CMS Project Executive

What will you do

• Provide executive-level leadership for a portfolio of validated environment and laboratory construction programs (including clean rooms, BSCs, containment suites, biocontainment labs, and associated utilities) across a campus.
• Act as the domain authority for programs requiring rigorous validation life cycles (IQ/OQ/PQ), equipment qualification, and compliant deployment of regulated systems, ensuring alignment with corporate validation strategy and regulatory expectations.
• Set strategic direction and governance for the validated program portfolio, partnering with QA/Validation, Project Development, Delivery, Sponsors, and regional leadership to achieve objective outcomes within a validated-state framework.
• Lead the campus Project Management Office for validated environments, ensuring compliance with contract requirements, validation plans, and data integrity standards while coordinating with enterprise systems for performance reporting.
• Anticipate, elevate, and mitigate risks that could impact validation deliverables, schedules, budgets, data integrity, or regulatory compliance; drive issues to resolution with executive-level visibility.
• Oversee risk management of the campus portfolio, directing recovery and remediation plans that preserve validated status and impact metrics (scope, schedule, cost, quality).
• Ensure accurate, timely, and actionable reporting of portfolio performance to Executive Management, including financial performance, validation milestones, compliance status, and risk controls, using validated data sources and enterprise systems.
• Drive client relationship management and business development within the validated-environment sector, identifying opportunities to expand scope, deepen partnerships, and improve customer satisfaction through compliant, high-quality delivery.
• Lead strategic vendor and subcontractor relationships, selecting qualified partners experienced in validated environments and aligning them to project goals and timelines.
• Govern program financials at the campus level, including budgeting, forecasting, progress billings, and payables, ensuring alignment with validated project baselines.
• Ensure program documentation controls meet contract, regulatory, and QA requirements (validation protocols, IQ/OQ/PQ records, SOP alignment, QA approvals) and support regulatory inspections/audits.
• Continually seek opportunities to improve client satisfaction, streamline validation workflows, and enhance the competitive position through compliant, high-quality delivery.

• Bachelor’s degree in construction, Civil, Mechanical, Electrical Engineering, Construction Management, Business Management, Architecture, or a related field.
• 15+ years of direct Project/Program Management experience, including large, capital projects in regulated or validated settings (minimum $10M per project; portfolio-level responsibility preferred).
• Demonstrated success delivering complex, multi-site programs in validated environments (GMP/GLP/ISO 17025) within labs, biopharma, pharmaceutical manufacturing, medical devices, healthcare, or related sectors.
• Deep understanding of contract language, project accounting, and portfolio management as they apply to validated environments.
• Strong executive communication skills, with proven ability to present to senior leadership and diverse stakeholder groups; capable of influencing across functional boundaries.
• Proven ability to lead and align diverse, cross-functional teams (Owners, Architects, Engineers, QA/Validation, Contractors) in regulated contexts.
• Proficiency with standard project management tools (Primavera P6, MS Project) and reporting platforms; advanced skills in MS Office, with the ability to create executive-level dashboards and presentations.
• Working knowledge of validation concepts, commissioning/qualification processes, data integrity best practices, and regulatory expectations for validated facilities.
• Ability to establish and maintain professional relationships with key stakeholders and subcontractors in validated environments.
• Willingness to travel and operate across multiple sites as needed.

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