Projektmanager / Senior PMO Consultant

For a long-term project in the pharmaceutical and biotech sector, our client is seeking an experienced professional to work as a freelance Project Manager or Senior PMO Consultant. The project involves a technically demanding production and plant development. The focus of the engagement is the development and structuring of project governance, management reporting, project tracking, and documentation architectures. We are specifically looking for an independent professional who can analyze and structure complex project information and develop high-quality management and governance deliverables.

Tasks and responsibilities:

• Management Reporting and Executive Communication: Analysis and consolidation of complex project information, identification and prioritization of management-relevant content, development of presentation architectures and management narratives, creation of executive and C-level presentations, development of decision templates and management summaries, creation of standardized reporting templates, and preparation of project status for management reviews.
• Project Governance: Development of a structured project governance framework, definition and structuring of governance processes, development of decision logs, creation of milestone review structures, design of workshop agendas and discussion guides, and structuring of decisions, responsibilities, and target dates.
• Project tracking and documentation: Building tracking matrices for actions, timelines and milestones, developing status dashboards, structuring project information, building document registers, designing filing and repository structures, developing a consistent documentation architecture, and technically preparing project status information for management reviews.

Required profile:

• University degree in Life Sciences, Bio- or Chemical Engineering, Business Administration, Project Management or similar.
• At least 5 years of relevant professional experience.
• Background in Project Governance, Senior PMO, Management Consulting or a comparable consulting firm.
• Experience in the pharmaceutical, biotech or process engineering sector.
• Experience with CAPEX projects, facility upgrades, or production and plant projects.
• Extensive experience in creating executive and C-level presentations.
• Strong analytical and conceptual skills.
• Experience in building PMO and governance structures.
• Excellent knowledge of project tracking and management reporting.
• Very independent work style.
• Fluent English skills, both spoken and written.
• Desirable additional qualifications (nice-to-have): Downstream experience, knowledge of peptides or biopharmaceutical production processes, experience in the environment of production facilities, German language skills, certifications such as PMP, PMI, PRINCE2 or IPMA, as well as knowledge of Think-Cell, Power BI and SharePoint or document architecture.
• Personal requirements: The ideal candidate combines project management expertise with strong consulting and presentation skills. They are able to quickly familiarize themselves with complex technical project content, extract relevant information, and develop a clear framework for management decisions. We are not looking for a purely administrative PMO, but rather a conceptually strong professional who independently develops and is responsible for deliverables.

Practical information:

• Project start: November 2, 2026
• Duration: until March 31, 2028
• Occupancy rate: 30 to 50 percent
• Location: Remote / Vienna
• On-site presence: approximately 1 to 3 planned meetings in Vienna during the project duration
• Project type: Freelance consulting
• The services are provided independently as an external consultant. The agreed concepts, frameworks, documentation, and reporting structures are created independently and then handed over for further use.