Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Redbock, an NES Fircroft company, is seeking an Engineering Program Manager for a 12-month contract focused on Manufacturing Execution System (MES) implementation. The role involves leading cross-functional teams, managing project execution, and ensuring alignment with business priorities and operational standards.
Responsibilities
- Provide overall program leadership and governance for MES initiatives, defining objectives, success metrics, operating cadence, and escalation paths
- Plan, execute, and monitor MES projects from initiation through delivery, owning integrated schedules, dependencies, risks, and outcomes across cross‑functional and departmental teams
- Serve as the primary liaison between project teams, site leadership, functional partners, and vendors to ensure alignment, transparency, and timely decision‑making
- Manage financial and resource aspects of the program, including budgets, forecasts, SOW execution, vendor performance, and efficient allocation of internal resources
- Assess complex, ambiguous project issues and develop effective resolutions to meet productivity, quality, compliance, and customer satisfaction objectives
- Lead risk, issue, and change management activities, ensuring adoption readiness and adherence to PMO, quality, and enterprise standards
- Provide clear, concise project status reporting and executive‑level insights on progress, risks, and financials
- Drive continuous improvement by strengthening delivery processes, tools, and consistency of execution, capturing lessons learned to improve future initiatives
Skills
- Experience with Manufacturing Execution System (MES) implementation projects, ideally with exposure to utilizing BPCS ERP
- Experience with Program-level Management, including budgeting and project planning
- Experience transferring from paper-based records to eDHR
- Experience assessing and planning for potential project risks
- Bachelor's degree required
- 5+ years in Program and Project Management
- Experience managing a Manufacturing Execution System implementation project
- Additional experience with ERP, eQMS, or similar Enterprise IT system would be ideal
- Practical experience leading and managing the execution of projects and operational initiatives within a technical or professional discipline
- Advanced knowledge and skills in project or program management with an understanding of downstream impacts across the organization
- Experience with using or ideally implementing Critical Manufacturing MES
- BPCS ERP experience
- Experience with paper-on-glass approach to document digitization
- SAP experience
- Planisware experience
Company Overview
Redbock is a consultancy that delivers customized resourcing solutions to pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device and diagnostics companies. It was founded in 2010, and is headquartered in Cupertino, California, USA, with a workforce of 51-200 employees. Its website is http://redbock.com/.Company H1B Sponsorship
Redbock - an NES Fircroft company has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 8 in 2025, 5 in 2024, 1 in 2023, 1 in 2022, 8 in 2021, 9 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.