Manufacturing IT Project Manager with Life Science Experience

Manufacturing IT Project Manager with Life Science Experience

Posted 3 days ago by 1765871154

Negotiable
Outside
Remote
USA

Summary: The Manufacturing IT Project Manager with Life Science Experience is responsible for planning, overseeing, and documenting projects related to Enterprise Asset Management and equipment calibration within the life sciences sector. This role requires strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple sites while ensuring compliance with regulatory standards. The position is remote but requires the candidate to work in EST hours. The project manager will coordinate activities across various sites to align with organizational goals and drive project execution effectively.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Manage key project deliverables for validated environments.
  • Oversee patch management and system upgrades.
  • Implement validated reports and metrics.
  • Coordinate validated interfaces with other systems.
  • Drive ongoing PPI process improvement for the platform.
  • Set deadlines, assign responsibilities, and monitor project progress.
  • Establish and maintain relationships with third parties/vendors.
  • Oversee active site projects ensuring timely delivery within budget.
  • Lead teams to resolve project risks and issues.
  • Verify core program deliverables meet regulatory standards.
  • Communicate issues or risks effectively and develop mitigation plans.
  • Prepare tasks, timelines, and reports on project performance.
  • Work with sites on data analysis for best practices.
  • Optimize resource allocations for multiple-site projects.

Key Skills:

  • Ability to work independently in a complex environment.
  • Demonstrated leadership and guidance skills.
  • Strong team-building capabilities.
  • Basic understanding of IT systems and processes.
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
  • Ability to drive changes to project scope and schedule.
  • Strong presentation skills for various management levels.
  • Self-motivated and independent thinker.
  • Critical thinking and decision-making skills under pressure.
  • Excellent relationship-building skills.
  • Leadership skills to influence stakeholders.
  • Meticulous attention to detail.
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills.

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: undetermined

Country: USA

Working Arrangements: remote

IR35 Status: outside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT

Detailed Description From Employer:

Hello;

Manufacturing IT Project Manager with Life Science Experience Domain

Job Location- Remote (Candidate needs to work in EST Hours)

Long Term

Note- Once you share the profiles for the Manufacturing IT Project Manager, please provide the skill matrix in the format given below

Skill/ Module Worked on? (Yes/No) Years of Experience

Manufacturing PM Yes 8+

Life Science Domain Yes 8+

Asset Management Yes 8+

Regulatory Compliance and Validation Yes 8+

Equipment Calibration Yes 5+

Project Management Yes 10+

Project Overview:

The role of Manufacturing IT Project Manager is to plan, oversee, and document all aspects of Enterprise Asset Management and equipment calibration software projects. Life Science Industry Solution experience is required for GMP, validation, and regulatory compliance risks. Solid organizational skills including attention to detail and multitasking skills to manage multiple sites concurrently are required for the following new functionality:

KPI Dashboard Expansion for non OMX Maximo sites (MON/ FER/ CTD)

New Key Performance Indicator Reports for Asset Bad Actors

Label Printing for Sites

EAM Archival Tool

OMX Database Encryption.

The project objectives are to work with the business to create and implement a global standardized EAM solution within the organization for a standard Preventive Maintenance (PM) and Computerized Maintenance Management and Calibration Management system. The PM role is responsible for delivering multiple new functionality for OMX across 11 sites as part of the end of year global initiatives for the Maintenance Excellence Program.

The IT Project Manager coordinates activities between multiple-site project to ensure alignment with the organization's goals for data migration into GMP Maintenance and Manufacturing Systems. Importantly, this individual is recognized as a driver of project execution, ensuring commitments are met while facilitating communication between key stakeholders.

Role Scope / Deliverables:

o Manages key project deliverables for validated environments.

o Patch management and system upgrades

o Validated report implementation and metrics

o Validated interfaces with other systems

o Ongoing PPI process improvement for platform

Sets deadlines, assigns responsibilities, monitors and summarizes progress of projects.

Coordinates multiple-site projects within program scope by overseeing all aspects of projects based on the VMP.

Establishes and maintains relationships with third parties/vendors including the coordination of internal resources and third parties/vendors for the flawless execution of projects.

Oversees active site projects with regular monitoring and support from upper management, ensuring all assigned projects are delivered on time and within the allocated budget.

Leads the team to resolve project risks and issues (including resource constraints affecting the sites) with assistance from upper management, development teams/ vendors, compliance and quality teams (site/ corporate), subject matter experts, and IT support teams.

Verifies core program deliverables meet regulatory standards and all site project deliverables are in line with the defined Validation Master Plans for OneMaximo

Communicates issues or risks in a timely and effective manner and develops risk mitigation plans to address and resolve scenarios which arise.

Prepares tasks, timelines, and reports on corporate program/ site project performance.

Work with sites on Data analysis regarding source data for best practices to load into the OMX application

Optimizes resource allocations for multiple-site projects

Key Skills:

Ability to work with limited guidance in a matrixed, complex environment while owning responsibility for outcomes of the OMX program/ site projects remote management, self-directed management, and drive are critical

Must demonstrate the ability to help guide and lead the work of others

Builds strong teams who are willing to go beyond expected or assigned roles

Possess a basic understanding and acumen of IT systems, environments, and processes

Excellent interpersonal and communications skills with the ability to interact effectively with others internal and external to the Company

Drives changes to the project scope and schedule while maintaining SDLC/ Validation requirements

Strong presentation skills with proven experience delivering formal presentations to various levels of management

Self-motivated and independent thinker who can translate circumstances and understanding into actions that move the business forward; ability to work independently without significant direction

Excellent critical thinking, troubleshooting, crisis management, and decision-making skills, with the ability to do the right thing under pressure and tight deadlines in a complex, matrixed environment

Excellent interpersonal and relationship building skills, with the ability to work effectively with a variety of other personal styles

Excellent leadership skills with the ability to influence stakeholders and team members in other departments/ teams over which the Project Manager has no direct managing authority

Meticulous attention to detail and a passion for driving execution at a detailed level, while still maintaining the ability to see the big picture

Excellent oral and written communication skills