Life Sciences Manufacturing AI Delivery Manager

EY; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 128,000 - 257,000; Full time

Job summary

EY is seeking a Life Sciences Manufacturing Manager to lead technology-enabled transformation across pharma and medical-device clients. You will drive end-to-end workstreams from assessment through design, testing, and deployment in regulated environments.

You'll combine practical plant-floor manufacturing knowledge with digital, data, AI and delivery skills, coordinating cross-functional teams and senior stakeholders to deliver measurable improvements in yield, quality and supply continuity.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, life sciences, manufacturing, information systems, business, or related field.
• At least 7 years of relevant Life Sciences manufacturing or technology experience.
• Experience leading client-facing manufacturing, digital, data, or technology workstreams.
• Experience in regulated manufacturing environments (pharma/biotech/medical devices).
• Ability to translate needs into process, data, and testing deliverables.
• Understanding of GxP, data integrity, change-control and validation concepts.
• Ability to travel 80-100% as required.

Responsibilities

• Lead client-facing workstreams in Life Sciences manufacturing transformation.
• Assess current-state production, quality, data flows and site constraints.
• Translate priorities into designs, requirements, acceptance criteria.
• Develop functional designs for batch execution, electronic batch records, recipe management, genealogy, and connected-worker workflows.
• Coordinate integration across MES/MOM, ERP, LIMS, QMS, historians, SCADA, DCS/PLC and cloud/edge platforms.
• Define data mappings, master-data needs, interface specifications, and data-quality controls.
• Help deliver analytics and AI use cases by assessing data readiness and workflow fit.
• Oversee configuration activities, testing, deployment readiness, training and handover.
• Facilitate sessions across manufacturing, quality, IT, data, and vendors; manage scope and risks.
• Coach junior team members and capture reusable requirements and patterns.

Skills

Life Sciences manufacturing

Workflow design

IT/OT data flows

Batch data & APIs

Analytics & AI judgment

Workshop facilitation

Client communication

Delivery-risk management

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Bachelor's degree in life sciences

Bachelor's degree in manufacturing

Bachelor's degree in information systems

Bachelor's degree in business

Tools

MES/MOM

ERP

LIMS

QMS

Historians

SCADA

DCS/PLC

Cloud platforms

Edge platforms

Job description

EY is seeking a Life Sciences Manufacturing Manager to lead technology-enabled transformation across pharma and medical-device clients. You will drive end-to-end workstreams from assessment through design, testing, and deployment in regulated environments.

You'll combine practical plant-floor manufacturing knowledge with digital, data, AI and delivery skills, coordinating cross-functional teams and senior stakeholders to deliver measurable improvements in yield, quality and supply continuity.