Scientific Project Manager
Scientific Project Managers oversee complex R&D, clinical, or manufacturing projects within biotech and pharmaceutical companies. They coordinate multidisciplinary teams to deliver milestones on time and within budget, while maintaining scientific and regulatory quality.
Key responsibilities:
Managing cross-functional project teams – Including scientists, QA, regulatory, clinical operations, and external vendors or collaborators.
Tracking project timelines, deliverables, and budgets – Using tools like MS Project, Smartsheet, or Monday.com to maintain transparency and alignment.
Facilitating stakeholder communication – Ensuring regular updates, managing expectations, and reporting to executive leadership.
Supporting documentation and compliance – Maintaining audit-ready records, protocols, and change control logs across the project lifecycle.
Mitigating risk and handling change requests – Proactively identifying potential delays or scope shifts and responding with solutions.
This role suits professionals with a science background and strong organizational, interpersonal, and regulatory understanding (GMP, GCP, or GLP depending on the setting).
North West England
North West England is one of nine official regions of England. It consists of Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside. Major towns and cities in the North West include Manchester, Liverpool, Bolton, Carlisle, Macclesfield, Knutsford, Blackpool and Warrington.
Cumbria in the north of the region is largely rural whereas the south of the region is much more densely populated. The North West is known as the “Northern Powerhouse” thanks to its strong history in manufacturing. In days gone by the region was particularly famous for its textile industry, but the manufacturing today is based more on food and drink, chemicals, pharmaceuticals and transport. Digital technology, including games and software development, is also a major sector in the region, particularly in Liverpool and Manchester which have both seen huge growth in tech start-ups.
Famous people born in the North West: Wayne Rooney, footballer and Paul McCartney, musician.
North West England is a great place to further your career in life sciences. If you are a looking for pharmaceutical jobs in North West England, scientific careers in North West England or want to discuss cell therapy, gene therapy, ATMP, medical device, technology, biotech or pharmaceutical job opportunities in North West England, give our Next Phase team a call. The North West area is continuing to expand as a centre for jobs in science, process development, technology, software development, project management, informatics, quality, reg affairs and supply chain.
At Next Phase we help people find new jobs in life sciences across the UK, Europe and USA. This page lists some of the job opportunities in the North West, and if you give us a call we can also talk to you about other scientific jobs, pharmaceutical career opportunities and the latest updates in cell and gene therapy and ATMP development in the given area.
