Project Leader, LIMS

Corning•City of Corning, NY

7d•$97,542 - $134,121•Onsite

About The Position

Corning is seeking a Project Leader, LIMS to lead day-to-day global program execution for OneLIMS across Corning’s R&D laboratory network. This role ensures alignment to scope, schedule, budget, governance, technical architecture, and business outcomes. The Project Leader will partner across R&D, laboratory operations, Computing Technologies, enterprise IT, regional teams, vendors, and implementation partners to deliver a scalable and sustainable laboratory information management solution. The role involves driving the execution of an already-defined roadmap, organizational readiness, and regional deployment alignment while balancing global standardization with local needs. This position is ideal for a strong systems program leader who can build relationships, drive accountability through teams, and keep complex workstreams moving in a highly collaborative, global environment.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or related field.
5+ years of project or program management experience leading complex IT system implementations across multiple geographies, stakeholder groups, and delivery teams.
Experience managing program scope, schedule, budget, risk, issues, dependencies, governance, and executive-level reporting.
Experience coordinating business process alignment, deployment planning, change management, and user adoption for enterprise system implementations.
Experience managing external vendors and implementation partners within structured delivery environments.
Strong ability to lead matrixed teams and influence business, technical, regional, and vendor stakeholders.
Technical understanding of IT systems, integrations, data migration, testing, and deployment.
Strong organizational, communication, and facilitation skills, with the ability to translate complex topics for technical and non-technical audiences.
Ability to operate effectively with global, distributed teams and regional execution models.
Strong relationship-building skills, emotional intelligence, and a collaborative working style with the ability to get work done through teams.

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree such as MS, MBA, or related discipline.
Experience implementing LIMS, laboratory systems, or related scientific applications in R&D, regulated, quality-sensitive, or data-intensive environments.
PMP certification.
Experience working in Agile or hybrid delivery models.
Demonstrated ability to balance global standardization with regional execution needs.
Experience driving clarity, accountability, and progress in complex or evolving environments.
Experience leading enterprise programs in adjacent system environments such as ERP, MES, CRM, scientific systems, or other workflow- and data-intensive platforms.
Experience working with data-centric platforms or programs where structured data capture, process alignment, and business workflow design are key to successful implementation.

Responsibilities

Lead execution of the global OneLIMS roadmap across R&D labs in the United States, France, and Asia, ensuring alignment to scope, schedule, budget, governance, and business outcomes.
Drive sprint-based program delivery across multiple workstreams, coordinating priorities, dependencies, risks, issues, and readiness activities across global and regional teams.
Partner with R&D, laboratory operations, Computing Technologies, enterprise IT, technical and functional platform owners, vendors, and implementation partners to deliver scalable and sustainable solutions.
Oversee key implementation activities including business process alignment, data migration, integrations, environments, testing, deployment, cutover, stabilization, and user adoption.
Lead one direct report and foster collaboration, accountability, and execution discipline across a matrixed global program team.
Maintain program management standards and key operating mechanisms including plans, governance materials, action logs, decision logs, deployment playbooks, and executive updates.