About Pharming Group N.V.
Pharming Group N.V. is a global biopharmaceutical company dedicated to transforming the lives of patients with rare, debilitating, and life-threatening diseases. We are developing and commercializing a portfolio of innovative medicines, including small molecules and biologics. Pharming is headquartered in Leiden, the Netherlands.
Our Vision
Our Vision is to develop a leading global rare disease company with a diverse portfolio and presence in large markets, leveraging proven and efficient clinical development, supply chain, and commercial infrastructure.
Life at Pharming
Today more than ever, we're positioned to realize our vision of becoming a leading global rare disease company. Our success will come from everyone's commitment to our patients, our ability to work with focus and clarity, and our shared dedication to building something meaningful together. We can only achieve this by embracing our biotech culture, Life at Pharming, which is dynamic, experimental, and shaped by what we learn together.
As Project Manager, you will oversee complex projects within Pharming’s Global Product Strategy and Clinical Development function, ensuring effective planning, execution, and monitoring of multidisciplinary initiatives.
Working closely with the Global Product Strategy Lead and Clinical Development Lead, you will coordinate cross-functional activities and drive alignment across teams to ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope and budget, and in full compliance with quality standards and regulatory requirements.
This role is highly dynamic and hands-on, requiring a proactive, solution-oriented mindset. You bring strong organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills, enabling you to collaborate effectively with diverse stakeholders and keep projects on track in a fast-paced environment
Key responsibilities:
- A global role involving collaboration with colleagues across multiple time zones, responsible for leading project management activities for the leniolisib Integrated Product Strategy Team and Clinical Development Team.
- Builds connections that lead to high performing collaborative working relationships globally across the organization by utilizing strong interpersonal and leadership skills.
- Develop an integrated project plan across all relevant functions with overall timelines, relevant milestones and identification of interdependencies, critical path activities and associated risks and risk mitigation strategies.
- Along with other members of the Integrated Product Strategy Team and Clinical Development Teams, contribute to the development of programme strategy and work with the teams as required to drive projects through milestones.
- Contribute to the development of strategic documents and help prepare for phase transitions in collaboration with the Development Teams as required
- Responsible for high quality and accurate project planning input into enterprise planning systems
- Prepare and manage the effective coordination and facilitation of cross-functional team meetings from a project management perspective (agendas, minutes, capture actions etc)
- Provide Project Management expertise in the areas of planning, tracking, critical path analysis, risk management and budget tracking.
- Prepare and present monthly reporting to team and stakeholders to show progress, results; anticipate risks and provide recommendations and solutions.
- Other duties as assigned.
Your profile:
Bachelor’s degree required.
Minimum of 3 years’ experience in project management within a global pharmaceutical environment, including exposure to drug development phases.
PMP (or equivalent) certification strongly preferred.
Strong project management expertise, including planning (e.g., MS Project), resource and capacity management, tracking, scenario planning, budgeting, contingency planning, critical path analysis, and risk management.
Collaborative team player with strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build effective working relationships.
Adaptable and able to work effectively with diverse personalities and working styles.
Excellent communication skills, with the ability to clearly and persuasively engage stakeholders at all levels and across disciplines.
Strong prioritization skills and the ability to manage competing demands effectively.
Proven ability to influence subject matter experts and drive alignment.
Critical thinker with a results-oriented mindset.
Flexibility to work across time zones, including US-based stakeholders.
Willingness to travel to the US occasionally (approximately twice per year).
Fluent in written and spoken English.
What it’s like to work here
At Pharming, every role helps move rare disease therapies closer to the people who need them. We make it happen together, across teams, disciplines, and borders, because breakthroughs don’t happen in silos. Rare diseases are complex, and meaningful progress takes people who ask better questions, challenge each other, and turn insight into action. Here, you won’t work on the sidelines. Pharming is a place for builders, problem-solvers, and bold thinkers who move with urgency, take ownership, and stay focused on what matters most: improving the lives of people living with rare diseases. Advancing rare disease care isn’t the work of one team or one leader. It’s all of us, building what’s next together.
In addition, we offer:
- Competitive year salary
- 8.33% holiday allowance
- A minimum of 30 vacation days for a healthy work-life balance
- Excellent pension plan to secure your future
