Life Sciences Manufacturing Transformation Lead

EY; Secaucus (NJ); Remote; USD 128,000 - 267,000; Full time

Job summary

EY is seeking a Life Sciences Manufacturing Manager to lead technology-enabled transformation workstreams across pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical-device clients. You will drive improvements in yield, throughput, quality, and supply reliability, coordinating cross-functional teams from assessment through deployment in regulated environments.

The role emphasizes turning plant-floor needs into actionable requirements, with responsibility for design, testing, and stabilization of solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 7+ years of relevant Life Sciences manufacturing/tech/AI/consulting experience.
• Experience leading client-facing manufacturing/digital workstreams through design and deployment.
• Experience in pharmaceutical/biotech/medical-device regulated environments.
• Ability to translate manufacturing needs into deliverables and coordinate contributors.
• Understand GxP, data integrity, change-control in digital solutions.
• Willingness to travel 80-100% as needed.

Responsibilities

• Lead client-facing workstreams in Life Sciences manufacturing transformation with ownership of plans and outcomes.
• Assess current-state production and quality processes, data flows, and site constraints through workshops and data analysis.
• Translate priorities into designs, requirements, acceptance criteria, and measurable improvements.
• Develop functional designs for batch execution, eBR, recipe management, genealogy, and related capabilities.
• Coordinate integration across MES/MOM, ERP, LIMS, QMS, historians, and cloud/edge platforms with architects and cybersecurity teams.
• Define data mappings, master data needs, interface specs, and data quality controls for reporting and analytics.
• Support analytics and AI use cases by assessing data readiness and workflow fit.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, life sciences, manufacturing, supply chain, information systems, business, or a related discipline

Job description

EY is seeking a Life Sciences Manufacturing Manager to lead technology-enabled transformation workstreams across pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical-device clients. You will drive improvements in yield, throughput, quality, and supply reliability, coordinating cross-functional teams from assessment through deployment in regulated environments.

The role emphasizes turning plant-floor needs into actionable requirements, with responsibility for design, testing, and stabilization of solutions.