PAS-X SPOC + Project Manager/ Engagement Manager

Your role

As an Engagement Manager for MES Pharma, you will be the strategic and operational leader responsible for managing complex digital manufacturing programs within regulated pharmaceutical environments. Acting as a trusted advisor to senior client stakeholders, you will combine deep MES expertise with strong delivery leadership and business development capabilities to drive excellence, compliance, and growth across your portfolio.

In this role you will play a key role in:

• Leading end-to-end delivery of complex MES programs and projects within pharmaceutical manufacturing environments, ensuring adherence to timelines, budgets, quality standards, and contractual commitments across multidisciplinary national and international teams.
• Driving MES Pharma implementation excellence, overseeing full project lifecycles from assessment and solution design through configuration, deployment, testing, validation, and hypercare, leveraging platforms such as Siemens Opcenter, Werum/Körber PAS-X, or Rockwell PharmaSuite.
• Ensuring regulatory and quality compliance throughout all engagements, governing adherence to GMP/GxP, FDA 21 CFR Part 11, EU GMP Annex 11, GAMP 5, Data Integrity (ALCOA+), CSV, and CSA requirements, while supporting internal and external audits.
• Building and nurturing executive-level client relationships and translating strategic priorities into actionable digital transformation roadmaps.
• Managing engagement financials with full accountability for revenue, profitability, forecasting, budgeting, and resource utilisation across your portfolio of accounts.
• Identifying and developing business growth opportunities, supporting pre-sales, proposal management, solution shaping, and bid activities.
• Leading, developing, and inspiring multidisciplinary teams while supporting recruitment, performance reviews, and career development plans.

Your profile

• Minimum 8 years managing complex IT/OT, MES, or Digital Manufacturing programs within the Pharmaceutical and/or Life Sciences sector.
• Deep MES Pharma expertise, including platforms such as Siemens Opcenter Execution Pharma, Werum/Körber PAS-X, Rockwell PharmaSuite, or equivalent.
• Strong knowledge of EBR, Recipe Management, Genealogy & Traceability, Equipment Integration, and Shop Floor Control.
• Strong regulatory and compliance knowledge covering GMP/GxP, FDA 21 CFR Part 11, EU GMP Annex 11, GAMP 5, ALCOA+, CSV/CSA, and ISA-95/ISA-88.
• Experience in pre-sales, proposal management, and account growth, with strong negotiation and communication skills.
• Master's level degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Life Sciences, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Fluent in English and Dutch. Preferred certifications include PMP, PRINCE2, PMI-ACP, SAFe, or GAMP 5 Practitioner.

What you'll love about working here

• Career acceleration programs, including the Connected Manager leadership development program.
• Engineering Horizons, a global conference for Capgemini Engineering colleagues.
• Work with a worldwide leader of engineering services supporting smart products and services.
• Hybrid working arrangements determined with managers according to role and circumstances.