Senior Manager​/Program Manager; Lenexa

Job Summary

CEdge has an opportunity for a Senior Manager / Program Manager – IT Digital Project Management (Life Sciences), located in ST louis & Lenexa US. If you are ready to work alongside world-renowned technology experts and carry the skills below, this is the opportunity that will inevitably take your career to unbelievable levels!

We are seeking an experienced IT Digital Program Manager to lead and coordinate large-scale digital transformation initiatives across manufacturing and laboratory environments within the Life Sciences / Pharmaceutical domain.

This role will oversee the end-to-end implementation and coordination of multiple digital work streams, including:

• Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS)
• Electronic Batch Records (E )
• Digital Historian (DH)
• Infrastructure & Digital Plant enablement
• System integrations across OT/IT environments

The role requires strong program governance, cross-functional coordination, vendor management, and financial oversight, ensuring successful delivery aligned with business, quality, compliance, and operational goals.

• 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.

• Coordinate execution across key digital initiatives including:
• • LIMS implementation and integration
• • Electronic Batch Record deployment
• • Digital Historian integration
• • Infrastructure and connectivity enablement
• • System integrations across enterprise and plant systems
• Act as the central coordination point across IT, OT, Quality, Manufacturing, Engineering, and vendors.
• Ensure dependencies across work streams are actively managed.

• 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.

• 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.

• Ensure program delivery aligns with GxP, CSV, data integrity, and regulatory expectations.
• Support validation, documentation, and audit readiness activities.

• Proactively manage risks, escalations, and cross-team issues.
• Ensure mitigation plans are defined and executed.

• 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.

• Experience implementing LIMS, MES/E , 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.

• 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

• On-time and within-budget delivery of digital programs
• Successful coordination across work streams
• Strong stakeholder satisfaction
• Compliance and validation readiness Benefits What’s In It For You?

  Full Benefits Package

  • 10 Days PTO
  • 10 Paid Holidays
  • 401K
  Who Are We?

  CEdge Inc is an innovative IT consulting firm, and a strategic business partner. We offer IT solutions to Federal and State government, as well as, Commercial Enterprises throughout the United States. Our main objective is to create an integrity-based culture that takes pride in working as a collaborative team that focuses on growth and is driven by the desire to provide purely ethical services for both our clients and teammates.