MES Deployment Lead for Pharma Manufacturing

Biopharma Asia; Schaffhausen; Hybrid; CHF 170,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Johnson & Johnson in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, seeks an MES Business Unit Lead to drive deployment, adoption, and readiness of NG MES across the Synthetics Manufacturing API. You will coordinate Operations, Quality, Technical Design and Deployment teams to deliver a business-ready MES solution.

You will lead planning, governance, training, and change activities while ensuring regulatory readiness and stakeholder alignment. Fluency in English expected; German preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Engineering, Life Sciences, IT, Manufacturing or related field.
• Experience in pharmaceutical manufacturing, quality, engineering, digital manufacturing or MES.
• Leadership experience in cross-functional deployment or transformation programs.
• Strong understanding of GMP requirements and regulated environments.
• Experience with PAS-X or comparable MES platforms preferred.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Project and program management expertise.
• Experience in business readiness, training or change management.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capability.
• Fluent English required; German preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end MES deployment within Schaffhausen Synthetics Manufacturing API.
• Lead deployment planning, scope, roadmap, rollout waves and resource alignment.
• Align Operations, Quality, Business Owners, Technical Leads and delivery teams.
• Drive fit-gap assessments and process harmonization activities.
• Coordinate Modeling, Equipment Integration, Verification, Training and Documentation workstreams.
• Ensure business readiness, operational readiness and go-live preparedness.
• Manage risks, issues, decisions and escalations.
• Lead stakeholder engagement and change adoption activities.
• Prepare governance materials and recommendations for leadership forums.
• Support continuous improvement and MES standardization.

Skills

Deployment Leadership

Project & Program Management

Stakeholder Management

GMP Compliance

Operational Readiness

Change Management

Manufacturing Operations

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in Engineering, Life Sciences, IT, Manufacturing or related field

Tools

MES

PAS-X

Digital Manufacturing

Lean Manufacturing

Process Harmonization

Training & Adoption

Validation & Verification

Agile Delivery

Job description

Johnson & Johnson in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, seeks an MES Business Unit Lead to drive deployment, adoption, and readiness of NG MES across the Synthetics Manufacturing API. You will coordinate Operations, Quality, Technical Design and Deployment teams to deliver a business-ready MES solution.

You will lead planning, governance, training, and change activities while ensuring regulatory readiness and stakeholder alignment. Fluency in English expected; German preferred.