Welcome to Next Phase Recruitment! Please see below our current jobs that match your search criteria. For a broader job search please visit the home page or call us on 01403 216216 to discuss career options in other areas of Life Science and Technology.
Welcome to Next Phase Recruitment! Please use the above link to see our current jobs that match your search criteria. For a broader job search please visit the home page or call us on 01403 216216 to discuss career options in other areas of Life Science and Technology.
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).
Swindon
Swindon is a town in Wiltshire, in the South West region of England. It is located approximately 35 miles from both Bristol and Reading and 78 miles from London. Other major towns within reasonable distance include Oxford, Cheltenham and Salisbury. Swindon is on the main railway line from Bristol to London Paddington and, with an average journey time of only 1 hour to London, it is a major commuter town. Road connections are also good, thanks to the proximity of the M4 motorway. Although many residents commute to London, Bristol and other cities, a substantial number of major employers are located in Swindon including engineering firms such as Honda, BMW/Mini and Halcrow as well as W H Smith's HQ and distribution centre and pharmaceutical companies including Patheon, Catalent Pharma Solutions and Vygon (UK) Ltd. Swindon also has the head office of the National Trust, the UK Space Agency and national Research Councils including the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council.
Swindon has two major museums; the STEAM Museum which provides a detailed history of the Great Western Railway and the Museum of Computing, it is also home to the Bodleian Library's book depository, which contains 153 miles of bookshelves
Famous people from Swindon: Billie Piper; actress and Melinda Messenger; glamour model and TV presenter
