Senior Project Manager (Boston)

The role

The Senior Project Manager provides leadership and technical oversight for complex facility modifications, expansions, and new facility construction projects in pharmaceutical environments. This role acts as a consultant and project delivery lead across engineering, operations, construction, and validation groups.

What you will do

• Act as the primary Verista representative supporting client engineering and capital project teams.
• Advise on project strategy, risk posture, technical decisions, and resource planning.
• Lead cross-functional alignment across engineering, operations, maintenance, quality, EHS, construction, and CQV.
• Lead major facility modification, expansion, infrastructure upgrade, and new facility build projects.
• Develop integrated schedules and manage critical path and milestones.
• Build and oversee capex project budgets, cost models, forecasts, cash flow tracking, and variance reporting.
• Drive execution readiness including design reviews, constructability walks, permitting, and pre-mobilization planning.
• Coordinate shutdowns, tie-ins, outages, and sequencing.
• Oversee general contractors and trades to ensure compliance with design intent, specifications, cGMP standards, and schedule.
• Manage OEMs, engineering firms, general contractors, and specialty trades.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or related technical discipline.
• 10+ years of project management experience in pharmaceutical or regulated environments.
• Demonstrated leadership in capital projects: renovations, expansions, infrastructure upgrades, and new facility builds.
• Strong technical understanding of utilities, HVAC, cleanrooms, MEP systems, and facility infrastructure.
• Proven experience managing contractors, trades, engineering firms, and OEMs.
• Expertise in schedule development and analysis.
• Strong financial acumen including capex planning, forecasting, and cost control.
• Excellent communication, documentation, and stakeholder management skills.

Nice to have

• Experience with Primavera P6
• CQV experience
• Knowledge of GMP, FDA/EMA expectations, and engineering documentation practices.
• Prior consulting experience with direct client-facing responsibilities.
• Experience supporting FAT/SAT, startup readiness, and facility turnover.

Benefits

• Competitive pay plus performance-based incentive programs
• Company-paid Life, Short-Term, and Long-Term Disability Insurance.
• Medical, Dental & Vision insurances
• FSA, DCARE, Commuter Benefits
• Supplemental Life, Hospital, Critical Illness and Legal Insurance
• Health Savings Account
• 401(k) Retirement Plan (Employer Matching benefit)
• Paid Time Off (Rollover Option) and Holidays
• As Needed Sick Time
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Team Social Activities
• Employee Recognition

About the company

Verista's 500 experts team up with the world’s most recognizable brands in the life science industry to solve their business needs. The company provides innovative solutions and services that empower informed decision-making within the scientific community.