PAT Strategy Lead: Process Analytics for Manufacturing

Cognizant; Ciudad de México; Hybrid; MXN 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a PAT Specialist (Manager) to partner with manufacturing SMEs and cross‑functional teams to drive discovery, define requirements, and ensure GMP‑ready PAT use cases across the client’s manufacturing network.

This hands‑on, facilitative role blends PAT expertise with delivery leadership, risk management, and ROI modeling to deliver scalable solutions and ensure successful pilot and scale‑up.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience implementing PAT (Process Analytical Technology), including technology selection, validation strategy, and regulatory/GMP requirements.
• Strong knowledge of manufacturing operations and the interfaces across Manufacturing, Quality, Engineering, and Digital/IT.
• Working expertise in GMP expectations, electronic records/data integrity, and computerized system implementation/validation practices.
• Excellent workshop facilitation, stakeholder management, and documentation skills, with executive‑ready communication.
• Proven ability to build integrated project timelines, cost models, and ROI business cases in a regulated manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead structured discovery workshops with client SMEs to define scope, business value, and success measures for PAT use cases.
• Translate manufacturing needs into clear requirements and delivery‑ready documentation (process, data, system, validation, and operating model needs).
• Evaluate PAT technology options (fit, feasibility, integration, and compliance), supporting vendor engagement and selection; obtain vendor quotes, build cost models, and develop ROI/financial return cases for prioritized PAT use cases.
• Build and maintain integrated PAT project timelines, explicitly incorporating GMP, validation, data integrity, and regulatory deliverables; coordinate cross‑functionally with Manufacturing, Quality, Engineering, VMRD, Regulatory and client's Technology & Digital teams to align on responsibilities, controls, and readiness.
• Support implementation partners through requirements clarification, risk/issue management, and milestone execution toward pilot and scale‑up.
• Consistently demonstrate the Cognizant Way to Lead, which means operating with Personal Leadership, Organizational Leadership, and Business Leadership.

Skills

Workshop facilitation

Stakeholder management

Documentation

ROI modeling

Project scheduling

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a PAT Specialist (Manager) to partner with manufacturing SMEs and cross‑functional teams to drive discovery, define requirements, and ensure GMP‑ready PAT use cases across the client’s manufacturing network.

This hands‑on, facilitative role blends PAT expertise with delivery leadership, risk management, and ROI modeling to deliver scalable solutions and ensure successful pilot and scale‑up.