Director, Global Engineering Project Manager

Director, Global Engineering Project Manager

Teva

Multiple Locations

The opportunity

As a Global Engineering Project Manager (GEPM), you will lead the full lifecycle of strategic engineering projects - ranging from major capital investments to global operational programs. Depending on project needs, you may monitor, support/coach, or fully manage initiatives across multiple manufacturing sites.

The GEPM is responsible for leading and executing complex, cross-site engineering pharmaceutical projects, ensuring adherence to regulatory requirements as well as cost, quality, safety, and schedule objectives.

How you’ll spend your day

End‑to‑End Project Leadership:

• Establish the 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.

Site Support & Coaching:

• 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

Your experience and qualifications

Minimum Qualifications & Requirements:

• 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 aboard based on requirements

Advantage Qualifications:

• M.A. degree
• A significant direct experience as site engineering/maintenance manager in a pharma manufacturing site
• Global or multinational experience
• Additional language skills