Infrastructure Project Manager

Job Description

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Assist in defining project scope and objectives, involving relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility.
  
• Perform functional analysis of solutions as part of developing initial requirements.
  
• Help develop a detailed work breakdown and project plan to monitor and track progress.
  
• Support the management of relationships with project customers and stakeholders.
  
• Assist with risk management to minimize project risks.
  
• Help clarify roles and responsibilities across project teams.
  
• Coordinate internal resources and third parties/vendors for project execution.
  
• Ensure resource availability and allocation.
  
• Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation.
  
• Use corporate tools and processes for project management.
  
• Assist in managing changes to project scope, schedule, and costs.
  
• Measure project performance using appropriate tools and techniques. Report and escalate to management as needed.
  
• Support budget management and project tracking.
  
• Facilitate the effective handover of IT solutions to operations teams.
  

Qualifications, Skills & Experience:

• 5 years of experience in project management in a matrix organization.
  
• Experience managing technical projects/programs.
  
• Familiarity with the manufacturing domain is preferred.
  
• Understanding of IT/OT & Smart Manufacturing is a plus.
  
• Experience in application migration and deployment integration is advantageous.
  
• Basic knowledge of infrastructure projects involving networking, telecommunications, data centers, and server/storage technologies.
  
• Experience working globally and cross-functionally.
  
• Understanding of life sciences industries is a plus.
  
• Basic knowledge of GxP requirements.
  
• Familiarity with AGILE tools and frameworks is preferred.
  

Information Specific to the Position:

• Ability to support project delivery on time, within budget, and to a high quality.
  
• Strong analytical skills and ability to think strategically.
  
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.
  
• Strong communication, interpersonal, and relationship management skills.
  
• Basic understanding of industry-standard IT infrastructure platforms and terminology.
  
• Understanding of the application landscape, including migration, deployment, and integration.
  
• PMP Certification preferred, or ability to obtain within 6-12 months of the start date.
  
• Basic knowledge of various project delivery methodologies.
  
• GxP skills and training required.
  

Requirements

Qualifications, Skills & Experience:

• 5 years of experience in project management in a matrix organization.
  
• Experience managing technical projects/programs.
  
• Familiarity with the manufacturing domain is preferred.
  
• Understanding of IT/OT & Smart Manufacturing is a plus.
  
• Experience in application migration and deployment integration is advantageous.
  
• Basic knowledge of infrastructure projects involving networking, telecommunications, data centers, and server/storage technologies.
  
• Experience working globally and cross-functionally.
  
• Understanding of life sciences industries is a plus.
  
• Basic knowledge of GxP requirements.
  
• Familiarity with AGILE tools and frameworks is preferred.
  

Information Specific to the Position:

• Ability to support project delivery on time, within budget, and to a high quality.
  
• Strong analytical skills and ability to think strategically.
  
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.
  
• Strong communication, interpersonal, and relationship management skills.
  
• Basic understanding of industry-standard IT infrastructure platforms and terminology.
  
• Understanding of the application landscape, including migration, deployment, and integration.
  
• PMP Certification preferred, or ability to obtain within 6-12 months of the start date.
  
• Basic knowledge of various project delivery methodologies.
  
• GxP skills and training required.
  

Benefits

Requirements
Key Responsibilities Program & Project Delivery • Lead and manage multi-workstream digital programs across manufacturing, quality, laboratory, and infrastructure domains. • Drive end-to-end program delivery from planning through deployment and stabilization. • Ensure alignment of project execution with business objectives, regulatory requirements, and operational needs. • Develop and maintain integrated program roadmaps and milestones. Workstream Coordination • Coordinate execution across key digital initiatives including: o LIMS implementation and integration o Electronic Batch Record deployment o Digital Historian integration o Infrastructure and connectivity enablement o System integrations across enterprise and plant systems • Act as the central coordination point across IT, OT, Quality, Manufacturing, Engineering, and vendors. • Ensure dependencies across workstreams are actively managed. Financial & Resource Governance • Manage program budgets, forecasts, and financial tracking. • Ensure financial transparency, cost control, and benefit realization tracking. • Drive vendor cost optimization and contract alignment. • Coordinate resource planning across global and local teams. Stakeholder & Vendor Management • Interface with senior business and site leadership. • Manage system integrators and technology vendors to ensure delivery commitments. • Facilitate executive steering committee updates and governance forums. Compliance & Quality Alignment • Ensure program delivery aligns with GxP, CSV, data integrity, and regulatory expectations. • Support validation, documentation, and audit readiness activities. Risk & Issue Management • Proactively manage risks, escalations, and cross-team issues. • Ensure mitigation plans are defined and executed. ________________________________________ Required Qualifications • Minimum 10+ years experience in IT project/program management. • Strong experience delivering digital or manufacturing IT projects. • Experience working within Life Sciences, Pharmaceutical, or regulated manufacturing environments. • Demonstrated experience managing large, cross-functional programs. • Strong financial and budget management experience. • Experience managing global or multi-site projects. ________________________________________ Preferred Qualifications • Experience implementing LIMS, MES/EBR, Digital Historian, or similar manufacturing systems. • Understanding of IT/OT convergence environments. • Familiarity with GxP, validation, and regulated IT systems. • PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent project management certification. • Exposure to Smart Manufacturing / Industry 4.0 initiatives. ________________________________________ Key Skills • Program & portfolio management • Cross-functional coordination • Financial & budget governance • Stakeholder engagement • Vendor & contract management • Risk & escalation management • Strong communication and leadership skills • Ability to operate in global, matrix organizations ________________________________________ Success Measures • On-time and within-budget delivery of digital programs • Successful coordination across workstreams • Strong stakeholder satisfaction • Compliance and validation readiness • Financial governance adherence