Senior Director CapEx Project Delivery (Pharmaceutical)

Today, Lonza is a global leader in life sciences operating across three continents.

While we work in science, there’s no magic formula to how we do it.

Our greatest scientific solution is talented people working together, devising ideas that help businesses to help people.

In exchange, we let our people own their careers.

Their ideas, big and small, genuinely improve the world.

And that’s the kind of work we want to be part of.

The Senior Director CapEx Project Delivery is assigned to one or multiple specific growth investment projects and is responsible for planning, managing and executing  investment projects through the complete project pathway (i.e.

ideation thru to production).

This includes the co-ordination of assigned project(s)/activities at the Portsmouth, NH site and involving multiple parties, while providing leadership to the project team(s).

Support and delivery of projects and programs at other Lonza sites is also likely at times.

This is a leadership role in capital project delivery.

The candidate will have cross functional interaction with both internal and external entities (for example: commercial, facility management, operations, validation, engineering and construction partners to name a few).

Setting the strategic direction of projects and adherence to internal procedures is a key function of this role.

This role will be  based out of: Portsmouth NH. 

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The ideal candidate will be an experienced cGMP Capital Project Lead  with exceptional customer service skills, integrity and ability to interact with all levels of personnel.  The successful candidate will be flexible to adapt to changing business priorities and is open to and actively seeks out feedback on their performance and translates that feedback into action.  The successful candidate is a “career Sr.

Project Manager” meaning that all or the majority of his/her experience has been in capital projects management.  This is NOT a Facilities and Engineering role.  This role is for a Sr.

Dir level, Project Manager with a successful track record for delivering several capital investments  in the Pharmaceutical industry.

Key responsibilities: 


* Accountability and Responsibility for large capital investments ($150M + ) portfolio covering the three pillars of Project Realization: Capex Management, Process & Technology and Qualification through the support of individual supporting project managers


* Responsible for delivery of project goals in terms of safety, cost, time, functionality and according to defined project scope and objectives


* Responsible for FEED and Lead the development of the project capital authorization requests (CAR’s)


* Deliver to sustainability targets


* Fully accountable to the Steering Committee and senior leaders


* Responsible for the adherence to quality systems and cGMP compliance


* Perform other duties as assigned

Key requirements:


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