Associate Project Manager in High Peak

For 75 years, Charles River employees have worked together to assist in the discovery, development and safe manufacture of new drug therapies. When you join our family, you will have a significant impact on the health and well-being of people across the globe. Whether your background is in life sciences, finance, IT, sales or another area, your skills will play an important role in the work we perform. In return, we’ll help you build a career that you can feel passionate about.

Do you have expertise in, and a passion for client interaction and project management? Have you got the desire to improve health and lives? Charles River Discovery are excited to be recruiting for an Associate Project Manager to join our High Peak, UK site on a permanent basis. This is a hybrid role, with expectation to be onsite 4 days/week.

The Associate Project Manager will manage client accounts and other client programs that require complex planning and analysis to ensure that projects meet client expectations and deadlines. This is a great opportunity for someone to apply a strong scientific skillset to delivering client projects and driving progress.

What you’ll be doing:

• Organises, collects, prepares, and distributes project-related information required for the successful execution of client programs, from contract initiation through final reporting.
• Supports the coordination of project activities to ensure timelines, milestones, and deliverables are met, escalating risks and issues appropriately.
• Recommends and implements study management improvements.
• Applies CRL principles, concepts, practices, and standards with guidance. Demonstrates working knowledge of industry practice. Utilizes appropriate project management software.
• Assists in the management of a portfolio of projects, supporting project resourcing and monitoring progress against departmental and financial targets.
• Conducts project data review and assists in interpretation to support reporting, continuous improvement initiatives, and decision-making.
• Contributes to problem solving for routine to moderately complex issues, referring to standard operating procedures, past precedents, and seeking input from senior staff when required.
• Develops an understanding of project management risks related to scope, timelines, resources, and budget, and supports mitigation activities as directed.
• Plans and prioritises own workload to meet project objectives and deadlines, working within defined procedures and guidance.
• Supports client communication activities, including preparation for meetings, status updates, and documentation, under the direction of senior project management or scientific leads.
• Collaborates effectively with internal teams to facilitate smooth project delivery and maintain a positive client experience.
• Supports client services and business development activities as required, including provision of project information and operational input.
• Complies with CRL site-based guidelines and quality systems. Identifies and reports project-related QMS events and supports resulting corrective and preventive actions.
• Shares learnings, standard practices, and process improvements within the team to support ongoing development.

What We Offer You:

• A very comprehensive benefits package from day one, including a large pension contribution, private medical for you (and can add family members), private dental care, critical illness cover, bonus and more!
• Global opportunities and strong career progression.
• The chance to work on several varied projects and liaise globally and nationally with other business areas.
• To be able to make a difference to health and wellbeing of people.
• To continue your own career growth.
• Flexible and hybrid working.
• Parental leave.
• Group Life Assurance and Group Income Protection.
• Remote GP access 24/7.
• Well-being support and initiatives.
• Cycle to work scheme.

Job Qualifications:

• Degree within a Biological Sciences/Biology/Molecular Biology or similar, MSc preferred is essential.
• Excellent presentation and/or client face skills ideally from a similar role.
• Some proven laboratory-based experience or additional experience in a client management role would be highly desirable.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work well with internal/external stakeholders.
• Strong organizational, time management skills and attention to detail essential to the role.
• Candidates must have full and permanent Right to Work in the UK as we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.

About Discovery: Discovery from Charles River is industry-proven in the successful development of novel therapies, with over 350 patents and 80 preclinical drug candidates delivered to our sponsors in the past 17 years. Backed by more than 650 scientists, our comprehensive, integrated portfolio employs the latest technology and platforms to provide chemistry, biology, and pharmacology services that support clients from the earliest stages of hit identification all the way through to IND. Our client-focused, collaborative approach creates true partnerships that anticipate challenges, overcome obstacles, and move us forward together on the journey of getting new drugs to market.

About Charles River: Charles River is an early-stage contract research organization (CRO). We have built upon our foundation of laboratory animal medicine and science to develop a diverse portfolio of discovery and safety assessment services, both Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and non-GLP, to support clients from target identification through preclinical development. Charles River also provides a suite of products and services to support our clients’ clinical laboratory testing needs and manufacturing activities. Utilizing this broad portfolio of products and services enables our clients to create a more flexible drug development model, which reduces their costs, enhances their productivity and effectiveness to increase speed to market.

With over 20,000 employees within 110 facilities in over 20 countries around the globe, we are strategically positioned to coordinate worldwide resources and apply multidisciplinary perspectives in resolving our client’s unique challenges. Our client base includes global pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, government agencies and hospitals and academic institutions around the world.

At Charles River, we are passionate about our role in improving the quality of people’s lives. Our mission, our excellent science and our strong sense of purpose guide us in all that we do, and we approach each day with the knowledge that our work helps to improve the health and well-being of many across the globe. We have proudly supported the development of 86% of the drugs approved by the FDA in 2021.

At Charles River Laboratories, we recognize and recruit all talent. We are a company committed to the principle of diversity and inclusion and work daily in this direction.