Project Manager apprentice (GRRS) - Pfizer
Cogent Ssc Limited
Kent (CT13 9ND)
Closes on Friday 6 March 2026
Posted on 6 January 2026
Contents
Summary
This is a great opportunity to work for one of the world’s innovative pharmaceutical companies. Pfizer is looking to recruit a Project Manager to support the Global Registrations & Renewal Support Team
- Wage
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£20,500 a year
- Training course
- Project manager (integrated degree) (level 6)
- Hours
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Monday - Thursday, 9.00am - 5.25pm, Friday, 9.00am - 4.05pm
37 hours a week
- Start date
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Tuesday 1 September 2026
- Duration
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4 years
- Positions available
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Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
The Regulatory International Operations organization spans over ten Pfizer offices in more than seven time zones. Each year the group supports approximately 40,000 submissions to 175 countries around the world, within both established and emerging markets. The group operates in a dynamic business environment and is a key contributor in ensuring quality dossiers are submitted on time to Health Authorities for the Pfizer portfolio. The Global Registrations & Renewal Support (GRRS) team are a team of operational experts that sit under Regulatory International Operations.
The GRRS team has a strong continuous improvement, project management and change management focus. The team specializes in sourcing Regulatory certificates and samples for the Emerging Market submissions while constantly evaluating and redesigning existing regulatory and operational processes. The team also perform cross-functional critical issue remediation and lead project/change management initiatives at a global scale.
As the Pharmaceutical Industry evolves Regulatory Operations act as a key stakeholders in the innovation, design, and implementation of new technical solutions, process designs and deployment through the global teams and networks.
Job Responsibilities:
This role will support initiatives of varying complexity, for which Regulatory Operations is either an owner or a major stakeholder.
The GRRS apprentice will:
- Work in a busy, diverse regulatory environment developing critical business skills and be a valued member of a multidisciplinary team
- Day-to-day delivery of regulatory certificates & product samples, working closely with senior leaders of the organisation
Logistics coordination:
- Contribute to and manage global projects which aim to drive growth, improve business process and overall consolidate Pfizer’s position as the premier pharmaceutical company. Typical projects can include working on business transformation, building new capabilities, increasing business efficiency, re-designing complex processes or program management efforts in the regulatory operations arena
- Partner with internal & external colleagues to support the operation and evaluation of existing processes, driving continuous improvement, learning and applying a variety of continuous improvement tools and methodologies
Main duties and Responsibilities:
- Support business analysis and project management efforts to assist in ensuring the success of a broad variety of global initiatives and projects
- Issue resolution and escalation for assigned projects
- Recognise and analyze potential issues and provide a systematic approach to the solutions of these issues while noting any practical constraints
- Contribute business solutions through influential partnerships with internal and external colleagues
- Act as a key contributor within the areas of process development, decision making, and change management in the context of regulatory operations
- Support cross-functional, global teams as appropriate
- Develop and maintain documented procedures and guidelines as necessary
- Support in future recruitment of Undergraduates and/or apprentices
Where you'll work
Discovery Park
Ramsgate Road
Sandwich
Kent
CT13 9ND
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
THE UNIVERSITY OF CUMBRIA
Training course
Project manager (integrated degree) (level 6)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Governance Frameworks: Lead and take responsibility for the project management plan as required by the governance structure. Apply techniques and project management methodologies as appropriate, dependent upon project complexity and criticality to the organisational environment in which a project is being delivered. Maintain, review and communicate a project business case for approval through the stages of a typical project lifecycle ensuring continued value for money and continued alignment with organisational objectives.
- The Business Environment: Identify and analyse the context, opportunities and challenges presented by projects in a range of organisational settings, appreciating the differences within both large and small organisations and in different industry sectors and the consequent need for tailoring. Identify the operating constraints that apply to projects including ethical, legal and regulatory considerations. This may include the green economy and the impacts of strategies for achieving net carbon zero by 2050.
- Stakeholder and communications management: Lead and take responsibility for the identification and analysis of internal and external stakeholders and their impact on the project. Manage an effective project communication plan across stakeholders with different cultural and physical barriers. Analyse information and communicate with stakeholders incorporating elements of feedback to understand and measure the effectiveness of planned communications. Effectively listen and influence others through negotiation and persuasion.
- Control of projects in terms of time, cost and quality: Manage the project within the constraints of time, cost and quality. Control expenditure and produce status reports as required, including control of costs against budgets, forecasting, and establishing performance indicators as required by funding sources. Measure progress and actual costs against plans to determine a full understanding of project performance. Identify, achieve and maintain quality standards appropriate to the context and specific requirements of project activities.
- Risk Management: Ensure that project risks, opportunities and issues are addressed using quantitative and qualitative methods to categorise risks and their impacts. Identify, evaluate and implement appropriate mitigation strategies, ensuring that mitigation actions are incorporated into the project plan and are implemented should they develop into issues. Manage risk through the regular review of a risk management plan, adopting appropriate strategies to manage both threats and opportunities.
- Commercial and Contract management: Maintain and evaluate different commercial contract and procurement types to select appropriate options for specific programmes and projects. Support effective contract management and the achievement of programme and project outcomes.
- Project Change Control: Dependent upon the size and complexity of a project, define and apply a recognised process to manage change in projects. Make effective decisions in the interests of a range of stakeholders with regards to change requests. Handle change within different project management methodologies.
- Schedule Management: Evaluate requirements and methods for data capture and analysis in a project environment. Evaluate project schedule integrity including identification and resolution of scheduling problems. Apply resource acquisition and management techniques to balance programme and project needs against resource demand. Negotiate the allocation and scheduling of internal and external resources to meet programme and project demands.
Training schedule
Training for this apprenticeship will be completed online
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
A Level in:
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Presentation skills
- Administrative skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Patience
About this employer
As the specialists in skills for science and technology, our purpose is to make sure your business; your people and our industry are future ready. We are a not-for-profit charitable organisation with a family of commercially focused companies committed to supporting the skills, needs and ambitions across the UK science and technology sector.
Company benefits
- Holiday Allowance - 25.5 Days
- Holiday Allowance, plus Bank Holidays
- Pension - Employee 5%, Employer 3%
- Flexible Working Hours
- Casual Dress
- Discount Scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Onsite Canteen
Disability Confident
A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.
You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.
After this apprenticeship
- Upon successful completion of the apprenticeship, you will be eligible to apply for other positions within the business
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
THE UNIVERSITY OF CUMBRIA
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000006909.
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Closes on Friday 6 March 2026
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