MES Deployment Leader, Digital Manufacturing

Johnson & Johnson Co.; Schaffhausen; On-site; CHF 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Johnson & Johnson is seeking a MES BU Lead in Schaffhausen to drive the deployment, adoption, and readiness of the Next Generation MES across the Schaffhausen Synthetics Manufacturing API. You will coordinate ops, quality, and technical teams to deliver a robust MES solution and sustain gains.

You will lead planning, governance, and change adoption, ensuring business readiness and regulatory compliance while collaborating with global manufacturing stakeholders.

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.
• GMP requirements and regulated environments understanding.
• Experience with PAS-X or comparable MES platforms preferred.
• Stakeholder management and clear communication skills.
• Project and program management expertise.
• Experience in business readiness, training or change management.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capability.
• Fluent English; 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

MES PAS-X

Digital Manufacturing

Lean Manufacturing

Process Harmonization

Training & Adoption

Validation & Verification

Agile Delivery

Education

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

Tools

PAS-X

Job description

Johnson & Johnson is seeking a MES BU Lead in Schaffhausen to drive the deployment, adoption, and readiness of the Next Generation MES across the Schaffhausen Synthetics Manufacturing API. You will coordinate ops, quality, and technical teams to deliver a robust MES solution and sustain gains.

You will lead planning, governance, and change adoption, ensuring business readiness and regulatory compliance while collaborating with global manufacturing stakeholders.