Life Sciences Manufacturing AI Transformation Lead

EY; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 154,000 - 257,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental coverage

Pension and 401(k)

Paid time off

Job summary

EY is looking for a Manager in Supply Chain Manufacturing to lead technology-enabled transformation programs for Life Sciences manufacturers. You will drive plant-wide improvements in production, quality, and supply reliability, coordinating multidisciplinary teams for end-to-end delivery.

The role blends practical manufacturing expertise with digital, data, AI, and delivery skills, working across MES/MOM, ERP, LIMS, and other systems in regulated environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required in engineering, life sciences, manufacturing, supply chain, information systems, business or related field.

Responsibilities

• Lead client-facing workstreams in Life Sciences manufacturing transformation with clear ownership of plans, deliverables, risks, decisions, and outcomes.
• Assess current-state production and quality processes, user needs, system landscapes, data flows, performance gaps, and site constraints.
• Translate priorities into process designs, requirements, acceptance criteria, and measurable improvements.
• Develop functional designs for batch execution, electronic batch records, recipe management, genealogy, review by exception, connected-worker workflows, maintenance, and performance management.
• Coordinate integration requirements across MES/MOM, ERP, LIMS, QMS, historians, SCADA, DCS/PLC, asset-management systems, and cloud/edge platforms.
• Define data mappings, master-data needs, interface specifications, and data-quality controls for reporting, analytics and AI use cases.
• Help deliver analytics and AI use cases by assessing data readiness, workflow fit, evaluation criteria, and human oversight.
• Work with quality and validation teams to reflect GxP, data-integrity, electronic-record, change-control, and risk-based assurance requirements.
• Oversee configuration activities and lead testing, defect resolution, deployment readiness, training, cutover, hypercare, handover.
• Facilitate sessions across manufacturing, quality, MS&T, engineering, supply chain, IT, OT, data, and technology partners.
• Manage scope, schedule, resources, quality, risks; contribute to estimates, proposals and follow-on opportunities.
• Coach junior team members and capture reusable requirements and design patterns.

Skills

Life Sciences manufacturing

Data analysis

Workshop facilitation

Delivery risk management

Client-facing leadership

Digital & AI familiarity

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, life sciences, manufacturing, supply chain, information systems, business

Tools

MES/MOM

ERP

LIMS

QMS

Historians

SCADA

DCS/PLC

Job description

EY is looking for a Manager in Supply Chain Manufacturing to lead technology-enabled transformation programs for Life Sciences manufacturers. You will drive plant-wide improvements in production, quality, and supply reliability, coordinating multidisciplinary teams for end-to-end delivery.

The role blends practical manufacturing expertise with digital, data, AI, and delivery skills, working across MES/MOM, ERP, LIMS, and other systems in regulated environments.