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Digital Operations Lead - Senior Manager

Posted 11 hours 9 minutes ago by Jobtailor

Permanent
Full Time
I.T. & Communications Jobs
Dublin, Ireland
Job Description
  • Design, deliver, and scale production-grade agentic AI systems across Pfizer's manufacturing network
  • Lead definition and delivery of agentic AI experiences, including use cases, behaviours, user experiences, and success criteria
  • Partner with engineers, data scientists, architects, manufacturing sites, Digital Manufacturing, Data & Analytics, Engineering, Quality, and business stakeholders
  • Rapidly prototype and mock agent experiences with customers and manufacturing SMEs
  • Co-own agent evaluation frameworks, guardrails, and human-in-the-loop oversight models
  • Transform manufacturing knowledge and SME expertise into reusable, scalable intelligence assets
  • Define and execute product vision, strategy, and multi-year roadmap for agentic capabilities and the Digital Operations Centre
  • Apply customer discovery, product visioning, journey mapping, experimentation, backlog management, and value realization
  • Act as the voice of the customer and ensure products address meaningful manufacturing challenges
  • Lead co-creation workshops, discovery activities, pilot programmes, demonstrations, and feedback cycles
  • Develop and execute adoption strategies to maximise utilisation, engagement, and business impact
  • Own manufacturing agent lifecycles from concept through deployment, monitoring, evaluation, and continuous improvement
  • Define value propositions, success metrics, and adoption strategies for capability releases
  • Establish governance frameworks for AI and agentic product development, deployment, monitoring, and lifecycle management
  • Ensure alignment with Pfizer requirements for Responsible AI, cybersecurity, data governance, quality, validation, and compliance
  • Define processes for evaluation, performance monitoring, change management, human oversight, and risk management
  • Define product success metrics and value-realisation frameworks
  • Measure impact on knowledge accessibility, colleague productivity, decision quality, operational performance, and IMEx maturity
  • Identify opportunities to scale successful capabilities across manufacturing sites and business units
  • Champion transformation of manufacturing digital products into intelligent digital teammates
Requirements
  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Business, or equivalent experience
  • Significant experience in manufacturing or regulated operations environments, such as pharma/biotech or medical devices
  • Working knowledge of manufacturing digital systems, including MES, historians, and LIMS, and integration patterns
  • Demonstrated people leadership experience, including coaching, performance management, and team development
  • Strong product and project management skills, including roadmaps, priorities, budgets, stakeholders, and end-to-end outcomes across business and IT/OT
  • Experience defining and delivering AI-enabled products, such as copilots, decision support, or agents
  • Experience translating user needs into requirements and measurable outcomes
  • Experience operating within formal quality systems and change control
  • Strong documentation discipline
  • Excellent communication skills and ability to influence site leadership and global partners
  • Entrepreneurial approach, bias for action, comfort with ambiguity, and track record of taking ideas from concept through pilot to adoption
  • Preferred: Hons Degree or equivalent advanced qualification
  • Preferred: Hands-on use of AI and agentic tools to mock designs, prototype agent experiences, and co-create solutions
  • Preferred: Deep OT/automation expertise, including SCADA, historians, serialization, and plant connectivity
  • Preferred: Validated system delivery, computer system validation (CSV), and assurance practices
  • Preferred: Cloud data platforms and advanced analytics/AI in manufacturing
  • Preferred: PMP/PRINCE2, ITIL, or Lean Six Sigma certification, or equivalent practice
  • Preferred: Global, multi-site program leadership and standardization/common-platform experience
  • Preferred: Financial management, vendor governance, forecasting, and chargeback/showback models
  • Preferred: AI solution delivery and operations, including MLOps/LLMOps and/or agentic AI orchestration
  • Preferred: Responsible AI practices, including risk assessments, bias/robustness testing, human oversight, and documentation
  • For Ireland applications, must be legally eligible to work in Ireland
Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in designing and delivering agentic AI systems within manufacturing environments, with a strong focus on product management, stakeholder engagement, and compliance with quality and regulatory standards. Proven ability to translate user needs into actionable product strategies and measurable outcomes.

Highest-signal resume keywords
  • Agentic AI Product Development
  • Manufacturing Digital Systems
  • People Leadership
  • Project Management
  • AI Solution Delivery
ATS Optimization Keywords Hard Skills
  • AI-Enabled Product Delivery
  • Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES)
  • Computer System Validation (CSV)
  • Data Governance
  • Change Management
  • Journey Mapping
  • Backlog Management
  • Performance Monitoring
  • Risk Management
  • Value Realization
Soft Skills
  • Excellent Communication
  • Influencing Skills
  • Entrepreneurial Approach
  • Coaching
  • Team Development
Certifications & Qualifications
  • PMP
  • PRINCE2
  • ITIL
  • Lean Six Sigma
Industry Keywords
  • Pharma
  • Biotech
  • Medical Devices
  • Regulated Operations
  • Digital Manufacturing
Tools & Technologies
  • LIMS
  • SCADA
  • Cloud Data Platforms
  • Advanced Analytics
  • AI Orchestration Tools
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