Technology Project Controls Manager
About this opportunity
Career Category
Finance
Job Description
Job Summary
The Business Performance Manager is responsible for managing complex technology projects, programs, and priority initiatives. The role provides leadership in project controls, financial management, schedule governance, risk management, and performance reporting.
Key Responsibilities
Cost Management & Financial Controls
Lead budget development, forecasting, and financial tracking activities.
Monitor project expenditures, commitments, and variances.
Conduct detailed cost reviews and provide recommendations.
Support project funding requests and financial governance activities.
Schedule Development & Management
Develop and maintain integrated project schedules.
Ensure resource loading, schedule sequencing, and critical path accuracy.
Conduct schedule risk assessments and mitigation planning.
Facilitate schedule reviews with project teams.
Risk Management
Lead project risk identification, assessment, and mitigation planning.
Manage change control processes and evaluate financial impacts.
Ensure risks and opportunities are properly documented and tracked.
Project Reporting & Governance
Develop executive-level project controls reports.
Ensure compliance with project governance frameworks and PMO standards.
Participate in project reviews, audits, and stage-gate assessments.
Stakeholder Management
Build strong partnerships with Project Managers, Finance, Procurement, and external partners.
Present project performance updates to leadership teams.
Support cross-functional collaboration and decision-making.
Required Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Business, Finance, or related field.
7+ years of experience in project controls, project management, cost management, or scheduling.
Strong expertise in Primavera P6, MS Project, SAP, Power BI, Anaplan, and advanced Excel.
Preferred Qualifications
PMP, EVP, PSP, PMI-SP, or similar certifications.
Experience supporting large-scale capital projects.
Pharmaceutical, biotech, engineering, or manufacturing industry experience.
Key Skills
Leadership and stakeholder engagement.
Financial analysis and forecasting.
Project controls expertise.
Data-driven decision-making.
Strong communication and presentation skills.
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Job details
How this role compares
Computed from every other active role in our database, not just this employer's listings.
We currently track 4680 comparable Manager roles across 171 biopharma companies.
Salary context
888 of 4680 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)
Peers share this role's job function and a matching or adjacent seniority level -- not necessarily the same therapeutic area or country.
Where these roles are based
Top locations among the 4680 comparable roles
+ 73 more countries
Seniority mix
1553 of 4680 peers have a known seniority level
Therapeutic area mix
378 of 4680 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden
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Every comparison starts from the same 100-point budget: 25 for working in the same function, 40 for the same therapeutic area, 20 for the same or adjacent seniority, 15 for the same country. A dimension we can't confirm on both sides contributes nothing, never a guess, never a free pass.
0 points, never a partial guess. A role we know almost nothing about beyond its function bottoms out at 25%; it never inflates to 100% just because there's little to compare against. Seniority uses a defined ladder (Associate → Manager → Associate Director → Senior → Principal → Director → Senior Director → Executive/VP) so "Director" and "Senior Director" count as adjacent, but "Director" and "Executive/VP" do not.