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Lab of the Future Project Manager
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Lab of the Future Project Manager | Contract | Macclesfield / Hybrid | Outside IR35 £600 per day
TechNET IT has partnered with one of the world’s largest global pharmaceutical and life sciences organisations, employing tens of thousands of people worldwide, to identify an experienced Lab of the Future Project Manager for a major laboratory transformation initiative in Macclesfield.
This is a highly autonomous, delivery-focused position taking ownership of the modernisation and retrofit of an existing brownfield laboratory environment — assessing what exists today, defining the future-state vision and roadmap, and then personally driving that roadmap through implementation.
The opportunity
You’ll operate at the intersection of laboratory transformation, technology and senior stakeholder management, working across internal scientific and business teams as well as external technology vendors.
Key responsibilities will include:
- Leading end-to-end delivery of a Lab of the Future / laboratory modernisation programme
- Conducting an as-is assessment of the existing laboratory environment, processes and technologies
- Gathering requirements from scientists, project stakeholders, influencers and budget owners
- Defining the future-state laboratory environment and transformation roadmap
- Taking ownership of implementing and delivering that roadmap
- Managing project budgets, forecasting and planning
- Evaluating laboratory technologies, platforms and potential vendors
- Coordinating suppliers through installation and implementation
- Building credibility and alignment with senior technical and business stakeholders
- Owning risks, issues and delivery challenges in an environment where there may not always be a defined escalation route
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What we’re looking for
We’re particularly interested in Project Managers who have previously walked into an existing laboratory environment, assessed the current state and successfully taken a modernisation programme from requirements and roadmap through to implementation.
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Ideally, you'll bring experience across:
- Lab of the Future / laboratory transformation programmes
- Pharmaceutical, biotechnology or wider life sciences environments
- Brownfield laboratory upgrades or retrofits
- Laboratory technology implementation
- Laboratory technology vendors and solution evaluation
- Complex stakeholder and requirements management
- Budgeting and forecasting
- Independent, end-to-end project delivery
This isn't a traditional large-team Programme Manager role. The successful person needs to be comfortable operating autonomously, navigating ambiguity, influencing senior stakeholders and taking genuine ownership for outcomes. The brief is effectively 50% laboratory/technical transformation expertise and 50% stakeholder management, leadership and influencing capability.
Please apply or get in touch directly for a confidential discussion.
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