Sr. Manager, MES Site Deployment Lead

ROLE SUMMARY
Digital is helping Pfizer Global Supply win the digital race in pharma and create breakthroughs that change patients' lives. Digital provides innovative digital solutions that unleash the power of our people by allowing them to focus their time and attention on value-add tasks. Our solutions accelerate key PGS initiatives and help PGS sites realize benefits of continuous improvement more rapidly.
The Digital Manufacturing enables a world-class manufacturing and supply chain organization by increasing visibility and efficiency across diverse systems and processes, and delivering predictive analytics and insights. The team supports Pfizer's Core Manufacturing & Engineering Solutions, while enabling a secure, seamless flow of contextualized data from the device & control levels, all the way to the top of the Enterprise. Our goal is to create persona driven, connected experiences across our shop floors to predict and optimize operations, while providing intelligence, and real-time insights to operators. Key functional areas:

• Strategy & Operation Excellence
• Global Supply Engineering & Sustainment
• Manufacturing Operations Solutions
• E2E Network Solutions

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES
The Sr. Manager, Manufacturing Operations Solutions - MES Site Deployment Lead colleague's responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:

• Work with program leadership to define performance metrics and process improvement areas
• Liaise with cross-functional agile product owner team to support defining long term program roadmaps and strategies
• Support the management of user/ Functional Requirements Specification generation, software configuration/coding and general oversight to the MES software documentation practices
• Support MES solution deployments, upgrades and solution process activities across multiple sites and versions
• Analyze and solve technical issues related to the MES recipes and/ or solution development
• Support Lead new project scoping, costing and business case definition
• Lead product owner key activities (e.g. backlog management, program increment planning, etc.) to provide clear direction to agile teams on work priorities
• Support User Forums and Governance alignment
• Lead business process evaluation, process mapping and site fit gap analysis and requirements definition
• Lead cross-functional agile team management (e.g. manufacturing, automation, Digital, etc.)
• Lead contractor resource scenario and financial planning
• Lead Long-Term Forecast planning for respective site(s)

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
Education:

• BS in Engineering or Technology based subjects(s) or equivalent experience.

Prior Experience:

• 6+ Years related work experience.
• Relevant domain experience in manufacturing and/or quality operations.
• Experience in all stages of solution and application lifecycle from value analysis, business case development, and solution deployment through to value realization and retirement is a significant advantage.
• Ability to work across multiple concurrent activities and successfully adapt to changing priorities as required.
• An understanding of system cGMP requirements and demonstrable knowledge of computer system design and maintenance lifecycle in cGMP environments.

Required Capabilities:

• 5+ years' experience in a Global Solution environment focused on the build and deployment of Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES).
• Experience working with Rockwell Pharmasuite or Siemens OpCenter Execution Pharma.
• Experience with Agile Software Delivery.
• Hands-on experience in a manufacturing facility.

Closing Date: 17 October 2025
NON-STANDARD WORK SCHEDULE, TRAVEL OR ENVIRONMENT REQUIREMENTS
Ability to travel up to 25% and must be able to support weekend or night cutover and/or upgrade activities.
Additional Information

• In order to be considered for this position in Ireland you need to be legally eligible to work in Ireland.
• Please note there is no relocation support available for this position

How to apply

• Make a difference today, all suitable candidates should apply with CV below. We are looking forward to hearing from you!

Purpose
Breakthroughs that change patients' lives... At Pfizer we are a patient centric company, guided by our four values: courage, joy, equity and excellence. Our breakthrough culture lends itself to our dedication to transforming millions of lives.
Digital Transformation Strategy
One bold way we are achieving our purpose is through our company wide digital transformation strategy. We are leading the way in adopting new data, modelling and automated solutions to further digitize and accelerate drug discovery and development with the aim of enhancing health outcomes and the patient experience.
Equal Employment Opportunity
We believe that a diverse and inclusive workforce is crucial to building a successful business. As an employer, Pfizer is committed to celebrating this, in all its forms - allowing for us to be as diverse as the patients and communities we serve. Together, we continue to build a culture that encourages, supports and empowers our employees.
Disability Inclusion
Our mission is unleashing the power of all our people and we are proud to be a disability inclusive employer, ensuring equal employment opportunities for all candidates. We encourage you to put your best self forward with the knowledge and trust that we will make any reasonable adjustments to support your application and future career. Your journey with Pfizer starts here!
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