Cognizant Company is a world leader in delivering digital transformation solutions to Life Sciences. Through our knowledge and expertise in Automation, MES & Digital, we deliver stable manufacturing systems that are optimized to improve operational efficiencies, whilst maintaining compliance. Our specialist engineering teams have the aptitude to deliver and support Pharma architectures and solutions covering all IT, OT and IoT applications, infrastructures and services.
About the role:
We are looking for an experienced OT Project Manager to support the delivery of the Edge
Cloud programme across manufacturing environments. This role requires a strong
combination of project delivery capability, OT Security experience in manufacturing, and OT
Manufacturing experience.
The successful candidate will manage delivery across the full programme lifecycle, including
discovery, design, infrastructure readiness, migration planning, pilot execution, rollout
sprints, testing, service readiness, and transition support. The role will operate in complex site
environments where production continuity, validation, security, and coordination across
multiple stakeholders are critical. This is not a generic IT project management role. The candidate must be comfortable operating in industrial / plant-facing environments and must understand the practical constraints of OT delivery in manufacturing sites.
Responsibilities:
* Lead delivery of OT workstreams within the Edge Cloud programme across
* manufacturing sites
* Manage the programmed lifecycle from discovery through deployment and service
* transition
* Coordinate and drive activities across phases such as:
* discovery and mobilization, site surveys, high-level design and low-level design coordination, infrastructure and network readiness, hardware procurement and deployment coordination, migration preparation, pilot migration execution, sprint-based migrations and testing, service readiness and operational handover
* Develop and manage integrated project plans, milestones, dependencies, and critical path items
* Coordinate site readiness with local teams, engineering teams, OT stakeholders, infrastructure teams, and external vendors
* Drive governance, reporting, planning, and stakeholder communication
* Manage project risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies, and decisions
* Ensure OT Security requirements are embedded throughout the delivery lifecycle
* Support migration and transition from legacy OT environments to modernized edge, infrastructure
* Coordinate cutover planning, validation activities, change control, and hyper care /transition support
* Ensure alignment between programme delivery and manufacturing site operational, constraints
* Track progress against timeline, scope, and delivery objectives
* Escalate blockers and delivery risks proactively to programme leadership
Requirements:
• Strong knowledge of pharmaceutical and manufacturing systems
• Bachelor's degree (preferred)
• Several years of project management experience, with a significant portion in OT /
industrial / manufacturing programmes
• Demonstrated experience delivering OT Security programmed in manufacturing and in OT Manufacturing environments
• Experience delivering one or more of the following:
o OT network segmentation programmes
o industrial infrastructure refresh or transformation
o OT cybersecurity remediation programmes
o plant or site migration programmes
o server / VM / platform migration activities in manufacturing sites
o network and firewall changes in OT environments
o secure remote access, VLAN, routing, or related plant network changes
o rollout programmes across multiple industrial sites
• Experience managing vendors, implementation partners, and technical stakeholders
• Experience working with site engineers, automation teams, operational stakeholders,
validation teams, and support teams
• Strong understanding of delivery constraints in manufacturing, including:
o production sensitivity
o downtime limitations
o change windows
o validation needs
o operational risk management
* The candidate should have a sound understanding of OT environments and the types of
activities typically associated with OT Security and infrastructure transformation
programmes.
Relevant knowledge includes:
• OT / ICS environments
• plant network architecture
• segmentation principles
• firewalls, VLANs, switches, and secure connectivity
• server and VM migration concepts
• hardware refresh / scale-up activities
• infrastructure readiness and service readiness
• validation and testing coordination in regulated environments
• change control in operational environments
• site support and transition planning
About Cognizant
Cognizant (Nasdaq-100: CTSH) 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 is ranked 185 on the Fortune 500 and is consistently listed among the most admired companies in the world. Learn how Cognizant helps clients lead with or follow us @Cognizant.