Teva Pharmaceutical Industries is hiring a Director, Global Engineering Project Manager to lead the full lifecycle of strategic engineering projects—from major capital investments to global operational programs across multiple manufacturing sites. In this role, you will execute complex, cross-site pharmaceutical engineering projects, ensuring adherence to regulatory requirements as well as cost, quality, safety, and schedule objectives.
What You'll Do
- Establish project scope and define boundaries.
- Prepare project charters, specifying clear roles and responsibilities.
- Develop a comprehensive project plan with detailed time schedules.
- Formulate budget and cost plans, encompassing capital expenditure requests, purchase orders, invoices, and cash flow management.
- Create a resource plan aligned with forecasted workload requirements.
- Identify key project milestones and implement management stage-gate reviews.
- Assess risks and formulate appropriate mitigation strategies.
- Define project governance procedures, including coordination and communication protocols, an organizational chart, routine workflows, and clear channels between project teams and the steering committee.
- Lead and coordinate the project team throughout the execution phase, including commissioning and qualification activities as applicable.
- Provide regular updates on status, progress, changes, risks, and mitigation strategies using standardized reporting to the steering committee.
- Oversee handover activities to confirm successful project completion.
- Facilitate lessons learned sessions to generate actionable insights for ongoing improvement.
- Support and coach junior PMs in managing strategic projects, providing guidance across all project management activities.
- Guide implementation of global Teva standards and project management tools.
- Liaise with other Teva Global Functions to support compliance with established standards and procedures.
- Coordinate with TLMS (Teva Lean Management System) methodology, focusing on project management practices.
- Monitor strategic projects led locally by the site engineering teams.
What We're Looking For
- Engineering degree required.
- Minimum of 10 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry.
- Excellent understanding of project / program management, including the application of project management tools and methodologies across various project types and environments.
- Demonstrated project and program management expertise.
- Ability to communicate and present to top management, while translating vision and goals into a work plan.
- Proven leadership capabilities with the ability to coordinate and lead multifunctional teams.
- Experience working within large, complex organizations with multiple interfaces.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, both verbal and written.
- Strong business orientation with the ability to set clear business objectives.
- Ability to manage group discussions, build consensus, and drive alignment on shared strategies and priorities.
- Ability to influence stakeholders while working in cross-functional environments.
- Excellent command of English.
- Willing to travel abroad based on requirements.
Nice to Have
- M.A. degree.
- A significant direct experience as site engineering / maintenance manager in a pharma manufacturing site.
- Global or multinational experience.
- Additional language skills.
Team & Environment
You will report to the Sr Dir, Strategic Projects & Analytics, MTS.
Benefits & Compensation
- Generous annual leave.
- Reward plans.
- Flexible working schedules (dependent on role).
- Access to tailored health support.
- Meaningful ways to give back to the community.
- Access to Twist, a one-stop shop for career development platform, giving access to a wide range of possibilities, from learning programs and short-term projects to opportunities for internal growth.
Work Mode
This is a global role open to candidates located in Croatia, Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic, Ireland, Germany, Italy, UK, or any other Teva operations site in Europe.
Teva Pharmaceuticals is committed to equal opportunity in employment. It is Teva's global policy that equal employment opportunity be provided without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, disability, pregnancy, medical condition, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, ancestry, veteran status, national or ethnic origin or any other legally recognized status entitled to protection under applicable laws.
