Senior Project Manager (Life Sciences)

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Our organisation JLL is a leading professional services firm that specialises in real estate and investment management. Our mission is to shape the future of real estate for a better world by using the most advanced technology to create rewarding opportunities, amazing spaces, and sustainable real estate solutions for our clients, our people, and our communities. JLL is a Fortune 500 company with annual revenue of $20.9 billion, operations in over 80 countries, and a global workforce of more than 103,000.

Introduction to Project and Development Services (PDS): Successful Project Management requires a combination of leadership, motivation, and rigorous administration to ensure that our client’s intended outcome is achieved. We provide experienced and professional project delivery teams to our clients, that are Director led with specific Life Science sector knowledge and expertise. Each team is equipped to provide order and leadership in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and is trained to manage and control the changes that occur in a capital project environment.

Our Science & Technology Project and Development Services (PDS) team comprises project delivery experts who can assess and report on the anticipated risks, actual time and cost required to successfully deliver a project, select the right service providers to execute a pharmaceutical, life sciences and/or data centre construction project, and provide the right solution to ensure successful delivery and inspiration for our clients.

Our PDS teams consist of over 1,300 technical project delivery staff, successfully operating in over 20 countries across EMEA. They have over 75 years of operational experience with JLL delivering 1000+ projects per year for our clients. Our approach to every project is essentially very simple: we take responsibility for its success. We pride ourselves on our reputation for delivering innovative solutions and consistently adding value through our key services:

• Development Advisory
• Project Management
• Cost Management
• Programme Management
• Building Consultancy
• Net Zero Carbon / Sustainability services

Life Sciences is a key growth area for JLL and particularly the EMEA and UK & Ireland PDS team(s). There is currently significant new business and/or cross-selling opportunity for the UK & Ireland and EMEA PDS business through our existing JLL Capital Markets (Investor and Developer) and Work Dynamics (Corporate Occupier) Life Science client accounts including 'Big' Pharma and other global Life Science companies. This growth has created a need to recruit additional Project Management resources at various levels from Senior Project Managers through to Associate level resources into the UK & Ireland PDS Science & Technology team.

Successful candidates will work as experienced project delivery professionals at Senior Project Manager and Associate levels, as an integral part of the specialist team. The team structure will develop as the team grows, but you will initially report into the UK Head of Project Management, Life Sciences and EMEA Life Sciences subject matter expert (SME) providing leadership and project management service delivery to pharmaceutical and life science clients and the wider UK PDS team(s).

Education and professional qualifications: Candidates should have a degree and/or postgraduate qualification in a relevant engineering discipline, construction management and/or cost management/quantity surveying and be Chartered or an Incorporated Member of a Professional Body, i.e. RICS, RIBA, CIBSE, IMechE, IChemE and/or CIOB etc.

Desired industry experience and knowledge: You will have extensive experience of providing project management services to pharmaceutical and life science clients successfully managing projects in secure and controlled environments including high containment laboratories, clean rooms, GMP and research and development. You will have a knowledge and understanding of cGMP and MHRA requirements. You will have project experience up to ACDP4, SAPO4 and GMO4 level (or similar) as well as other local country and federal standards. Additional experience with various NHS Trusts and healthcare providers and familiarity with NHS health technical memoranda (HTMs) and health building notes (HBNs) is desirable, but not essential to be a success in this role.

Successful candidates will provide project management service delivery and/or act as the service delivery lead for project management services within the PDS Life Sciences team. You will provide project management consultancy advice and contract administration services under JCT and NEC using various project management software tools and possess the necessary entrepreneurial and business development skills to work with the UK Head of Project Management, Life Sciences and EMEA Life Sciences SME to help develop and build our project management service offering to our client base. As the team grows you will be required to provide leadership and line management to your direct reports against agreed business aims and objectives.

The UK PDS Life Sciences team has an aspiration, and a business plan to build our project management market share in the Life Sciences industry sector. This role requires regular travel throughout the UK and in particular London, Cambridge and Oxford. There may also be a requirement to travel to EMEA locations to provide services to our JLL science and technology clients. To be a success in this role, you will need to be heavily client-facing on your project work in and around the Cambridge area on your client and/or project sites up to 3 days per week.