TITLE:Senior Project Manager
LOCATION: Everett, WA or Bellevue, WA/Full-Time
The TerraPower Isotopes® (TPI™) has been established to pursue medical isotopes development--advancing nuclear science for significant human health benefits. We seek to support revolutionary radiotherapies for treatments of various cancers through the supply of radioisotopes. TPI currently produces actinium-225 for the growing alpha therapy market and intends to expand.
The TerraPower Isotopes (TPI) business is an integral part of the Washington State based TerraPower team, a company working to raise living standards globally. In 2006, the company originated with Bill Gates and a group of like-minded visionaries who evaluated the fundamental challenges to raising living standards around the world. TerraPower’s mission is to be a world leader in new nuclear technologies, while developing innovators and future leaders in the nuclear field.
TPI is seeking to hire highly motivated and forward-thinking professionals who are interested in focusing on advanced radiopharmaceutical applications and influencing change within nuclear medicine. TerraPower is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. In addition, as a federal contractor, TerraPower has instituted an Affirmative Action Plan (AAP) to proactively recruit, hire, and promote women, minorities, disabled persons and veterans.
Senior Project Manager
TerraPower Isotopes (TPI) is seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead the delivery of a major capital expansion within an operating radiopharmaceutical manufacturing environment. This role is responsible for end-to-end technical and project leadership, spanning procurement, design, installation, commissioning, and validation.
The Senior Project Manager will act as the technical and execution leader, responsible for integrating internal engineering, quality, and operations teams with external engineering, construction, and equipment partners. This role is empowered to drive technical direction, resolve engineering issues, and make timely project decisions based on multidisciplinary input. The Senior Project Manager is accountable for maintaining alignment across all parties and for protecting the project schedule, escalating decisions as required to ensure milestones are met.
This position requires a hands-on, technically grounded leader capable of driving alignment, resolving complex engineering issues, and making timely, well-informed decisions in a regulated environment.
Responsibilities:
•Lead the execution of a complex capital project spanning procurement, detailed design, install, commissioning, and validation of new manufacturing capabilities.
•Serve as the primary technical and execution integrator across internal engineering, quality, operations, and business stakeholders and external engineering, construction, and equipment partners.
•Drive technical decision-making and issue resolution to maintain project momentum, incorporating appropriate cross-functional input while protecting the critical path schedule.
•Work with the master scheduler to plan, manage, and maintain the integrated master schedule. Identifying risks, constraints, and opportunities and taking proactive action to preserve key milestones.
•Oversee vendor and contractor performance, including scope alignment, technical deliverables, schedule adherence, and change control.
•Ensure project execution aligns with applicable cGMP, quality, safety, and regulatory expectations, coordinating closely with Quality, Engineering, and Health Physics leadership.
•Monitor and communicate project status using clear, decision-focus reporting of schedule, cost, risks, and technical issues.
•Identify, assess, and escalate project risks and conflicts in a timely manner, recommending mitigation strategies and decision paths as needed.
•Maintain accurate project documentation, including schedules, risk registers, decision logs, and executive updates.
•Support engineering design reviews and readiness activities, coordinating required approvals while recognizing final engineering authority resides with the Directors of Engineering and Technology.
Key Qualification and Skills:
•B.S degree, with M.S., MBA or advanced degree preferred in Engineering, Chemistry, Pharmacy or related subject or relevant similar experience
•5+ years of project management experience in a regulated environment (life sciences, biotech, pharma, nuclear, aerospace, medical device, or similar).
•Demonstrated success leading projects through design, procurement, installation and commissioning.
•Familiarity with cleanroom, containment (hot cell and glovebox), and facility retrofit projects strongly preferred
•Proficiency with Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS), risk management, and integrated scheduling tools.
•Strong working knowledge of project management software such as MS Project, Primavera, or equivalent.
•PMP certification (or equivalent) preferred.
•Familiarity with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), Quality by Design (QbD), and validation protocols.
•Strong interpersonal skills with demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams and drive accountability.
•Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including executive-level reporting.
•The successful candidate will possess a high degree of trust and integrity, communicate openly, and display respect and a desire to foster teamwork.
Job Functions:
Job Functions are physical actions and/or working conditions associated with the position.These functions may also constitute essential functions for the job which the employee must be able to fulfill, with or without accommodation.Information provided below is to help describe the job so that the applicant has a reasonable understanding of the job duties/expectations.An applicant's ability to perform and/or tolerate these actions and conditions will be discussed, and workplace accommodations may be made on a case-by-case basis following an individualized assessment of the applicant and other considerations, including but not limited to any governing safety standards.
•Motor Abilities: Sitting for extended periods, bending/stooping, grasping/gripping, fine motor control (hands)
•Physical exertion and/or requirements: Minimal, with ability to safely lift up to 25 pounds
•Repetitive work: Prolonged
•Special Senses: Visual and audio focused work
•Work Conditions: Stairs, typing/keyboard, standard and/or sitting working environment of >8 hrs/day
• Position is based in Everett, WA and work on-site in a radiochemical production laboratory is required.
•Travel required 5-20%
TPI’s technology is controlled for export by various agencies of the U.S. Government.TPI must evaluate applicants who are foreign nationals (other than asylees, refugees, or lawful permanent residents) in accordance with U.S. Government export control requirements.To facilitate export control reviews, you will be asked as part of the application process to identify whether you are a U.S. Citizen or national, asylee, refugee, or lawful permanent resident of the United States.Government export authorization approval times vary.Based on the business needs for a particular position, The Company may not consider a foreign national from a country if it is impracticable to obtain timely Government export approval.
Job details
Job Type:Full-time
Salary Range L11: $138,685 - $208,027
Salary Range L10: $117,922 - $176,883
*Typically, our employee salaries are within .90 – 1.0 of the mid-point of the posted salary band.Any salary offered within the posted salary band is based on market data and commensurate with the selected individual’s qualifications and experience.This range is specific to Washington State.
Benefits:
•Competitive Compensation
•Salary, eligible to participate in discretionary short-term incentive payments
•Comprehensive Medical and Wellness Benefits for family or individual
•Vision
•Dental
•Life
•Life and Disability
•Gender Affirmation Benefits
•Parental Leave
•401k Plan
•Generous Paid Time Off (PTO)
•21 days of annually accrued PTO
•Generous Holiday Schedule
•10 paid holidays
•Relocation Assistance
•Professional and Educational Support Opportunities
•Flexible Work Schedule
Please visit https://www.terrapower.com/careers/ to apply
