Manager - Project Control

Job Description Summary

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Location: Hyderabad, India
Relocation Support: This role is based in Hyderabad, India. Novartis is unable to offer relocation support: please only apply if accessible.
Take a key role in delivering capital investment projects that shape the future of our manufacturing sites, laboratories and offices worldwide. As Manager - Project Control, you will coordinate, control and report on capital expenditure projects across our global organization, keeping a close watch on project costs, schedules and progress against plan. Working closely with engineering and project teams, you will identify potential gaps, provide clear project insights and help keep complex initiatives on track. This is an opportunity to combine strong project management expertise with an understanding of pharmaceutical engineering and contribute to projects across Novartis sites globally.

 

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with project and engineering teams to plan and execute capital investment projects effectively.
• Manage project budgets, cost baselines, forecasts, commitments, accruals and estimates through the project lifecycle.
• Develop and monitor integrated project schedules, ensuring alignment with key deliverables, milestones and work plans.
• Monitor project cost, schedule, scope, quality and risk, identifying variances and emerging issues early.
• Lead forecasting, variance analysis and performance reviews, coordinating corrective actions to keep projects on track.
• Provide clear project reports, performance indicators, dashboards and updates for leadership and steering committees.
• Manage project changes, ensuring impacts on cost, schedule and scope are assessed, approved and reflected in forecasts.
• Coordinate project risk and opportunity management, including identification, assessment, mitigation, escalation and reporting.
• Support tendering and contractor selection, including technical-commercial evaluations, cost estimates and contract documentation.
• Apply pharmaceutical engineering knowledge to support facility design, project reviews, benchmarking and continuous improvement.

 

Essential Requirements

• Degree in Engineering or equivalent, ideally with a specialization in project controls; additional business education is beneficial.
• More than 8 years of hands-on project management and project controls experience within the pharmaceutical or healthcare industry.
• Strong knowledge of project cost, schedule and quality control, including forecasting, trend analysis and performance reporting.
• Demonstrated experience developing and reviewing detailed engineering and construction schedules and monitoring progress against project plans.
• Strong analytical, data management and interpretation skills, with the ability to translate project data into meaningful insights and actions.
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office and Microsoft Project, with experience using SAP and project reporting tools such as Microsoft Power BI.
• Fluent English, with strong stakeholder management skills and experience coordinating internal and external project resources.

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse team representative of the patients and communities we serve.

Accessibility and Accommodation

Novartis is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the recruitment process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please send an e-mail to [email protected] and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Please include the job requisition number in your message.

 

Skills Desired

Business Continuity, Cost Management, Data Analytics, Decision Making, Emotional Resilience, Engineering Concepts, Good Documentation Practices, Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) Policy, Manufacturing Processes, Operational Excellence, Operations Management, Planning Budgeting And Forecasting (PBF), Problem Solving, Project Management, Quality Compliance, Risk Management, Stakeholder Management, Vendor Management