Project Manager - Smartsheet | Pharmaceutical

Contract: Initial 6-Month Contract

Rate: Up to £600 per day (Outside IR35)

Location: Remote, with occasional travel to the Manchester office

Key Responsibilities

• Establish and implement standardised project management processes across a broad portfolio of initiatives.
• Work with stakeholders to capture, structure, and maintain project plans within Smartsheet.
• Create and maintain portfolio-level reporting, dashboards, and project tracking mechanisms.
• Develop clear governance, reporting, and risk-management standards.
• Support the consolidation of multiple projects into a single portfolio view.
• Enable improved visibility of milestones, dependencies, risks, and delivery timelines.
• Coach and support project owners in adopting project management best practices.
• Drive reporting automation and reduce reliance on manual reporting processes.
• Identify portfolio risks, overlaps, gaps, and resource challenges.
• Provide regular updates and insights to senior stakeholders.

Required Experience

• Proven experience as a Project Manager, PMO Lead, Portfolio Manager, or similar.
• Strong hands-on experience using Smartsheet for project planning, tracking, reporting, and dashboard creation.
• Experience implementing project governance, portfolio reporting, or PMO frameworks.
• Ability to work with multiple stakeholders across complex organisations.
• Strong risk, issue, and dependency management experience.
• Experience working within pharmaceutical, life sciences, research & development, manufacturing, or other regulated environments.