Consulting Manager-Project Manager (Rte), Life Sciences Manufacturing Advisory Consulting Practice

Title: Consulting Manager/Project Manager (RTE)(Life Sciences Advisory Consulting Practice)Level: Manager/ Location: Halifax (Work Model: Hybrid)ABOUT USCognizant 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 consistently listed among the most admired companies in the world. Learn how Cognizant helps clients lead with digital at
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Role SummaryLead 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, 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, 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.
Required Education:
Bachelor’s degree required;
MBA or Master’s degree strongly preferred
Salary and Other Compensation:Applications will be accepted until
November 11th, 2026 .
The annual salary for this position is between
$81,450.00 – $129,500.00
depending on experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.
This position is also eligible for Cognizant’s discretionary annual incentive program and stock awards, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant’s applicable plans.
Benefits:
Cognizant offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:
Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off
401(k) plan and contributions
Long-term/Short-term Disability
Paid Parental Leave
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Disclaimer:
The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.
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