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Job Details

Cencora Pharmalex is one of the leading service providers for the Pharmaceutical Industry globally and is specialized in all aspects of drugs and medical devices approval, of the market development and any action of effective product maintenance.

Cencora Pharmalex are looking for a Project Manager for the APAC region to be based in the Philippines.

The Project Manager is accountable for the day‑to‑day delivery of cross‑functional projects and serves as the primary contact for client status, performance, risks, and escalations. The role ensures governance is in place, standards and workflows are applied, KPIs are defined and reported, and budgets, staffing, and onboarding are executed to plan.

Responsibilities:

• Project operational oversight:

• Project governance (agendas, decision logs, etc), maintaining scope, schedule, risk/issue registers, and change control

• Serve as the single point of contact to the client for delivery status and performance topics; ensure audit readiness and adherence to internal and client standards/Standard Operating Procedures

• Prepare clear, actionable mitigation plans for emerging risks and issues; track to closure through governance

• Report to leadership team as required

• Project budget management:

• Manage the project budget and forecast, track variances and initiate change orders where appropriate

• Project staffing and team management:

• Define roles and secure capacity across the region

• Provide day‑to‑day direction to assigned project staff, set priorities/milestones, and support performance feedback loops in partnership with line managers

• Oversight of project onboarding process:

• Own the onboarding checklist and schedule for new team members (tools/access, client/process training, quality gates); ensure onboarding tasks are planned as explicit project activities when required

• Coordinate client‑specific onboarding/training activities.

• KPI supervision and reporting:

• Oversight of Key Performance Indicators defined in the contract (timeliness, quality, efficiency, budget adherence, escalation responsiveness); report to leadership team as per defined project governance structure

• Drive continuous improvement based on Key Performance Indicator

• Notification and resolution of escalated issues related to operational deliverables:

• Own the escalation pathway (client & internal), ensuring timely notification, structured root‑cause analysis, and verified corrective/preventive actions

• The employee agrees to take over additional reasonable tasks that align with their abilities, if required

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Education:

• University degree in life science

Experience:

• Regulatory Affairs experience for a minimum of 10 years

• Good understanding of APAC markets and applicable regulatory frameworks

• Experience in Program Management

• Requires broad training and demonstrated experience in fields such as business administration, customer service, sales, marketing, operations, continuous process improvement or similar vocations generally obtained through completion of a four year bachelor's degree program or equivalent combination of experience and education; normally requires a minimum of ten (10) to fifteen (15) years of experience. PMP certification is preferred. Requires project and program management experience in a fast-paced office environment with a history of successful achievement

Minimum Skills, Knowledge and Ability Requirements

• Client Orientation

• Team Management

• Teamwork & Collaboration

• Inspiration & Motivation

• Communication

• Decision Making

• Flexibility

• Strategic Customer Engagement

• Planning & Problem Solving

What Cencora offers

​Benefit offerings outside the US may vary by country and will be aligned to local market practice. The eligibility and effective date may differ for some benefits and for team members covered under collective bargaining agreements.

Full time

Affiliated Companies

Affiliated Companies: PharmaLex Philippines Corp.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Cencora is committed to providing equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or membership in any other class protected by federal, state or local law.

The company’s continued success depends on the full and effective utilization of qualified individuals. Therefore, harassment is prohibited and all matters related to recruiting, training, compensation, benefits, promotions and transfers comply with equal opportunity principles and are non-discriminatory.

Cencora is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities during the employment process which are consistent with legal requirements. If you wish to request an accommodation while seeking employment, please call 888.692.2272 or email hrsc@cencora.com. We will make accommodation determinations on a request-by-request basis. Messages and emails regarding anything other than accommodations requests will not be returned