Senior Manager, Project Management Academy
Catalent Pharma Solutions
Summary
This role will define and maintain the Global PM Academy operating model, governance structure, and technical roadmap. The position will design and manage role-based learning programs, certification frameworks, and digital learning systems. The successful candidate will ensure global consistency, compliance, and continuous improvement across all academy processes and platforms.
Job description
The Role
- Lead the Global PM Academy strategy, governance, roadmap, release planning, key performance indicators, and operational controls.
- Design role-based learning paths and onboarding programs, including assessments, proficiency benchmarks, and certification requirements.
- Develop and maintain project management training content covering governance, planning, risk, finance, quality, compliance, and change control.
- Manage learning platforms, digital training tools, AI-enabled learning capabilities, and controlled content repositories to ensure compliance and data integrity.
- Establish reporting dashboards and analytics to measure training effectiveness, certification status, competency development, and business impact.
- Drive continuous improvement through curriculum gap analyses, certification governance, and global scaling of standardized academy processes across sites and regions.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree with 10+ years of experience in project management, Project Management Office, learning systems, technical training, or enterprise transformation, including responsibility for global standards or platforms is preferred.
- Demonstrated experience designing competency frameworks, technical skill matrices, assessment rubrics, certification requirements, and proficiency-based career criteria.
- Experience building and administering scalable onboarding, curricula, examinations, certification, and continuing-education programs.
- Working knowledge of predictive, Agile, and hybrid project delivery methods, including scope, schedule, cost, risk, issue, dependency, change, and benefits management.
- Experience with learning-management systems and digital-learning technologies, including assignments, access controls, completion tracking, audit trails, content versioning, and reporting.
- Experience governing document repositories and controlled content, including Standard Operating Procedures, work instructions, templates, playbooks, curricula, records retention, and periodic review.
- Advanced proficiency with data analysis, key performance indicator design, dashboards, assessment analytics, and measurement of training effectiveness and operational impact.
- Knowledge of pharmaceutical, biotech, Contract Research Organization, Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization, clinical-supply, or other regulated operations, including quality-system and compliance requirements.
- Experience implementing AI-enabled learning or project management solutions with appropriate data, security, validation, access, and content-governance controls.
- Demonstrable leadership experience at Catalent (including but not limited to participation in Catalent-sponsored leadership programs such as NGGL, GOLD, LEAD Now, GM Excellence, and GROW) may be considered in place of external experience.
Benefits
- Paid Time Off
- 8 Paid Holidays
- Medical, Dental & Vision
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Career Growth Opportunities
- Annual Performance Reviews
Company overview
Catalent Pharma Solutions, now known as Catalent, Inc., is a leading global contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) headquartered in Tampa, Florida. Founded in 2007 as a spin-off from Cardinal Health's pharmaceutical technologies segment, the company has grown into a major player in the pharmaceutical services industry. Catalent provides comprehensive drug development and manufacturing solutions including drug delivery technologies, formulation development, analytical testing, clinical and commercial manufacturing, clinical packaging, and supply chain services. The company operates over 50 facilities across four continents and has supported more than half of all FDA-approved products over the past decade. With approximately 16,900 employees, Catalent produces over 70 billion doses annually for more than 8,000 products, serving major pharmaceutical companies like Pfizer, Moderna, Novo Nordisk, and Bristol-Myers Squibb. In 2024, the company was acquired by Novo Holdings A/S for $16.5 billion, further strengthening its position in the global pharmaceutical manufacturing landscape.