Senior Project Manager, Digital Manufacturing Transformation

Overview

Senior Project Manager, Digital Manufacturing Transformation at Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies. Our 8,000+ global associates work to impact patients’ lives worldwide.
For Terumo, for Everyone, Everywhere.

We make medical devices and related products used to collect, separate, manufacture and process various components of blood and cells. With innovative technologies and service offerings, we touch a patient’s life every second of every day and are committed to increasing the number of patients we serve.
Advancing healthcare with heart.

With leading minds, a global footprint, comprehensive benefits and a distinct culture, Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies is a great place to work, grow and be part of a team focused on making a difference.
Join us and help shape wherever we go next. You create your future and ours.

• Lead multiple large‑scale, multi‑site digital transformation projects, ensuring integration, rigorous planning/execution, process compliance, and prioritization aligned to strategy.
• Evaluate and manage inter‑relationships between projects and functional goals; ensure initiatives are executed within organizational capacity.
• Track organization‑wide metrics on project delivery and value/ROI; present insights to leadership to support decision‑making.
• Translate business outcomes into multi‑site digital roadmaps spanning MES, IIoT/automation, plant connectivity, data/analytics, and integration layers.
• Orchestrate the end‑to‑end lifecycle: discovery and requirements, architecture/design, implementation, verification/validation (IQ/OQ/PQ where applicable), deployment, hypercare, and sustainment in regulated operations.
• Establish KPIs and benefits‑realization plans; ensure business case targets are achieved and sustained post‑go‑live.
• Create and execute scalable project support plans; resolve and/or escalate issues in a timely manner.
• Lead cross‑functional dependency, risk, and decision forums; maintain auditable project documentation and governance records.
• Deliver clear, informative, and well‑organized project communications and executive‑level presentations on strategy, status, risks, and outcomes.
• Influence senior leaders and align global stakeholders across Operations, Engineering, Quality, IT, and Supply Chain to accelerate adoption and standardization.
• Coordinate internal and external resources to ensure proper assignment and alignment with the project plan.
• Partner with HR and site leadership to design training, communications, and organizational readiness plans; ensure handoffs to sustaining teams with complete SOPs, knowledge assets, and support models.
• Drive standardization of digital processes, data definitions, and documentation across sites.
• Ensure project execution complies with internal QMS and applicable regulatory frameworks (e.g., GxP/ISO) through risk‑based validation strategies, traceability (URS → FDS → IQ/OQ/PQ → UAT), audit readiness, and robust documentation.

Education

Bachelor’s degree required; MBA desirable or equivalent education/experience sufficient to perform essential functions.

Experience

• Minimum 6 years managing large/complex projects, including full accountability for deliverables and cross‑functional team performance.
• Minimum 3 years of success delivering digital transformation in manufacturing/industrial or regulated environments (e.g., MES, IIoT/automation, analytics, integrations, workflow digitization).
• Proven ability to translate strategy into executable roadmaps and manage benefits realization at scale.

Skills

• Ability to manage and successfully execute high‑impact digital transformation projects, owning objectives, budgets, business cases, WBS, schedules, risks, and critical milestones.
• Strong capability in coordinating resources across multiple work streams, coaching teams, and driving accountability to outcomes.
• Exceptional communication and executive presence; able to simplify complex topics for non‑technical audiences and drive decision quality under ambiguity.
• Strong financial acumen (budgeting, forecasting, ROI analysis) and mastery of project governance/PMO standards.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

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