MES Program Lead ATSC

Job Overview

Position: MES Program Lead ATSC (Advanced Therapies Supply Chain) – Digital Strategy & Deployment

Location:

Hybrid – Spring House, PA (alternate locations: Raritan, NJ; Gent, Belgium; South Holland, Netherlands). Focus on the location that aligns with your preferences.

Job Function:
Strategy & Corporate Development;
Sub‑Function:
Digital Strategy & Deployment;
Category:
Professional.

• Accountable for the deployment of the future state end‑to‑end Manufacturing Execution System solution across ATSC sites.
• Lead site‑based project managers with support from a global team of Subject Matter Experts on batch record modelling, automation integration, business standardization, and quality.
• Ensure smooth implementation across all program functions and work streams, including solution readiness, business readiness, and transition to end‑state.
• Project manage and govern program activities, serving as primary conduit to Business Sponsor/Leads across PMO, JJT, and other collaborators to ensure objectives are achieved, interdependencies handled, and risks mitigated.
• Provide financial stewardship for a $75–$100million program budget, partnering with cross‑functional teams to validate overall program business plan and project‑level cost estimates.
• Develop aligned, integrated project plans, timelines, and clearly defined results in collaboration with site project leads.
• Identify and navigate interdependencies, risks, and challenges across sites and programs, establishing controls, cadence, and mitigation strategies.
• Support local deployment and enable consistent, predictable project execution aligned with planned outcomes.
• Help sites and the broader program achieve intended objectives, contributing to the growth and efficiency of the global program team through capability building aligned with ATSC priorities.
• Drive standardization, cost‑benefit decision‑making, and continuous improvement through collaboration with JJT, DOTS, QA, BE, and IM MAKE MES members.
• Deliver clear, engaging program updates for senior leaders, providing insights into program progress, trends, and future outlook.

• Education:
  
  Bachelor’s degree in Science, Business, IT, or related field.
• Minimum 10years of relevant work experience.
• Deep knowledge of MES deployment strategy and processes.
• Solid understanding of pharmaceutical manufacturing.
• Preferred: experience in Advanced Therapies manufacturing process.
• Proven hands‑on project management/delivery.
• Excellent interpersonal and negotiating skills with a track record of influencing and collaborating to achieve results.
• People‑management experience.
• Strong analytical, quantitative, communication, and presentation skills.
• Strong team‑management and interdependent partnering abilities.
• Effective project, timeline, and change‑management skills.
• Preferred:
  Strong communication skills with the ability to communicate clearly, making the complex clear and compelling to all levels of the organization in both written and oral forms.
• Ability to embed a culture of harmonization, process improvement, and value creation.

• Travel: up to 25% domestic and international.

• Alliance Formation
• Artificial Intelligence (AI)
• Augmented Reality (AR)
• Business Case Modeling
• Business Savvy
• Change Management
• Collaboration
• Digital Applications
• Digital Channels
• Digital Fluency
• Digital Strategy
• Disruptive Innovations
• Innovation
• Program Management
• Strategic Change
• Tactical Planning
• Technical Credibility
• Web Usability

• Alliance Formation
• Artificial Intelligence (AI)
• Augmented Reality (AR)
• Business Case Modeling
• Business Savvy
• Change Management
• Collaboration
• Digital Applications
• Digital Channels
• Digital Fluency
• Digital Strategy
• Disruptive Innovations
• Innovation
• Program Management
• Strategic Change
• Tactical Planning
• Technical Credibility
• Web Usability

Base pay range: €101,000–€174,800 (varies by location). Additional benefits include a bonus program tied to pay grade and performance, vacation days, parental leave (minimum 12weeks), bereavement leave, caregiver leave, volunteer leave, well‑being reimbursement, programs for financial, physical and mental health, service‑anniversary and…