The Role
Lead industrial automation and digital projects across multiple Irish pharmaceutical manufacturing sites. Manage scope, budgets, schedules, risks, resources, vendors, stakeholders, client relationships, and portfolio performance. Ensure compliance with GxP, CSV, SDLC, and change-control requirements. Coordinate delivery teams, support business development, partner with product and architecture teams, and coach internal staff. Requires extensive IT/OT, DeltaV, regulated manufacturing, and project management experience, with travel to sites approximately four days weekly.
Summary Generated by Built In
We are looking for an experienced Program Manager with a strong industrial automation and IT/OT background to lead automation initiatives across multiple pharmaceutical manufacturing sites in Ireland. The role combines project delivery, client relationship management, team development and identification of new business opportunities.
- Manage industrial automation and digital projects across multiple manufacturing sites.
- Define and maintain project scope, budgets, quality standards and timelines.
- Ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope and within agreed budgets.
- Coordinate internal teams, contractors, product teams and external stakeholders.
- Manage client communication, feedback and ongoing relationships.
- Identify new project opportunities and support business expansion across Ireland.
- Manage project resources, team onboarding and demand fulfilment.
- Monitor portfolio performance and support P&L management.
- Identify, assess and mitigate project risks.
- Manage changes to project scope, schedules and costs.
- Track milestones and provide regular status reporting to stakeholders.
- Ensure compliance with pharmaceutical regulatory requirements, including GxP, CSV and SDLC.
- Partner with product and architecture teams to develop solutions aligned with global standards.
- Coach and manage members of the internal delivery team.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, IT, Automation or a comparable field.
- At least 8 years of relevant professional experience.
- At least 5 years of recent project or program management experience.
- Strong background in industrial automation and IT/OT project delivery.
- Knowledge of shop-floor automation environments at ISA-95 Levels 2 and 3.
- Experience with DeltaV and ideally PLC, SCADA, DCS or Siemens PCS 7 systems.
- Experience in pharmaceutical, life-sciences or another GxP-regulated manufacturing industry.
- Understanding of CSV, SDLC, change control and regulated project delivery.
- Experience managing budgets, resources, risks, vendors and multiple parallel workstreams.
- Excellent client-facing communication, stakeholder management and leadership skills.
- Willingness and ability to visit multiple Irish manufacturing sites approximately four days per week.
Benefits
- Location: Ireland
- Contract Type: Freelance / Contract
- Start date: September, 2026
- Time Allocation: 40 hours/week
- Pharmaceutical industry
- Travelling across multiple Manufacturing sites in Ireland (Carlow, Brinnly, Dunbyone).
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, IT, Automation, or a comparable field
- At least 8 years of relevant professional experience
- At least 5 years of recent project or program management experience
- Strong industrial automation and IT/OT project delivery background
- Knowledge of shop-floor automation environments at ISA-95 Levels 2 and 3
- Experience with DeltaV
- Experience with PLC, SCADA, DCS, or Siemens PCS 7 systems
- Experience in pharmaceutical, life sciences, or another GxP-regulated manufacturing industry
- Understanding of CSV, SDLC, change control, and regulated project delivery
- Experience managing budgets, resources, risks, vendors, and multiple parallel workstreams
- Excellent client-facing communication, stakeholder management, and leadership skills
- Willingness and ability to visit multiple Irish manufacturing sites approximately four days per week
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The Company
What We Do
futureproof s.r.o. is a Czech consulting and staffing firm focused on data, analytics, cybersecurity, and IT infrastructure. It provides contract and permanent staffing, team augmentation, time-and-material resources, and specialist or lead placements, while also offering expert consulting through a network of architects and project leaders. The company emphasizes niche technical expertise, trusted relationships, continuous learning, and long-term value for clients.
