Project Manager apprentice (GWE) - Pfizer
Qualification Requirements
• 5 GCSEs at grades C/4 or above (or equivalent) including mathematics and English.
• You must have gained a minimum of 96 UCAS points from a minimum of 2 A Level subjects or equivalent
Salary - £20,500 per annum
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
- Onsite Parking
- Employee Recognition/Awards
Location - Pfizer Ltd, Walton Oaks, Dorking Road, Tadworth, Surrey, KT20 7NS
Working Hours
Monday to Thursday, 9am – 5.25pm. Fridays, 9am – 4.05pm
12pm - 12.45pm lunch break
Duration - 48 months
Start Date - 1st September 2026
Interview Date - The Assessment Centre for this position will be on the week commencing March 23rd 2026
Closing Date for Applications - 27th February 2026
To Apply
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Job Description
Global Workplace Experience (GWE) Project Management Group is a key function within GWE supporting the global execution of all significant projects across the global portfolio, ensuring alignment with business objectives, design standards, and sustainability goals
Our mission is to ensure a best-in-class workplace that matters to our colleagues, to the business and to the enterprise.
- We influence a highly engaged global organisation that capitalises on external market knowledge.
- We deliver workplaces that encourage innovation and drive productivity.
- We create work experiences that enable our customers to do their best work.
- We establish dynamic relationships with the business to appreciate and anticipate needs and align prioritises.
Job Responsibilities
The Apprentice will support the Commercial Developed Markets Lead in various operational and organisational tasks, including programme management, organisational support, financial analysis, communications, and scheduling/governance tracking. This role involves coordinating activities, maintaining documentation, and ensuring smooth progress against deliverables. Additionally, the apprentice will assist in programme planning and execution, gaining hands-on experience in business management and project management.
The individual will be a key team member contributing and managing projects that vary from process improvements to organisational governance support, enabling use your project management skills to bring innovative solutions to our work. You will get the chance to work with regional teams for cross-site collaboration on your day-to-day responsibilities as well as taking gradual ownership of the projects you become involved with over time.
- Assist in the planning and scheduling of project activities.
- Coordinate and track project tasks to ensure timely completion.
- Support the preparation of project status reports and presentations.
- Communicate with team members and stakeholders to gather information and provide updates.
- Identify and escalate any issues or risks to the GWE Commercial Lead.
- Participate in project meetings and take detailed minutes.
- Assist in the development and implementation of project management processes and tools.
- Conduct finance analysis and support decision-making activities.
- Manage data, including data validation and ensuring data accuracy.
- Maintain and update organizational charts and headcount records.
- Ensure compliance with company policies and regulatory requirements.
- Follow up with team members and stakeholders to ensure timely completion of tasks and deliverables
Candidate Requirements
Skills
- Excellent verbal, written and presentation skills
- Ability to work effectively both alone and in a close-knit team environment
- Ability to problem-solve; question, analyse and propose innovative solutions
- Excellent planning and organization skills, including the ability to manage time effectively and multi-task between competing assignments
- Technically competent in Microsoft Office – Proficient Microsoft excel skills are favourable
Personal Qualities
- High level of attention to detail
- Adaptable, with a willingness to learn`
- Self-motivated
- Personal confidence, pro-activity and enthusiasm
- Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues and clients and voice constructive opinions to Senior Management
- Comfortable both leading projects, and working cohesively with a team to achieve a desired goal
- A strong cultural awareness of national diversity across the region
Training To Be Delivered
Qualification to be delivered: BSc Project Manager
Apprenticeship Standard: Project Manager
Training Provider: Cumbria University
Delivery model: Training for this role will be delivered online
Future Prospects
Upon successful completion of the apprenticeship, you will be eligible to apply for other positions within the business.
Things To Be Considered
The apprentice must be able to demonstrate the required attitudes, behaviours and interpersonal skills associated with the professional workplace. The apprentice must be willing to commit an amount of personal time to study. Please ensure you check out travel options to be able to commute to the workplace.
About Pfizer
You’re the future. Your ambition, talents, ideas and unique way of looking at the world will help us drive innovation in every part of our business.
At Pfizer, we apply science and our global resources to bring therapies to people that extend and significantly improve their lives. We strive to set the standard for quality, safety and value in the discovery, development and manufacture of health care products, including innovative medicines and vaccines. Every day, Pfizer colleagues work across developed and emerging markets to advance wellness, prevention, treatments and cures that challenge the most feared diseases of our time.
We need people with a hugely diverse range of talents. Love Science? Want to work on the business side? Get stuck into an apprenticeship to launch your career.
Pfizer’s apprenticeship scheme, run in partnership with Cogent Skills, offers the best of both worlds. You’ll work with world-leaders in your field, from researchers to business gurus. You’ll study towards a nationally recognised academic or professional qualification. And all the time, you’ll be earning a highly competitive salary.
Looking for an alternative to college or university, where you can earn while you learn, and build experience with a global leader? Find it at Pfizer.
- Department
- Business Support
- Role
- Apprenticeship Degree (Level 5, 6 or 7)
- Locations
- Surrey
- Company
- Pfizer
- Industry Sector
- Life Sciences
- Role Level
- Level 6 Apprenticeship
- Full Address
- Pfizer Ltd, Walton Oaks, Dorking Road, Tadworth, Surrey, KT20 7NS
Pfizer, Tadworth
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