Role OverviewWe are seeking a highly experienced Senior Technical Lead - Program Standards & Knowledge Management to support a 12 month contract with a client in Raritan, NJ. The Senior Technical Lead will provide technical leadership, structure, and coordination for a complex program within a regulated life sciences environment.
What You Will Do
Develop and standardize technical playbooks, establish and maintain a structured knowledge repository, coordinate program schedules and deliverables, and ensure consistent execution across multiple stakeholders and workstreams.
Why It Might Be a Fit
The ideal candidate combines strong technical expertise with excellent organizational and leadership capabilities, and has experience supporting pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, or other regulated manufacturing environments.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Science, or a related technical discipline
- Significant experience supporting pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, or other regulated manufacturing environments
- Demonstrated experience in a senior technical, engineering, program, or project leadership role
- Strong technical writing skills with demonstrated ability to develop playbooks, procedures, technical standards, guidelines, and structured documentation
- Experience establishing or managing technical documentation repositories and knowledge-management systems
- Strong understanding of project/program scheduling, milestones, dependencies, and cross-functional coordination
- Ability to organize complex technical information and convert it into practical, scalable processes
- Demonstrated ability to work independently, establish structure in evolving environments, and drive activities to completion
- Strong leadership, facilitation, communication, and stakeholder-management skills
- Highly organized, detail-oriented, and capable of managing multiple priorities simultaneously
- Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office and collaborative/document-management platforms such as SharePoint, Teams, or equivalent systems
- 10+ years of relevant experience in engineering, technical operations, validation, manufacturing, quality, or related functions within the life sciences industry
- Experience supporting large capital programs, engineering portfolios, technology transfers, manufacturing programs, or other complex technical initiatives
- Experience developing governance models, standardized workflows, technical libraries, or knowledge-management frameworks
- Familiarity with project scheduling and planning tools
- Experience working in a matrixed organization with multiple technical disciplines and stakeholders
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