Senior Project Manager – Research and Development, Quality Assurance

Vertex Pharmaceuticals

. Lead the oversight, execution, and successful delivery of large-scale, cross-functional, and potentially multi-year initiatives that are high impact and strategically important to the organization .

Posted 4/21/2026contractRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $90 - $100 per hourWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Google Cloud PlatformSDLC

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead the oversight, execution, and successful delivery of large-scale, cross-functional, and potentially multi-year initiatives that are high impact and strategically important to the organization
Provide strategic input and technical expertise while applying project management best practices to support functions across RDQA
Partner closely with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment, consistency, compliance, communication, training, and effective change management
Manage large-scale projects and process improvement initiatives focused on operational excellence, organizational maturity, and scalable solutions
Serve as the central communication conduit across project teams to ensure transparency, clarity, and alignment
Identify appropriate project representatives, governance model, engagement timing, and cross-functional involvement needed for successful execution
Conduct research, data analysis, and root cause investigations to identify process gaps, operational risks, trends, and improvement opportunities
Serve as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) on medium-complexity initiatives, providing guidance on processes, systems, and analytics
May manage, mentor and train employees and contracting staff providing administrative / coordination assistance ensuring efficient time and resource utilization

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelors degree with a minimum of 10 – 15+ years experience in project management
5+ years of experience in clinical research and/or the pharmaceutical or biotech industry
Strong ability to influence teams, facilitate decision-making, and drive progress in a collaborative environment
Excellent communication skills, including the ability to engage effectively with senior leadership
Experience leading or contributing to projects using proven project management methodologies such as Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), Lean Six Sigma (LSS), Agile (SCRUM/Kanban) and Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
Demonstrated consultative, analytical, and forward-thinking capabilities to support innovative problem-solving and solution design
Expertise in stakeholder engagement, business relationship management, and building productive internal and external partnerships
Strong working knowledge of clinical and preclinical research operations, GCP, and general familiarity with GVP, GMP, GDP, and CMC frameworks
Proficiency with communication, change management, risk management and mitigation and process mapping and process optimization methodologies
Ability to work independently, provide transparent status updates, and escalate risks or issues appropriately
Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications including MS Visio, Smartsheets, OneNote, Excel, MS Project, and SharePoint

Benefits

Comp & perks

Compensation, medical benefits, fringe benefits and other terms and conditions shall be presented by the third-party agency partner upon offer
Eligible for overtime pay, in accordance with federal and state requirements

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Hard Skills & Tools

project managementclinical researchProduct Lifecycle Management (PLM)Lean Six Sigma (LSS)Agile (SCRUM/Kanban)Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)data analysisprocess mappingprocess optimizationrisk management

Soft Skills

influence teamsfacilitate decision-makingdrive progressexcellent communicationstakeholder engagementbusiness relationship managementcollaborative environmentconsultative capabilitiesanalytical capabilitiesforward-thinking capabilities