commissioning, building handover, and start of sciences.

The Project Manager will maintain an integrated view of project activities, proactively identify schedule impacts and dependencies, coordinate cross-functional meetings and deliverables, and ensure that project information and Operational Readiness documentation remain current and accessible.

Why you should apply:

• This is an excellent opportunity to join a world class manufacturing operation, with an outstanding track record of reliably delivering high-quality medicines to patients around the world suffering serious illnesses.


• There is a strong culture of continuous improvement and innovation within the company to strive for solutions that improve health outcomes and dramatically improve people’s lives.


• Our client is developing the capability to produce all its medicines in Dublin, helping to ensure continuity of supply of our medicines as they expand internationally.

What you will be doing:

• Meet daily with the Engineering Project team to review the latest project schedule, upcoming milestones, construction activities, and potential impacts to Operational Readiness.


• Develop, maintain, and regularly update the Operational Readiness schedule, integrating activities with the Engineering/Construction master project schedule.


• Identify and track dependencies, changes, and potential conflicts between Operational Readiness activities and Engineering/Construction activities and timelines.


• Develop look-ahead schedules to help the Operational Readiness team prioritize upcoming activities and deliverables.


• Coordinate schedule updates with workstream owners and ensure progress and forecast dates are accurately reflected.


• Identify schedule risks, delays, and competing priorities and escalate them to the appropriate project leads.


• Monitor Engineering project activities and identify meetings, workshops, reviews, or decisions requiring Operational Readiness participation.


• Coordinate meeting participation and scheduling between the Engineering Project, Operational Readiness teams, and supporting workstreams.


• Monitor revisions to layouts, design decisions, project schedules, and other key deliverables and communicate relevant changes to the Operational Readiness lead


• Identify risks, delays, dependencies, or competing priorities that could impact Operational Readiness milestones and escalate them to the appropriate project leads.


• Maintain a consolidated tracker of Operational Readiness activities, deliverables, milestones, owners, due dates, dependencies, and status.


• Ensure actions, decisions, open topics, and follow-up items are captured and maintained in the appropriate project tracking systems.


• Follow up with workstream owners to obtain progress updates and identify overdue, at-risk, or unresolved activities and actions.


• Track key readiness activities associated with equipment procurement and delivery, installation, commissioning/qualification, operational setup, training, and facility handover.


• Prepare regular status summaries highlighting completed activities, upcoming milestones, risks, decisions, and actions requiring leadership attention.


• Maintain the Operational Readiness SharePoint site as the central source for current schedules, trackers, meeting materials, project updates, and supporting documentation

What you need to apply:

• Desired Skills & Experience  Combination of experience in project coordination, project controls, scheduling, construction, engineering, facilities, or operational readiness.


• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple workstreams, deadlines, and stakeholders simultaneously.


• Experience developing and maintaining integrated project schedules and tracking dependencies across multiple teams.


• Ability to interpret project schedules and understand how design, construction, commissioning, equipment installation, and facility turnover activities affect operational readiness. S


• trong communication and stakeholder coordination skills, including the ability to proactively follow up on actions and deliverables.


• High attention to detail and ability to identify changes, schedule conflicts, gaps, and risks. Proficiency with SharePoint, Microsoft Office, and Smartsheet is required.


• Proficiency with MS Projects is preferred. Experience supporting laboratory, R&D, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, manufacturing, or other technically complex facility projects is preferred