Manager, Technical Project Management

About Aldevron

At Aldevron, we deliver world-class CDMO services that accelerate the development of groundbreaking therapies. Our mission is to be the engine of innovation for genomic medicine pioneers. As a member of our team, you’ll help bring life-changing innovations to life—impacting millions around the world. We bring together deep scientific expertise, an unwavering commitment to quality, and a collaborative spirit to drive progress. Whether you're launching your career or bringing years of experience, we value the unique perspective you bring. Join us and become part of a mission-driven team advancing science and unlocking human potential—one discovery at a time.

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Job Summary

The **Manager, Technical Project Management** is responsible for leading and directing the Technical Project Management team and activities supporting Aldevron clients. This role requires strong knowledge of GMP biomanufacturing processes and demonstrated people leadership to lead TPMs responsible for technically complex, client-paid projects such as process development, analytical method development/validation, and process validation in support of client programs. The Manager drives TPM excellence through standard work, metrics, training, and continuous improvement, and serves as an escalation point for high-risk technical execution challenges.

This position reports to the Director, Project Management and is part of the Project Management team located in Fargo, ND and will be an on-site role.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Lead and direct the Technical Project Management team and TPM activities supporting Aldevron clients, including coaching and developing Technical Project Managers on stakeholder engagement, task management, and clear internal and external communication.
• Serve as an escalation point for technical and operational questions, barriers to success, project risks, and significant execution variances; partner cross-functionally to drive mitigation and resolution.
• Drive TPM excellence through standard work, departmental policies and procedures, training, metrics, and continuous improvement of technical project execution.
• Partner with Project Management, Project Portfolio Management, Sales, and cross-functional leaders to align resources to critical client and organizational priorities and support on-time/on-budget delivery of technical project milestones.
• Define, collect, and report TPM metrics to leadership; use metrics, project plans, timeline forecasting, and resource planning to identify capacity constraints, execution challenges, and improvement opportunities.

The essential requirements of the job include:

• Bachelor’s degree in the life sciences or related field
• Prefer 5+ years' experience in project management with preference for 2+ years of leadership experience
• Prefer 3+ years’ experience managing client-facing projects or teams in a regulated biotechnology or pharmaceutical field required, CDMO experience preferred
• Master's degree in project management or PMP certification strongly preferred
• Successful experience building high performing teams in a dynamic, fast-paced environment

Travel, Motor Vehicle Record & Physical/Environment Requirements:

• This role may include up to 15% travel.

Benefits

Aldevron, a Danaher operating company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it’s a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job. Check out our benefits at Danaher Benefits Info.

This job is also eligible for bonus/incentive pay.

We offer comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.