Senior Technical Project Manager – Pharma R&D Digital Transformation (Santander)

About the role

We’re looking for a Senior Technical Project Manager to lead complex R&D delivery initiatives for a global pharmaceutical client. This role combines strategic delivery leadership, technical depth, and multi-vendor coordination across AI/ML platforms, data engineering, scientific applications, and HPC environments.

What You’ll Do

• Lead large cross-functional programs across engineering, data, infrastructure, and platform teams
• Drive end-to-end delivery from planning through launch and operational handoff
• Manage dependencies, risks, governance checkpoints, and stakeholder communications
• Coordinate distributed teams and external vendors in hybrid Agile/Waterfall environments
• Partner closely with engineering teams on architecture, cloud, and platform delivery decisions
• Use Jira, Confluence, Gemini Pro, and Atlassian AI to improve delivery forecasting and reporting

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