Supply Chain Project Delivery Manager

Role Summary

A hands-on delivery leadership role accountable for end-to-end execution of complex supply chain technology transformation initiatives across Supply Chain, Quality, Operations and IT. The role will lead high-impact projects or multi-workstream programs, converting strategic objectives into executable plans and personally driving scope, schedule, cost, quality, risk, dependencies, cutover and stabilization. This is a delivery ownership role, not a PMO coordination position, with strong executive engagement and responsibility for maintaining momentum, transparency and decision quality.

Key Responsibilities

Program / Project Leadership & Execution:

Lead end-to-end planning and delivery of supply chain transformation projects and multi-workstream programs; own integrated plans, milestones, critical path, scope, schedule, cost, quality, risks and issues.

Integrated Planning & Delivery Readiness:

Manage cross-program dependencies, sequencing conflicts and resource bottlenecks; conduct design, build and cutover readiness checkpoints and drive delivery through stabilization

Stakeholder & Executive Management:

Build trusted relationships across Supply Chain, Quality, Operations, Engineering, site leadership and IT; present delivery status, risks, decisions and trade-offs in governance, SteerCo and executive forums.

Vendor, Commercial & Delivery Control:

Lead internal teams, systems integrators and external partners; manage contractual deliverables, scope control, change management, financial discipline and client expectations.

Governance, Tooling & Reporting:

Apply scalable governance rhythms and disciplined use of Jira, Confluence and delivery dashboards; use data, automation and AI-enabled reporting to improve foresight and predictability.

Continuous Improvement & Leadership Continuity:

Identify systemic delivery risks, champion lessons learned and continuous improvement, and act as escalation and continuity lead when required

Requirements

• Extensive experience leading complex, large-scale supply chain and technology transformation programs from planning through cutover and stabilization.

• Strong end-to-end project delivery capability across scope, schedule, cost, quality, risks, issues, dependencies and resource planning.

• Strong supply chain domain understanding and ability to operate across Quality, Operations, manufacturing and enterprise technology environments.

• Proven ability to translate ambiguous strategic intent into integrated delivery plans with clear milestones, dependencies, outcomes and escalation paths.

• Strong multi-vendor and systems-integrator management, including coordination of internal and external teams against committed timelines and quality expectations.

• Exceptional senior stakeholder management, influencing and executive communication skills, including clear framing of options, risks and trade-offs.

• Strong consulting and commercial discipline, including fixed-price or outcome-based delivery, scope control, change management, margin awareness and contractual commitments.

• Hands-on experience with Jira, Confluence, delivery dashboards and Agile, Waterfall and hybrid delivery models.

• High resilience, emotional intelligence and adaptability across cultures, time zones and seniority levels.

• Prior experience working on pharma/life science projects

Nice to have

• Experience with portfolio-level planning, governance and cross-program dependency orchestration.

• Exposure to cloud, enterprise applications and manufacturing systems transformation.

• PMP, SAFe or equivalent project/program management certification.

• Exposure to data, automation and AI-enabled delivery optimisation and reporting.

• Experience coaching delivery teams and contributing to enterprise-level delivery improvement

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Technology, Business, Supply Chain, Engineering or a related discipline.

• Extensive experience in project or program management within complex transformation environments.

• Relevant project/program management certification is preferred.