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Joining us means becoming part of a Consulting team that’s at the top of its game and growing. Working with the best people and technology in the market, you’ll tackle meaningful projects that transform the future for high-profile local and international clients. And you’ll do it as part of a people-first culture that’s supportive, collaborative and, above all, welcoming.

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Why you'll enjoy this new opportunity:

At Deloitte, we are at the forefront of driving digital transformation within pharmaceutical manufacturing. As the Digital Manufacturing Business Operations Lead, you will have a strategic role in shaping and evolving the digital manufacturing strategy, processes, and operating model across all digital and manufacturing system capabilities. This position offers the unique opportunity to lead harmonisation efforts, optimise investment portfolios, and accelerate value creation through digital innovation. You will collaborate with senior stakeholders and digital leaders, influencing key decisions that drive business transformation and operational excellence.

Key skills and prior experience that align well with this position:

Proven experience in designing and deploying digital manufacturing strategies and operating models within complex, regulated environments.
Expertise in compliance frameworks and governance processes across digital product lifecycles.
Experience in developing and implementing Digital Manufacturing use cases using Artificial Intelligence (AI).
Experience with manufacturing operations and industrial data platforms such as SCADA systems (Ignition), historian platforms (OSI Pi), or advanced analytics tools (Seeq, Cognite, HighByte).

What type of work will I be doing?

Designing and evolving the digital manufacturing strategy and operating model in partnership with key stakeholders.
Develop Digital Manufacturing use cases working alongside clients and Digital leads.
Driving compliance frameworks, managing competencies and learning processes, and collaborating with cross-domain teams to ensure alignment and delivery of digital initiatives.

Success in the Role:

Successfully deploy and continuously improve the digital operations model, acting as the business transformation lead during early deployment phases.
Design, Develop, and lead teams in deploying Manufacturing operational solutions for Life Sciences clients.
Establish and sustain the digital lifecycle management process to drive the delivery of the digital roadmap and accelerate value realisation.
Design and implement a digital value model to enable effective investment prioritisation and portfolio management.

Who is the Hiring Manager?

The hiring manager is an experienced leader in digital manufacturing solutions with a strong background in Digital solution implementations within the pharmaceutical industry to include Manufacturing execution systems, supply chain planning and execution systems among others. They value open communication, collaborative problem-solving, and continuous learning. Their leadership style encourages innovation while maintaining rigorous adherence to quality and compliance standards, fostering a supportive environment for professional development and team success.

Where is this role based?

This role is based in Cork or Dublin, with a flexible working model that supports hybrid working arrangements across office, client sites, and remote locations. For more information on our working models, please visit our Deloitte Works webpage.
 

If you believe that you meet most of the criteria above, we encourage you to apply. Deloitte is an equal opportunities employer and will ensure any reasonable accommodations are implemented as part of the recruitment and selection process.

What we offer

Your reward at Deloitte is competitive, supports our purpose and enables our people to never stop growing. Your reward at Deloitte is not just your salary, we believe in investing in our people's personal and professional development and empowering their work-life balance. Our ambition is to achieve gender equality and enable continuous growth. We offer supports and benefits that suit you, wherever you are in life, including health and well-being, pension, savings, training, coaching and enhanced leave options among others.

Keep on being you. Bring your full, absolute self to work, every day. Explore, question and collaborate. Stretch your thinking, while building a career that inspires and energises you. And, whatever motivates you, keep growing both professionally and personally – because when you make an impact that matters, we do too.

Digital Manufacturing Business Operations, Life Sciences

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