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Position: Senior Project Manager Location: Ottawa, Canada
Description: Seeking a senior-level Project Manager with demonstrated experience leading GMP remediation, quality transformation, inspection readiness, and compliance improvement initiatives within pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or regulated manufacturing environments.
Responsibilities Lead overall remediation program planning and execution. Coordinate cross-functional teams across Quality, Regulatory, Manufacturing, QC, Validation, and Operations. Develop project plans, milestones, risk assessments, and remediation timelines. Manage stakeholder communications and executive reporting. Track remediation deliverables and ensure timely closure of compliance gaps. Drive implementation of corrective and preventive actions (CAPAs). Support regulatory inspection readiness activities.
Required Qualifications 10+ years of pharmaceutical, biotech, or GMP-regulated industry experience. Proven leadership of GMP remediation or quality transformation programs. Strong knowledge of FDA, Health Canada, EU GMP, and ICH guidelines. Experience managing complex cross-functional projects under aggressive timelines. Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
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About United Pharma Technologies Inc
United Pharma Technologies (UPT) is a global life-science services company delivering CQV, validation, quality, automation, and regulatory compliance solutions to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, and diagnostics sectors. With more than 1,500+ combined years of technical and regulatory experience, we help organizations achieve GMP-ready operations, audit preparedness, and commercial manufacturing excellence across highly regulated environments. With operations across Ireland, the USA, India, Canada, and Mexico, we offer a truly global execution model with scalable talent, standardized processes, and consistent, high-quality project delivery.
Our multidisciplinary team includes experts in CQV, process validation, biomedical and chemical engineering, QC microbiology, analytical sciences, QMS, clinical operations, pharmacovigilance, data integrity, industrial automation, and digital systems. We operate under global frameworks including FDA, EMA, EU-GMP, ICH, WHO, ISO, GAMP5, and 21 CFR Part 11, supporting end-to-end compliance from development.
UPT’s delivery model aligns with modern regulatory expectations - structured planning, risk-based validation, traceable decision-making, documented workflows, data-integrity controls, and lifecycle-based quality systems. Every project is managed with clarity, accountability, and transparent communication, ensuring clients have full visibility into progress, risks, and deliverables. We also embrace the technologies transforming next-gen manufacturing. Our teams support digital-twin environments, MES/LIMS integration, AI-enabled decision tools, continuous monitoring, and compliant automation (PLC/DCS/SCADA) to help clients advance digital maturity while maintaining regulatory robustness. We partners across biologics, vaccines, biosimilars, sterile injectables, and cell & gene therapy, where aseptic control, qualification depth, contamination control, and quality-by-design principles are critical to success.
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About the role
Position: Senior Project Manager Location: Ottawa, Canada
Description: Seeking a senior-level Project Manager with demonstrated experience leading GMP remediation, quality transformation, inspection readiness, and compliance improvement initiatives within pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or regulated manufacturing environments.
Responsibilities Lead overall remediation program planning and execution. Coordinate cross-functional teams across Quality, Regulatory, Manufacturing, QC, Validation, and Operations. Develop project plans, milestones, risk assessments, and remediation timelines. Manage stakeholder communications and executive reporting. Track remediation deliverables and ensure timely closure of compliance gaps. Drive implementation of corrective and preventive actions (CAPAs). Support regulatory inspection readiness activities.
Required Qualifications 10+ years of pharmaceutical, biotech, or GMP-regulated industry experience. Proven leadership of GMP remediation or quality transformation programs. Strong knowledge of FDA, Health Canada, EU GMP, and ICH guidelines. Experience managing complex cross-functional projects under aggressive timelines. Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
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About United Pharma Technologies Inc
United Pharma Technologies (UPT) is a global life-science services company delivering CQV, validation, quality, automation, and regulatory compliance solutions to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, and diagnostics sectors. With more than 1,500+ combined years of technical and regulatory experience, we help organizations achieve GMP-ready operations, audit preparedness, and commercial manufacturing excellence across highly regulated environments. With operations across Ireland, the USA, India, Canada, and Mexico, we offer a truly global execution model with scalable talent, standardized processes, and consistent, high-quality project delivery.
Our multidisciplinary team includes experts in CQV, process validation, biomedical and chemical engineering, QC microbiology, analytical sciences, QMS, clinical operations, pharmacovigilance, data integrity, industrial automation, and digital systems. We operate under global frameworks including FDA, EMA, EU-GMP, ICH, WHO, ISO, GAMP5, and 21 CFR Part 11, supporting end-to-end compliance from development.
UPT’s delivery model aligns with modern regulatory expectations - structured planning, risk-based validation, traceable decision-making, documented workflows, data-integrity controls, and lifecycle-based quality systems. Every project is managed with clarity, accountability, and transparent communication, ensuring clients have full visibility into progress, risks, and deliverables. We also embrace the technologies transforming next-gen manufacturing. Our teams support digital-twin environments, MES/LIMS integration, AI-enabled decision tools, continuous monitoring, and compliant automation (PLC/DCS/SCADA) to help clients advance digital maturity while maintaining regulatory robustness. We partners across biologics, vaccines, biosimilars, sterile injectables, and cell & gene therapy, where aseptic control, qualification depth, contamination control, and quality-by-design principles are critical to success.