The Senior Manager Life Sciences is responsible for the technical and commercial leadership of complex pharmaceutical, biotech, API, formulation, sterile manufacturing, laboratory, and research facility projects. The role involves client relationship management, project delivery oversight, team leadership, and ensuring compliance with global regulatory requirements such as GMP and FDA standards.

Key Responsibilities:

- Project Leadership
- Lead life sciences projects from conceptual design through construction and validation.
- Manage project scope, schedule, budget, quality, and resource allocation.
- Oversee multidisciplinary engineering and project delivery teams.
- Identify project risks and implement mitigation strategies.
- Client Management
- Serve as the primary point of contact for pharmaceutical and biotechnology clients.
- Develop and maintain strong client relationships.
- Participate in business development activities, proposals, and project presentations.
- Technical Oversight
- Review and approve engineering deliverables, process designs, PIDs, and facility layouts.
- Ensure adherence to cGMP, FDA, MHRA, and other applicable regulatory requirements.
- Support equipment selection, procurement, commissioning, and qualification activities.
- Team Leadership
- Lead, mentor, and develop engineering and project management teams.
- Promote collaboration across process, mechanical, electrical, HVAC, automation, and CQV disciplines.
- Drive a culture of safety, quality, and continuous improvement.

- Bachelors degree in Chemical, Mechanical, Pharmaceutical, Industrial, or related Engineering discipline.
- Masters degree preferred.
- Typically 15 20+ years of experience in pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, or life sciences projects.
- Proven experience managing large-scale engineering, EPCM, or design projects.
- Strong understanding of GMP facilities, cleanrooms, utilities, validation, and regulatory compliance.

Key Competencies:

- Strategic leadership
- Project and stakeholder management
- Commercial acumen
- Regulatory compliance expertise
- Team development and mentoring
- Excellent communication and client-facing skills

Job Description

The Senior Manager Life Sciences is responsible for the technical and commercial leadership of complex pharmaceutical, biotech, API, formulation, sterile manufacturing, laboratory, and research facility projects. The role involves client relationship management, project delivery oversight, team leadership,



and ensuring compliance with global regulatory requirements such as GMP and FDA standards.

Key Responsibilities:

- Project Leadership
- Lead life sciences projects from conceptual design through construction and validation.
- Manage project scope, schedule, budget, quality, and resource allocation.
- Oversee multidisciplinary engineering and project delivery teams.
- Identify project risks and implement mitigation strategies.
- Client Management
- Serve as the primary point of contact for pharmaceutical and biotechnology clients.
- Develop and maintain strong client relationships.
- Participate in business development activities, proposals, and project presentations.
- Technical Oversight
- Review and approve engineering deliverables, process designs, PIDs, and facility layouts.
- Ensure adherence to cGMP, FDA, MHRA, and other applicable regulatory requirements.
- Support equipment selection, procurement, commissioning, and qualification activities.
- Team Leadership
- Lead, mentor, and develop engineering and project management teams.
- Promote collaboration across process, mechanical, electrical, HVAC, automation, and CQV disciplines.
- Drive a culture of safety, quality, and continuous improvement.

Qualifications Requirements

- Bachelors degree in Chemical, Mechanical, Pharmaceutical, Industrial, or related Engineering discipline.
- Masters degree preferred.
- Typically 15 20+ years of experience in pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, or life sciences projects.
- Proven experience managing large-scale engineering, EPCM, or design projects.
- Robust understanding of GMP facilities, cleanrooms, utilities, validation, and regulatory compliance.

Key Competencies:

- Strategic leadership
- Project and stakeholder management
- Commercial acumen
- Regulatory compliance expertise
- Team development and mentoring
- Excellent communication and client-facing skills

About Us

IPS, a Berkshire Hathaway company, is a global leader in technical consulting, architecture, engineering, procurement, construction management, commissioning, qualification,



and validation services for technically complex facilities. Integration is how we think and work. It requires the ability to unite existing and emerging technologies into a process that reliably delivers products and accelerates speed to market. That end-to-end mindset allows us to be agile and anticipate challenges as we move projects toward operational readiness. IPS applies design and delivery expertise, client-side experience, and supplier-side insight to every project. We infuse our curiosity, our passion, and our commitment to partnership in delivering solutions at any scale. We meet our clients where they are and get them to where they need to go. That s only possible when we care as much as our clients do.

Specialties

Process Architecture, Process Design, Engineering, Construction, Commissioning, Qualification, LEAN Project Delivery, Strategic Master Planning, Energy Conservation Management, Project Controls, Program/Project Management, Operations/Logistics Strategy and Planning, EPCMV, and Staffing Services.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment at IPS without regard to race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic predisposition or carrier status, veteran, marital, or citizenship status; or any other status protected by law. IPS is proud to be an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer.

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