Project Manager

**Senior Client Project Manager – Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Indianapolis, IN**

Location: Indianapolis, IN – Onsite 5 days/week

Duration: 6 months with potential for permanent conversion

Role Overview

The Senior Client Project Manager will serve as the primary liaison between pharmaceutical clients and the Indianapolis manufacturing site, owning programs from bulk product receipt through fill-finish manufacturing, release activities, and final product shipment.

Key Responsibilities

• Own day-to-day client relationships and communications

• Lead client governance meetings, status updates, and escalations

• Manage project plans, milestones, risks, action items, and timelines

• Coordinate cross-functional teams across Manufacturing, QA, QC, MSAT, Validation, Supply Chain, Warehouse, and Site Leadership

• Drive operational readiness and critical-path activities

• Manage schedules, dashboards, and reporting using Smartsheet

• Ensure client commitments and manufacturing timelines are achieved

• Identify and mitigate project risks and drive timely issue resolution

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or biologics industries

• Direct pharmaceutical manufacturing experience

• Fill-finish manufacturing experience is required

• Senior-level client-facing project management experience

• Strong GMP and quality systems knowledge

• Proven cross-functional leadership and stakeholder management skills

• Ability to independently manage client relationships and complex programs

• Strong career stability and meaningful tenure with previous employers

Preferred Qualifications

• CDMO experience

• Advanced Smartsheet experience

• PMP certification

• Biologics, sterile, aseptic, injectable, or parenteral manufacturing experience

• Technology transfer, process validation, PPQ, product launch, or commercial manufacturing experience