(On-Site, South Korea)
Do you want to lead high-value client programmes that bring life-changing biologics to market?
Are you ready to drive cross-functional delivery in a fast-paced, Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) manufacturing environment?
Do you enjoy building trusted client relationships while leading complex projects from initiation through to completion?
Fraser Dove International is partnering exclusively with a leading biologics Contract Development and Manufacturing Organisation (CDMO). Operating globally, they are committed to delivering high-quality biologic therapies through operational excellence, scientific expertise, and customer-focused project execution.
Our client is seeking a strategic and collaborative leader to oversee client-facing programme management, ensuring projects are delivered safely, on time, within scope, and to the highest quality standards.
Your objectives:
- Deliver complex client programmes on schedule, within scope, and in line with agreed quality, regulatory, and commercial expectations.
- Build trusted client partnerships by providing proactive communication, effective governance, and timely resolution of project risks and issues.
- Strengthen programme management capability through continuous improvement, effective cross-functional collaboration, and robust project governance.
What you will do:
- Lead cross-functional programme and project execution across the full project lifecycle, ensuring alignment on scope, timelines, deliverables, and objectives.
- Act as the primary client contact throughout programme execution, maintaining strong relationships and ensuring clear, consistent communication.
- Identify, assess, and manage project risks, issues, and escalations while driving timely resolution with internal and external stakeholders.
- Coordinate project resources and production planning by aligning functional teams and securing organisational commitment.
- Partner with Manufacturing Science and Technology (MSAT) and other technical functions to support technology transfer and successful project delivery.
- Lead programme governance activities, monitor performance, and provide structured reporting to senior leadership and clients.
- Capture lessons learned and implement continuous improvements to strengthen programme management processes and delivery performance.
- Support client audits and regulatory inspections, including interactions with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and European Medicines Agency (EMA), ensuring project readiness and accurate documentation.
What you will bring:
- 10+ years of Programme or Project Management experience within the biopharmaceutical, pharmaceutical, or Contract Development and Manufacturing Organisation (CDMO) industry.
- Proven success managing complex client-facing programmes within a Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) regulated manufacturing environment.
- Strong experience leading cross-functional teams and aligning multiple stakeholders to achieve programme objectives.
- Demonstrated expertise in project governance, risk management, issue resolution, and structured project reporting.
- Excellent client-facing communication, stakeholder management, and relationship-building skills.
- Bachelor's degree or above, preferably in Pharmacy, Chemistry, Applied Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Life Sciences, or a related scientific discipline.
- Experience supporting technology transfer, manufacturing project execution, site start-up activities, or regulatory inspections is desirable.