Project Manager Life Cycle Management

Arcera is a global life sciences company headquartered in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Our purpose is to enable longer and healthier lives while creating sustainable growth. We develop, manufacture, and commercialize a broad range of high-quality innovative and proven medicines in key international markets. With an operational footprint spanning over 90 countries across four continents, and manufacturing sites in eight countries, we offer more than 2,000 medicines across various therapeutic areas worldwide.

The Project Manager in Life Cycle Management is responsible for projects with a focus on product transfers and API changes in internal and external manufacturing networks. Additionally, contributing as a team member to build a strong Life Cycle Management to ensure business continuity, growth and market supply. 

This is a project-based position and will operate from the Obour site.

Key Responsibilities:

Strategic Leadership:

• Lead cross-functional teams, coordinate activities, and resolve bottlenecks to ensure project delivery on time and within budget.
• Provide crisis and risk leadership to anticipate, mitigate, and address potential project impacts.

Operational Excellence:

• Plan and implement Life Cycle Management projects in all aspects (e.g., timelines, budget control, stakeholder management, risk management).
• Establish and maintain effective communication plans and channels for both internal and external stakeholders.
• Ensure GMP-compliant documentation throughout the entire project lifecycle, driving standardization and harmonization of project tools.
• Provide regular status reports to management.
• Drive and support continuous improvement initiatives to optimize global processes and ensure operational effectiveness.
• Support the definition of future projects by providing expertise on expected parameters (timelines, inputs for business cases, etc.).

Governance and compliance:

• Uphold a culture of quality, safety, and compliance, fostering a proactive approach to identifying and addressing project-related risks and issues.

Key Competencies 

• End-to-End Global Network Transformation & Optimization: Proven expertise in designing and leading the transformation of fully integrated global networks, encompassing manufacturing, quality, supply chain, digital, and B2B operations. Adept at driving network optimization through data-driven decision-making, advanced digital technologies, and strategic partnerships. Skilled in fostering a transformation mindset, enhancing agility, and aligning regional and global operations to improve efficiency, resilience, and business performance
• Network optimization: Skilled at driving efficiency and resilience through data-driven decisions, advanced digital technologies, and strategic partnerships.
• Transformation mindset:
  Able to foster agility, align regional and global operations, and enhance overall business performance.  
• Leadership in complexity: Proven ability to lead within complex, international, and multi-disciplinary organizations.
• Interpersonal excellence: Strong communication, collaboration, and information management skills.
• Matrix leadership: Solid experience managing in matrix structures, with the ability to influence successfully without formal authority.
• Proactive approach: Demonstrates initiative and ownership in driving results.
• Living our values: Embodies courage, empathy, trust, and commitment in daily work and leadership.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy or a related discipline.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Over 7 years of proven expertise, with a strong focus on project management in the pharmaceutical sector.
• Proven experience managing complex, multi-project programs at an international level, preferably within regulated environments.
• Strong track record in managing and negotiating with senior-level stakeholders, both internal and external, including strategic suppliers and business partners.
• Experience implementing and utilizing digital tools for project, portfolio, and data management (e.g., MS Project, SAP, TrackWise, Power BI).
• Solid experience managing multimillion-dollar budgets and optimizing resource allocation.

This is the opportunity to join a very dynamic organization, where decisions are taken fast and where you can actively participate in shaping our future. If this sounds exciting, we would love to hear more about you!