PROJECT MANAGER III

## PRIMARY PURPOSE: The Project Manager III is a senior-level project management professional responsible for leading the organization's most complex, high-value, and strategic customer programs from initiation through commercial execution. This position provides leadership across multiple cross-functional teams, drives portfolio execution, manages key customer relationships, and serves as a subject matter expert in project management methodologies. The Project Manager III plays a critical role in advancing the Project Management Office (PMO), improving organizational project management standards, mentoring project managers, and ensuring successful execution of projects that support Formulated Solutions' strategic business objectives. ## MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: **Strategic Project Leadership** - Lead multiple complex, high-risk, and strategic customer projects simultaneously. - Direct projects through all phases including business development transition, development, validation, commercialization, technology transfer, and lifecycle management. - Develop comprehensive project strategies that align customer expectations with Formulated Solutions' operational capabilities. - Serve as executive-level project leader for key strategic customer accounts. - Anticipate project challenges and proactively implement mitigation strategies. - Ensure project objectives are achieved while balancing scope, schedule, quality, budget, and customer satisfaction. **Portfolio Management** - Manage a portfolio of projects with significant business impact. - Prioritize competing business initiatives based on organizational objectives. - Identify portfolio-level risks, resource constraints, and scheduling conflicts. - Develop recommendations for executive leadership regarding project prioritization and resource allocation. - Monitor project health through established KPIs and portfolio metrics. **Relationship Management** - Serve as the primary strategic liaison for assigned customers. - Build trusted partnerships with customer leadership teams. - Lead executive-level project reviews and governance meetings. - Manage customer expectations while balancing operational capabilities. - Support business development efforts by participating in customer visits, technical discussions, proposal reviews, and commercial strategy meetings. - Identify opportunities for account growth and expansion. **Cross-Functional Leadership** - Lead multidisciplinary teams including: - Research & Development - Analytical Sciences - Quality Assurance - Regulatory Affairs - Manufacturing - Engineering - Supply Chain - Procurement - Finance - Business Development - Influence without direct authority to drive accountability and project success. - Facilitate resolution of cross-functional conflicts. - Remove barriers affecting project execution. **Risk Management** - Identify strategic and operational project risks. - Develop contingency plans and mitigation strategies. - Escalate significant risks to executive leadership as appropriate. - Monitor regulatory, supply chain, technical, and commercial risks throughout project lifecycles. **Financial Management** - Monitor project financial performance. - Ensure customer fee-for-service milestones are completed, documented, invoiced, and collected according to contractual agreements. - Partner with Finance to monitor project profitability. - Assist with forecasting project revenues and resource requirements. - Identify opportunities to improve project financial performance. **Governance and Reporting** - Prepare executive-level dashboards and portfolio reports. - Present project status, financial performance, risks, and mitigation plans to senior leadership. - Lead internal governance meetings and customer steering committee meetings. - Ensure project documentation meets company quality standards. **Organizational Leadership** - Participate in strategic planning initiatives. - Support departmental planning, goals, objective…