MES - 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, acting as the primary point of contact for Manufacturing Directors, Plant Managers, Digital Manufacturing Leaders, QA Managers, and Operations Directors, 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, while promoting MES, Smart Factory, Pharma 4.0, Manufacturing Intelligence, and Industrial IoT solutions.
• Leading, developing, and inspiring multidisciplinary teams, fostering a culture of excellence, innovation, and accountability while supporting recruitment, performance reviews, and career development plans.

Your profile

• Experienced program leader with a minimum of 8 years managing complex IT/OT, MES, or Digital Manufacturing programs within the Pharmaceutical and/or Life Sciences sector, with proven ability to govern international, multi-vendor initiatives and manage executive-level stakeholders.
• Deep MES Pharma expertise, including hands-on experience with platforms such as Siemens Opcenter Execution Pharma, Werum/Körber PAS-X, Rockwell PharmaSuite, or equivalent, and strong knowledge of MES functional domains including EBR, Recipe Management, Genealogy & Traceability, Equipment Integration, and Shop Floor Control.
• Strong regulatory and compliance knowledge, with solid understanding of GMP/GxP, FDA 21 CFR Part 11, EU GMP Annex 11, GAMP 5, ALCOA+, CSV/CSA, and ISA-95/ISA-88 standards, applied in a project delivery context.
• Business development and client management capabilities, with experience in pre-sales, proposal management, and account growth, combined with a customer-centric mindset, strategic thinking, and strong negotiation and communication skills.
• Master's level in Engineering, Computer Science, Life Sciences, Business Administration or a related field, fluent in English and Dutch (written and spoken), with preferred certifications including PMP, PRINCE2, PMI-ACP, SAFe, or GAMP 5 Practitioner.

What you'll love about working here

• Career acceleration programs – From associate to leaders and beyond, get support in your career at every stage with award-winning programs such as our leadership development program, Connected Manager, to accelerate your growth and develop your expertise.
•  Engineering Horizons – A global conference crafted exclusively for Capgemini Engineering colleagues, where excellence takes center stage. Immerse yourself in opportunities to showcase your talents and connect with the brightest minds in engineering across the planet.
•  Worldwide Leader of Engineering Services – Capgemini Engineering combines its broad industry knowledge and cutting-edge technologies in digital and software to support the convergence of the physical and digital worlds. We help our clients unleash their R&D potential to develop smart products and services of tomorrow.
•  Hybrid working – We encourage flexibility when it comes to when and where work gets done. Employees work with their managers to determine an arrangement that works best for their role and personal circumstances.