Project Manager

• Monday to Friday, standard day hours, 37 hours per week
• 100% onsite
  
  
  

Our Bathgate location in Scotland, UK is an integral part of Catalent’s European clinical supply services network. This facility has a comprehensive range of capabilities to support sponsors’ studies throughout the UK, Europe and beyond, including clinical supply management, FastChain® demand-led supply, clinical-scale commercial packaging, and QP release services.

Catalent’s Bathgate facility is seeking a Project Manager to join our growing team. In this pivotal role, you’ll coordinate and drive the storage, production, packaging, and distribution of clinical trial medicines—ensuring life-changing therapies reach patients around the world.

The Role

• Lead end-to-end project planning, ensuring all milestones are met in alignment with client expectations.
• Manage projects across single or multiple business lines or sites, acting as the primary point of contact for clients and coordinating timely responses to their queries.
• Facilitate and lead meetings with internal teams and clients to drive project progress and ensure delivery within scope, budget, and timeline.
• Coordinate billing milestones by notifying the Finance team of project completions.
• Champion client communication, serving as the central hub for all project-related updates and ensuring a seamless client experience.
• Represent Catalent at client meetings and conferences, promoting our full suite of services and supporting business development efforts.
• Support or lead cross-functional and cross-site project teams, contributing to departmental, site, or global initiatives.
• Mentor and train junior Project Managers and Coordinators, and support training across other functions on project management processes.
  
  
  

Candidate Requirements:

• Proven experience in project management, with strong client-facing skills and a passion for exceeding expectations.

Excellent organizational and leadership abilities, with the capacity to manage multiple projects simultaneously.

Strong communication, negotiation, and facilitation skills, both written and verbal.

A degree in a scientific discipline, an apprenticeship, or equivalent relevant experience.

Industry knowledge in pharmaceuticals, biotech, or manufacturing.

The ability to work independently, lead multi-site teams, and thrive in a global, multilingual environment.

A client-first mindset, with a consistent drive to deliver exceptional service.

Why You Should Join Catalent:

• Competitive Salary – Reflecting your experience and skills.
• Benefits – a pension scheme matching up to 7.5% and life assurance. Enjoy BUPA private medical insurance, a generous holiday entitlement that increases with tenure, and the option to trade leave.
• Career Development – Access high-quality training, mentoring, and cross-functional opportunities within Catalent’s global network. Benefit from a subscription to LinkedIn Learning, providing access to 10,000+ online courses.
• Health & Wellbeing – Includes an employee assistance programme, on-site canteen facilities, and an active safety and “Patient First” culture. Join Employee Resource Groups that foster a diverse and inclusive workplace. Plus, participate in charitable activities.
• Excellent Location – Just a few minutes’ drive from J3A of the M8, with free on-site parking.
  
  
  

Catalent offers rewarding opportunities to further your career! Join the global drug development and delivery leader and help us bring over 7,000 life-saving and life-enhancing products to patients around the world. Catalent is an exciting and growing international company where employees work directly with pharma, biopharma and consumer health companies of all sizes to advance new medicines from early development to clinical trials and to the market. Catalent produces more than 70 billion doses per year, and each one will be used by someone who is counting on us. Join us in making a difference.

personal initiative. dynamic pace. meaningful work.

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Catalent is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate based on any characteristic protected by local law.

If you require reasonable accommodation for any part of

the application or hiring process due to a disability, you may submit your request by sending an email, and confirming your request for an accommodation and include the job number, title and location to DisabilityAccommodations@catalent.com. This option is reserved for individuals who require accommodation due to a disability. Information received will be processed by a U.S. Catalent employee and then routed to a local recruiter who will provide assistance to ensure appropriate consideration in the application or hiring process.

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