Senior IT Project Manager – OT Infrastructure in Pharma

Description

The company is a Business and IT boutique consultancy focused on life sciences, serving pharma, healthcare and animal health clients.

It has more than 450 staff in 25 offices worldwide and concentrates on S4HANA, data and cloud, and newer technologies.

This senior role manages IT/OT infrastructure projects in pharma manufacturing plants, where compliance, reliability and business goals all matter.

You will work with several groups at once: IT, engineering, manufacturing, quality and external vendors.

Responsibilities

• Run complete IT/OT infrastructure projects at pharma manufacturing sites, from start to close.
• Plan and oversee the rollout, upgrades and upkeep of OT infrastructure, including industrial networks, servers, virtualization and related systems.
• Make IT and OT systems work together smoothly so manufacturing keeps running.
• Own project scope, schedule, budget, resources, risks and deliverables.
• Work with IT, OT, engineering, automation, manufacturing, quality and validation teams.
• Keep work compliant with pharma rules, including GMP/GxP and relevant data integrity standards.
• Coordinate infrastructure qualification and validation with the quality and validation teams.
• Direct suppliers, system integrators and technology partners.
• Apply industrial cybersecurity practice, covering network segmentation, access control and risk handling.
• Handle project documentation, reporting, stakeholder updates and governance.
• Spot project risks and dependencies, build mitigation plans and escalate when needed.
• Deliver projects with minimal disruption to live manufacturing.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in IT, computer science, engineering, automation or a related field.
• Substantial IT project management background, ideally in pharma manufacturing or another heavily regulated industry.
• Proven record running IT/OT infrastructure projects in industrial or manufacturing settings.
• Solid grasp of IT infrastructure: servers, virtualization, storage, networking and infrastructure services.
• Working knowledge of OT: industrial networks, automation systems and manufacturing infrastructure.
• Experience working in GMP/GxP-regulated environments.
• Experience with project methods such as PMP, PRINCE2, Agile or hybrid approaches.
• Proven skill managing cross-functional teams, budgets, schedules and external vendors.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication and problem-solving skills.
• Fluent English.
• Strong leadership and project management skills.
• Excellent planning, organization and coordination abilities.
• Experience managing complex projects in regulated environments.
• Ability to communicate with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Solid risk, issue and change management skills.
• Ability to balance competing priorities and deliver results in a changing environment.
• An advantage: knowledge of computer system validation (CSV) and/or computer software assurance (CSA).
• Preferred: IT/OT infrastructure integration in pharma manufacturing.
• Preferred: industrial network architecture and segmentation.
• Preferred: server infrastructure, virtualization and data center technologies.
• Preferred: MES, SCADA, DCS and PLC manufacturing systems.
• Preferred: OT cybersecurity principles and industrial security frameworks.
• Preferred: GMP-compliant infrastructure and validated systems.
• Preferred: GAMP 5 and ISA/IEC 62443 standards, where applicable.

Conditions

Work takes place in regulated pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities.