Project Manager, Design & Development (Medical Device/Life Sciences)

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.

Lonza’s Kingston site is part of our Personalized Medicine business unit which aims to make cell and gene therapies accessible to all patients. Specifically, our team develops and distributes the Cocoon® Platform which addresses challenges in cell therapy manufacturing as a functionally closed, automated, and scalable solution for personalized therapy manufacturing.

Lonza is looking to fill the role of Project Manager in our Kingston, ON location to support Product Development activities. The Project Manager makes an important contribution to Lonza’s Personalized Medicine business unit by managing key product and business development initiatives.  The Project Manager is responsible for interfacing with multi-disciplinary core teams across multiple geographies to reach defined milestones in the area of cell therapy and personalized medicine. The Project Manager will work with both internal and external stakeholders. The Project Manager will guide successful execution of activities in the areas of Engineering, Biology, Software, Quality, and Manufacturing.

Lonza offers a hybrid work policy to best balance work responsibilities.  

Responsibilities:

• Manage projects from initiation through planning, execution, controlling, and closing
• Drive Lonza's design & development process to launch new products and features
• Coordinate, track and report project progress by developing timelines for core teams in liaison with other departments and clients, ensuring that milestones are achieved and budgets are upheld
• Provide input on feasibility of new projects
• Identify, track, and escalate project risks, issues, assumptions, and decisions; provide solutions to challenges
• Lead applicable internal and client communications/meetings

Requirements:

• Must have at least 3 years of project management experience
• Knowledge of cGMP procedures/practices, preferred
• Bachelor’s degree
• 2 or more years of medical device, biotechnology and/or life sciences industry experience
• Working knowledge of project lifecycle, entrepreneurial mindset, excellent written/verbal communication skills
• Strong relationship management, leadership and organizational skills
• Able to influence others to meet/exceed established goals
• Willing/able to work on site in Kingston ON;  full relocation package available
• Demonstrated proficiency in Project Management tools (e.g. Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Powerpoint, Microsoft Project, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, PowerBI,  SmartSheet)

Every day, Lonza’s products and services have a positive impact on millions of people. For us, this is not only a great privilege, but also a great responsibility. How we achieve our business results is just as important as the achievements themselves. At Lonza, we respect and protect our people and our environment. Any success we achieve is no success at all if not achieved ethically. 

People come to Lonza for the challenge and creativity of solving complex problems and developing new ideas in life sciences. In return, we offer the satisfaction that comes with improving lives all around the world. The satisfaction that comes with making a meaningful difference.

Lonza is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a qualified individual with disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.