Sr. R&D Project Manager

Job Description

Job Description

Location: Alachua, FL

Annual Bonus Eligibility: Up to $10,000, plus relocation reimbursement offered.

Evergen is a global industry-leading contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) in regenerative medicine. As the only regenerative medicine company that offers a differentiated portfolio of allograft and xenograft biomaterials at scale, Evergen is headquartered in Alachua, FL, and has manufacturing facilities in West Lafayette, IN; Eden Prairie and Glencoe, MN; Neunkirchen, Germany; Glasgow, UK; and Marton, New Zealand.

We are proud to be Great Place to Work® Certified in 2026 , reflecting our commitment to creating an exceptional employee experience and workplace culture. Evergen currently has full-time career opportunities available across multiple locations.

Our comprehensive benefits package includes:

• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• 401(k) with up to a 6% company match
• Holiday pay
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability coverage
• Paid parental leave and much more!

Read more about this change and Evergen’s commitment to advancing regenerative medicine here:

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Champions multiple project teams and their objectives, driving team engagement and execution toward milestone and project success, ensuring alignment with corporate strategy and objectives.
• Has subject matter expertise across all knowledge areas of project management and uses this expertise to proactively manage difficult projects, fostering team resourcefulness, conflict-resolution, and creativity to solve challenging problems by motivating peers and facilitating effective team environments
• Develops and utilizes the tools of project management to support key activities including planning, project risk management, communications, execution of the design control process, and financial oversight, and disseminates this knowledge to colleagues.
• Acts as a project management thought leader, including supporting larger project management program development activities across the broader organization
• Highly collaborative, both horizontally and vertically, for important decision making, prioritization, stakeholder buy-in, and escalation at appropriate times
• Seeks and delivers feedback with appropriate candor to enhance team performance
• Eliminates or minimizes project risks by eliciting key risks and potential solutions from stakeholders on an ongoing basis
• Communicates project progress and seeks input with executive leadership at project stage gates
• Understands the financial impacts of projects, return on investment (ROI), cost estimation, and forecasted timelines
• Mentors and coaches other members of the project management team
• Junior staff may directly report to this position
• Other duties as assigned

REQUIREMENTS

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field

Experience

• 6+ years of project management in medical device

Certification

• PMP certification, preferred

Skills

• Excellent verbal and written communication
• Microsoft Office Suite
• Project Management
• Computer Aided Drafting (CAD) software
• Statistical analysis software
• Design Control and Design History Files

Travel

• N/A

SAFETY

Physical Requirement

• Move or lift objects up to 25 pounds
• Frequent (>75%) stationary position (standing or sitting) while utilizing digital displays
• Frequent (>75%) fine manipulation using hands and fingers (typing, opening, writing, clicking, paper sorting, etc.)

Working Environment

• Onsite: Office environment with assigned workstation

More about Evergen:

Evergen provides customers across a diverse set of market segments with leading-edge expertise, scale, and flexibility across end-to-end services including design, development, regulatory support, verification and validation, manufacturing, and supply chain management.

Evergen is rooted in a steadfast commitment to quality, integrity, and patient safety with a focus on five key values:

• Accountable: We own our actions and decisions.
• Agile: We embrace change to stay ahead of the curve and evolve to drive innovation and growth.
• Growth Mindset : We embrace challenges as opportunities for continuous learning.
• Customer-Centric: We prioritize customers at every touch point.
• Inclusive: We thrive on the richness of our diversity and ensure every voice is heard, respected, and celebrated.

At Evergen, we are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where we embrace the richness of our diversity and ensure that every voice is heard, respected, and celebrated. We believe that by embracing diversity and promoting inclusivity, we not only uphold our values but also strengthen our position as the CDMO of Choice in regenerative medicine solutions. We recognize that cultivating a growth mindset is essential to our success, and we are dedicated to continuous learning and improvement in our diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. Through accountability and action, we strive to create an environment where individuals can thrive, innovate, and contribute their unique perspectives to drive our collective success.

Montagu Private Equity (“Montagu”), a leading European private equity firm, acquired RTI in 2020 and has supported the transformation of the company to its next level of potential.

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