Head of Project Delivery

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery of Site Smart Factory initiatives, ensuring digital solutions are delivered on time, within scope, and aligned to business priorities.
• Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing team of Solution Implementation Leads (SILs); build delivery capabilities including project execution, implementation excellence, and change management.
• Plan and evolve team capacity, skills, and structure; support talent development and succession planning.
• Monitor delivery progress, dependencies, and risks across the portfolio; maintain the Smart Factory Project Deployment Budget.
• Translate roadmap priorities into executable delivery plans; coordinate pilots, deployments, and scaling; maintain delivery models, standards, and core templates.
• Maintain and prioritize the delivery backlog aligned to business priorities.
• Establish delivery governance (weekly reviews, monthly steering committees); provide status/risk/outcome reporting; serve as primary escalation point.
• Champion change management; ensure training, communication, and support are in place.
• Ensure handover of qualified solutions to Operations and local business system owners; support stabilization and operational readiness; ensure documentation, training/support structures, and system audit readiness.

• Bachelor’s degree.
• 5+ years in the Pharmaceutical Industry.
• 5+ years in Computerized System Implementation or Project Management.
• 1+ year people management experience.
• Pharma consulting experience considered.

• Experience leading cross-functional delivery teams.
• Smart Factory/digital manufacturing/transformation experience.
• Familiarity with AI-enabled solutions and data-driven technologies.
• Strong understanding of digital solution implementation and project delivery.
• Experience with system incident and risk management.

• High-quality healthcare, prevention and wellness programs, and at least 14 weeks’ gender-neutral parental leave.