Senior Program Manager - Syncade MES Migration

SGS Consulting; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

SGS Consulting seeks an Operational Readiness Project Manager to support a large-scale manufacturing modernization project bringing MES and electronic batch record implementation to the site. This on-site role will coordinate with cross-functional teams including MTO, QA, QE, Materials Planning, and Manufacturing.

You will lead meetings, capture minutes, manage risks and action items, develop schedules, and deliver monthly readiness dashboards.

Qualifications

• Senior leadership and strategy oriented role; not mid-level.
• Experience mapping business processes, building schedules, and setting up performance tracking.
• Technical MES knowledge is helpful but not required; emphasis on operational/quality experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead meetings, capture meeting minutes, identify and track action items, develop risk registers and mitigations, and drive the team to adhere to plan.
• Provide schedule development support and act as a point of contact for routine schedule updates.
• Track operational readiness action items, develop plans to support approach, and provide monthly status dashboards.

Job description

Job Responsibilities

The Operational Readiness Project Manager will provide support to the Operational Readiness Program Manager for assisting in daily activities related to the internal large-scale manufacturing (LSM) modernization project bringing MES and electronic batch record implementation to the site.This role will work with a cross-functional matrix team including members from MTO, QA, QE, Materials Planning, Manufacturing among other groups as it relates to interactions with design and implementation of MES functionality.This role will be responsible for leading meetings, capturing meeting minutes, identifying and tracking action items, development of risk registers and mitigations and driving the team for adherence to plan.This role will provide schedule development support as well and act as a point of contact for routine schedule updates.Responsibility for tracking operational readiness action items, development plans to support approach, and providing monthly status dashboards. This role will have no budgetary responsibilities

Skills

This position will be based on-site at an operational pharmaceutical facility in Raleigh, NCMon – Fri, standard work weeks and hours with occasional overtime as needed.Regular interaction with project teams, contractors, and site operations staff will be required.Ability to work in an open office environment with frequent distractions.Ability to work within a matrix team is required

Education / Experience

Looking for candidates in line with a senior leadership, strategy, directive role and not at a mid-level, day-to-day hands-on working perspective. While having a good technical basis in MES system is helpful and desired the individual needs to have just as much experience in the operational, quality, side to assist with mapping business processes, building schedules, setting up performance tracking, and other elements of project management & leading the integration of these with the technical MES side.