This is a full-time salaried position with Project Farma, a PerkinElmer company. The successful candidate will reside in one of Project Farma's primary markets and be willing to travel domestically to meet client project requests.
Project Farma's purpose is to improve patient lives by accelerating the delivery of life-changing therapies. We accomplish this through the successful execution of high-quality life sciences projects across the full project lifecycle. Project Farma (PF) team members collaborate with cross-functional teams to build trusted client relationships, deliver an exceptional customer experience, and contribute to business growth by identifying opportunities and applying data-driven insights to support project planning, cost, schedule, and performance management.
This role contributes to organizational success by supporting financial performance, operational efficiency, and continuous improvement, while also investing in people through mentorship, knowledge sharing, and professional development. All team members are expected to embody Project Farma's values by being curious, personable, and unselfish, while maintaining a strong commitment to a Patient Focused and People First mindset.
The PMO - VP, Practice Area Leader is a senior executive responsible for the strategic leadership, growth, and operational excellence of Project Farma's Project Management practice and Project Management Office (PMO). This role establishes and advances the firm's project management standards, methodologies, and delivery frameworks while ensuring consistent, high-quality execution across all client engagements. As both a business leader and delivery executive, the VP drives practice growth through market insight, innovation, service offering development, and thought leadership, while building the talent pipeline and organizational capabilities necessary to support long-term success. Working closely with the VP of Project Controls, Regional VPs, Principal Consultants, other PALs, and Client Engagement leaders, this role integrates project forecasting, performance management, resource planning, and risk mitigation practices to optimize client outcomes and operational performance.
The VP serves as a visible ambassador for Project Farma internally and externally, strengthening the company's reputation, shaping consulting capabilities, and fostering a culture of excellence, accountability, and continuous improvement. To maintain deep client connectivity, lead by example, and ensure practical application of best practices, the Vice President is expected to remain actively engaged in client delivery, maintaining partial billability through direct project leadership, executive client engagement, project launches, and strategic delivery oversight. Through this balance of practice leadership and client execution, the VP ensures exceptional value delivery, sustainable business growth, and the continued evolution of Project Farma's project management capabilities.
Key Responsibilities
Practice & PMO Leadership
- Define and execute the strategic vision, growth roadmap, and operating model for Project Farma's Project Management Practice and PMO.
- Establish and continuously improve project management methodologies, governance frameworks, standards, tools, and best practices.
- Lead practice planning, service offering development, capability expansion, and innovation initiatives to support long-term growth and market differentiation.
Project Delivery & Portfolio Oversight
- Ensure consistent, high-quality execution across the project portfolio, including project planning, delivery, reporting, and quality management.
- In collaboration with Regional VPs, oversee project performance, resource utilization, and delivery outcomes to ensure engagements are completed safely, on schedule, within budget, and aligned with client expectations.
- Serve as the executive escalation point for strategic, complex, or at-risk projects.
Client Leadership & Billable Delivery
- Act as a trusted advisor to client executives, providing project leadership, governance oversight, and strategic guidance.
- Lead executive stakeholder interactions, steering committees, project launches, and critical delivery interventions.
Governance, Performance Management & Continuous Improvement
- Establish portfolio governance, performance metrics, dashboards, forecasting processes, and reporting mechanisms.
- Partner with the VP of Project Controls, Regional VPs, and other Practice Area Leaders as needed, to drive visibility, risk management, resource planning, and delivery consistency.
- Lead project reviews, lessons learned, PMO maturity initiatives, and continuous improvement efforts to enhance organizational effectiveness.
Talent Development & Organizational Capability
- Attract talent, mentor, develop, and retain high-performing project management professionals and future leaders.
- Build succession plans, training programs, and career development pathways that strengthen practice capabilities.
- Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, innovation, and delivery excellence.
Business Growth & Industry Leadership
- Partner with Client Engagement and Business Development teams to support strategic pursuits, proposals, account growth, and market expansion.
- Develop thought leadership, represent Project Farma in industry forums, and build strategic external partnerships.
- Monitor industry trends and emerging technologies to evolve service offerings and strengthen Project Farma's reputation as a leader in life sciences project delivery.
Attributes for Success
- Technical Delivery: Applies advanced technical knowledge and professional expertise.
- Innovation & Continuous Improvement: Seeks better ways, adapts to change and champions new ideas.
- Customer Focus & Professionalism: Represents PF with consistent professionalism, appropriate escalation and respect for internal stakeholders, even during high-stress delivery situations.
- Integrity & Humility: Demonstrates self-awareness and puts PF mission above ego.
- Collaboration & Communication: Communicates clearly and proactively and drives transparent alignment with clients.
- Project Execution: Delivers reliably, manages priorities and drives for high-quality outcomes.
- Growth Mindset: Shows openness to new ideas, feedback, and change.
Experience Required
- Bachelor's Degree in Project Management, Life Science, Engineering, or related discipline (OR a combination of equivalent work experience in capital project engineering, pharma cGMP facility start-up, CapEx/OpEx project management and/or comparable military experience).
- PMP certification or Master's of Engineering Management (MEM) is required.
- Minimum 20+ years of progressive experience leading complex projects, programs, or portfolios, primarily within the life sciences, biotechnology, pharmaceutical, medical device, advanced manufacturing, or related regulated industries.
- Proven experience building, growing, and managing a consulting practice, technical service line, or project management function, including responsibility for strategy, service development, operational performance, talent management, and business growth.
- Demonstrated success establishing, leading, and/or scaling enterprise-level Project Management Offices (PMOs), including governance frameworks, delivery methodologies, portfolio management processes, and organizational project management maturity initiatives.
- Deep experience managing large-scale, multi-disciplinary programs and portfolios, including capital projects, facility expansions, manufacturing operations, technology implementations, process improvements, and client transformation initiatives.
- Demonstrated ability to translate market trends, client needs, and business objectives into actionable strategies, innovative service offerings, and sustainable growth initiatives.
- Significant experience mentoring, coaching, and developing high-performing project managers, consultants, and future leaders, with a commitment to building strong organizational capabilities and succession pipelines.
- Experience supporting business growth through proposal development, strategic pursuits, client relationship management, account expansion, and participation in complex sales and RFP processes.
- Willingness to travel as required for client project assignments.
Other Preferred
- PgMP, PMI-ACP, Lean Six Sigma, Certified Construction Manager (CCM), or other relevant project/program management certifications preferred.
- Professional certifications related to life sciences manufacturing, capital project delivery, or operational excellence are a plus.
Project Farma is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability status, age, or veteran status or any other characteristics protected by applicable law. PerkinElmer is committed to a culturally diverse workforce.
Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. We will not sponsor applicants for current or future work visas for this position. This position may require significant travel to support project and business needs. We cannot employ anyone with an invalid driver's license.
The annual compensation range for this full-time position is $230,000 - 280,000. The final base pay offered to the successful candidate will be determined by factors including internal equity, work location, as well as individual qualifications, such as job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.