Associate Capital Projects Director

Introduction to role:

Are you ready to turn strategy into steel, systems and start-up that put new medicines in patients’ hands faster? Do you thrive on leading complex, high-value programs where precision, pace and partnership deliver real-world impact? Join us to shape the next generation of manufacturing and supply capabilities that enable our science to scale.

Based in Mount Vernon, IN (local candidates strongly preferred; relocation assistance available for non-local candidates), you will steer major capital investments across the Americas, often exceeding $50M. You will lead from concept through handover, translating business needs into safe, compliant, on-time and on-budget facilities that are production-ready and future-proof. Backed by a collaborative network of engineering, technical, and delivery experts, you will drive outcomes that advance our pipeline and strengthen our global supply resilience.

• Project Initiation and Governance:
  Initiate projects effectively; develop and secure agreement on the project charter; establish and maintain the appropriate level of governance; ensure clarity of and communicate project roles and responsibilities.

• Integrated Planning and Control:
  Develop, maintain, communicate and implement the Project Management Plan; ensure the project schedule meets business case timelines; own the plan-do-review process; govern the approved project budget and spending plan; own the cost review and reporting process.

• Risk and Change Leadership:
  Manage project risk proactively; actively identify all materials of project change; ensure timely assessment and review; obtain appropriate authorization for scope changes; own and maintain the Project Change Register.

• Stakeholder and Supplier Leadership:
  Act on behalf of the sponsor and Capital Projects Portfolio Director; serve as the focal point for customer needs; maintain relationships with key business partners to ensure business requirements are delivered; lead supplier teams, communicate deliverables and responsibilities, and encourage collaboration across the team and stakeholders.

• Quality, Safety and Compliance:
  Deliver projects safely and compliantly, to agreed scope, cost and schedule, utilizing agreed resources and meeting predefined quality requirements; ensure reporting and decision-making processes are robust and timely; operate effectively within a governance framework and matrix organization.

• Execution to Handover:
  Execute the plan through to H2 signoff, ensuring effective business participation throughout; review projects at key stages, communicate lessons learned and good practices; manage the handover process to achieve successful Operational Performance Criteria and secure H1 and H2 signoffs; ensure project documents are complete, up to date and stored appropriately.

• Ways of Working:
  Lead in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with evolving priorities and schedules; travel up to 50% to project sites across the region to ensure delivery and stakeholder alignment.

• A minimum of 5 years of experience

• Bachelors Degree

• Direct project experience in managing /leading capital investments in pharmaceutical or process-intensive manufacturing industries.

• High levels of drive, energy and resilience with ability to take the initiative

• Ability to work well in diverse teams and proven aptitude to influence others to achieve positive outcomes

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering field.

• Many years’ engineering and/or project experience.

• Proven supervisory and technical skills.

• Demonstrated capability to manage projects in excess of $100M

• A project management qualification

• Master’s degree in engineering management, technical management, or business administration…