| Location | Kalamazoo, MI |
"Project Niche Skills"
"VD Allowed"
Role Summary
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.
Required Experience and Capabilities
Significant experience leading complex transformation programs or agile release trains in pharmaceutical manufacturing, biotechnology, or similarly regulated life-sciences environments.
Strong practical experience as a Release Train Engineer, Program Manager, Agile Program Lead, or equivalent role.
Demonstrated delivery experience involving manufacturing digitalization, MES, electronic batch records, manufacturing execution, shop-floor systems, OEE, connected worker, or industrial data platforms.
Familiarity with GMP, data integrity, validation/CSV principles, quality-system implications, and site implementation constraints.
Proven ability to lead senior stakeholders and resolve cross-functional delivery issues in a fast-paced environment.
Strong communication, facilitation, planning, and executive-reporting skills.
Preferred Experience
Direct experience with OEE, Golden Batch, process performance analytics, digital batch record transformation, PAT, or advanced manufacturing initiatives.
Experience supporting multi-site manufacturing rollouts or global operating-model implementation.
SAFe or comparable agile-at-scale certification and experience.
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