Senior Consultant – Data & Digital Manufacturing

Proconex•Royersford, PA

About The Position

Senior consultant responsible for defining and guiding data architecture and digital manufacturing strategy for pharmaceutical clients. This role engages directly with customer stakeholders to gather input, shape strategy, and drive alignment and buy-in across IT, OT, quality, and operations. Focused areas are approach to unifying data from disparate systems, providing overall decision management, real-time release, and operational improvement.

Requirements

8+ years in life sciences (pharma) consulting, digital manufacturing, or data architecture
Experience with Unified Namespace (UNS) and industrial data architectures
Strong understanding of manufacturing systems (MES, SCADA, historians)
Experience in data modeling and enterprise data strategy
Experience in cloud based analytical architectures
Proven ability to engage and influence senior stakeholders
Experience working in GMP-regulated environments

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with ISA-95 / ISA-88 models
Experience with data contextualization platforms and modern data stacks
Background in digital transformation / Industry 4.0 consulting
Familiarity with C&Q, field analytics, and automation systems is a plus

Responsibilities

Define enterprise data and digital manufacturing strategies aligned to pharma/GMP requirements
Design target architectures, including Unified Namespace (UNS), data models, and integration frameworks, and consolidated, normalized data for analytics
Lead customer workshops to capture requirements and build stakeholder alignment
Translate current-state environments (MES, SCADA, historians, cloud) into future-state roadmaps
Advise on modern, event-driven data architectures to replace legacy, tightly coupled systems
Create Data Governance policies consistent with CGMP practices, while enabling maximum flexibility for advanced analysis on data collected
Develop executive-level messaging to support decision-making and funding approval