Digital Manufacturing Program Manager/Release Train Engineer; RTE; Remote
- Please note, this role is not able to offer visa transfer or sponsorship now or in the future*
- Please note, this role is not able to offer visa transfer or sponsorship now or in the future*
Cognizant is one of the world's leading professional services companies, transforming clients' business, operating, and technology models for the digital era. Our unique industry-based, consultative approach helps clients envision, build, and run more innovative and efficient businesses. Headquartered in the U.S., Cognizant, a member of the NASDAQ-100, is ranked 195 on the Fortune 500 and is consistently listed among the most admired companies in the world.
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Intelligent, IoT-enabled products will soon result in the proliferation of data and disrupt virtually all industries. To be successful, both large and small companies must leverage IoT capabilities by designing modern products that fundamentally connect people with processes. Within Cognizant IOT, we engineer industry-aligned, IoT-enabled products that merge industry needs with human drivers. Our intelligent products will revolutionize experiences and result in exciting, transformative outcomes.
Without human-centered thinking, connected products are just standalone things—but with it, our modern connected products facilitate a unified way of life enjoyed by all.
Lead integrated planning, execution, and delivery coordination for the GMSx Manufacturing Workstream. This role will operate as both a Release Train Engineer (RTE) and Project Manager, connecting business stakeholders, manufacturing sites, product teams, Zoetis Tech & Digital (ZTD), and vendors to deliver priority capabilities in a coordinated, on-schedule, value-focused manner.
Key Responsibilities- Establish and manage the integrated workstream plan, release roadmap, delivery cadence, resources, milestones, dependencies, risks, action items and decisions.
- Facilitate agile planning and execution across multiple teams, including program increment planning, cross-team ceremonies, retrospectives, and delivery reporting.
- Coordinate stakeholders across Manufacturing, Quality, Training, Engineering, ZTD, Data Scientists, and site operations.
- In conjunction with MES Program Leadership, oversee the MES of the Future implementation at the Kalamazoo site and coordinate the relevant Level 2 (L2) connectivity through the Manufacturing Data Fabric, recognizing these as critical dependencies for the workstream.
- Ensure Golden Batch and Connected Worker/OEE initiatives remain aligned to business outcomes, operational priorities, governance, and implementation readiness.
- Drive visibility and resolution of cross-functional dependencies, blockers, resourcing needs, and delivery risks.
- Support evaluation and prioritization of PAT opportunities for both the Kalamazoo Use Case and three-year roadmap, including vendor interaction, stakeholder alignment, decision preparation (business value and project costs), and integration into the broader roadmap.
- Produce concise executive-level status reporting, including progress against outcomes, decisions required, risks, and next steps.
- Surface timely workstream status, milestones, dependencies, risks, and decisions to the PMO to support integrated program-level tracking and reporting.
- Promote consistent agile ways of working while adapting delivery practices to the needs of a regulated pharmaceutical manufacturing environment.
- Significant experience leading complex transformation programs or agile release trains in pharmaceutical manufacturing, biotechnology, or similarly regulated life-sciences environments.
- Strong practical experience as…
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