MES Implementation Lead for Pharma Production Readiness

Automated Systems, Inc.; North Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

Automated Systems, Inc. (ASI) is seeking a Project Manager to drive the late-stage implementation of POMSnet Aquila, a web-based MES, at pharmaceutical facilities in North Chicago, IL.

The role focuses on coordinating recipe completion, testing, procedure updates, and training, while managing resources, priorities, and delivery with strong project execution and internal stakeholder alignment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Chemical, Mechanical, Electrical, Biochemical, or related Engineering discipline.
• Minimum 7+ years of experience leading projects in regulated manufacturing environments.
• Demonstrated success delivering complex, cross-functional implementation projects with competing priorities.
• Strong command of scheduling, dependency management, risk and issue management, action tracking, and project recovery.
• Proven ability to influence without direct authority, negotiate resource commitments, navigate organizational dynamics, and escalate when needed.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and stakeholder-management skills.

Responsibilities

• Own the integrated completion plan, with clear deliverables, task owners, dependencies, milestones, and readiness criteria for each product.
• Secure commitments for subject matter experts, reviewers, testers, and operators; negotiate production windows needed to complete testing, training, and implementation.
• Coordinate internal Manufacturing, MES/IT, Quality, Validation, and Training stakeholders to complete recipes, testing, issue resolution, procedure approvals, and training records.
• Build relationships across functions, understand competing demands, and use persistent follow-up to turn commitments into completed work.
• Identify obstacles early, assess schedule impacts, and drive practical recovery plans; escalate unresolved resource conflicts with clear options and decisions needed.
• Lead focused working sessions and communicate status, risks, overdue actions, and resource needs clearly to team members and leadership.
• Adapt sequencing as production priorities change, protect critical milestones, and confirm required approvals and readiness before transition to routine use.

Skills

Project management

Scheduling

Stakeholder management

Communication

Risk management

Negotiation

Influence without authority

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field

Tools

POMSnet Aquila

Job description

Automated Systems, Inc. (ASI) is seeking a Project Manager to drive the late-stage implementation of POMSnet Aquila, a web-based MES, at pharmaceutical facilities in North Chicago, IL.

The role focuses on coordinating recipe completion, testing, procedure updates, and training, while managing resources, priorities, and delivery with strong project execution and internal stakeholder alignment.