Project Controls Lead
GSK
Full-time
Remote friendly (King of Prussia, PA)
United States
Operations
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Role Summary
Project Controls Lead within the R&D Engineering Services (RDES) team, responsible for delivering project controls including cost, schedule, and risk management to support a capital portfolio of approximately £150M annually.
Responsibilities
- Drive excellence in cost estimation, budgeting, scheduling, and risk mitigation across projects.
- Coach and train service partner staff to ensure compliance with the Project Management Framework.
- Maintain and leverage benchmarking data to validate project cost estimates and schedules.
- Endorse procurement and contracting strategies while ensuring effective lifecycle contract administration.
- Own annual spend forecasts and end-of-year close-out activities, including capital accruals.
- Conduct Independent Project Reviews to ensure project assurance and health checks.
- Verify risk and contingency allocations for project budgets and schedules.
- Monitor critical milestones, risks, and KPIs to enable timely interventions and ensure project delivery success.
- Implement a formalized scope change approval process with clear accountability.
- Maintain site project performance dashboards to identify trends and drive efficiencies.
Qualifications
- Required: A Bachelor’s degree with 5+ years experience in project controls, project planning, scheduling, cost estimation, budgeting, and/or risk management tools.
- Required: Experience with data analysis and financial forecasting, along with experience in project controls systems.
- Required: Experience with stakeholder management.
- Preferred: A Master’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Business, or Project Management.
- Preferred: Experience in pharmaceutical industry.
- Preferred: Strategic thinking to align project goals with organizational objectives.
- Preferred: Exceptional leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
- Preferred: Passion for continuous improvement and adaptability in dynamic environments.
- Preferred: Ability to build strong cross-functional relationships and foster collaboration.
Skills
- Project controls tools and systems
- Cost estimation and budgeting
- Scheduling and risk management
- Data analysis and financial forecasting
- Stakeholder management and communication
Education
- Bachelor’s degree (required)
- Master’s degree (preferred)
Additional Requirements
- This role is hybrid, requiring in-office presence a minimum of 3 days per week.