Senior Project Manager, Global Engineering

Role Summary

Senior Project Manager, Global Engineering – BeOne Medicines Ltd. (formerly BeiGene) seeks a highly motivated professional to lead capital projects for pharmaceutical production facilities, delivering on time, on budget, and to quality standards. This role collaborates with cross-functional teams to drive projects forward across greenfield and renovation initiatives, reporting to the Head of Global Engineering.

Responsibilities

• Partner with key customers and stakeholders to develop capital projects that support business objectives.
• Serve as a liaison to outside engineering and construction firms for capital projects.
• Manage the capital project governance manual and ensure global CAPEX projects are executed per procedure.
• Collaborate with project teams to deliver capital projects meeting defined quality, budget, and schedule.
• Engage with project steering committees and teams to coordinate meetings, drive decisions, and monitor progress.
• Provide guidance to Engineering Project Managers across the project lifecycle (initiation, design, construction, commissioning/qualification, closeout).
• Identify and communicate project risks, develop risk plans, and manage risk responses; facilitate escalations as needed.
• Coordinate with Quality, Finance, Procurement, EH&S and other support departments.
• Ensure delivery methodologies, processes, and tools are used to achieve project goals; continuously improve processes.
• Monitor project progress, performance, and budget spendings, providing early warnings of deviations.

Qualifications

• Required: BS in Engineering (Chemical, Mechanical, Electrical) with minimum 7 years of engineering project management experience, or 6+ years with a Masters, or 4+ years with a PhD/JD; MBA and/or PMP certification highly desirable.
• Special knowledge: biopharmaceutical/pharmaceutical processes and facility design; solid understanding of cGMP.
• General knowledge: building codes/regulations, basic design and construction methodology (process and mechanical), and project management methodologies.
• Strong skills in project management tools and activities (process, organization, cost, change control, time, schedule, procurement, outsourcing, contracting, qualification/validation).
• Experience in engineering project management within a global engineering department for a major pharmaceutical/biotech manufacturer preferred.
• Ability to solicit input, maintain relationships with stakeholders, and lead through collaboration.
• Demonstrated leadership in project management and team development.
• Alternate background: design and engineering management with a commercial engineering firm specializing in pharmaceutical projects.
• Periodic extensive travel may be required.
• Excellent written and oral communication; fluent in English; bilingual in Chinese desirable.

Skills

• Project management leadership
• Stakeholder management
• Risk management and escalation
• Cross-functional collaboration with QA, Finance, Procurement, EH&S
• Process improvement and governance

Education

• Bachelor‚Äôs degree in Engineering (Chemical, Mechanical, Electrical) required
• Advanced degrees or PMP certification desirable

Additional Requirements

• Travel as needed basis