About the role
This is a remote position.
We are looking for an experiencedProduct Steward IT/OT Digital Manufacturingto support a global pharmaceutical manufacturing environment. The role focuses on standardizing and governing digital manufacturing and industrial automation products across multiple manufacturing sites.
The consultant will work closely withProduct Management, Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, IT/OT teams, and external vendorsto ensure that automation and digital manufacturing solutions are documented, standardized, and consistently adopted across the organization.
This is not a pure hands-on automation engineering role. The position sits at the intersection ofOT, industrial automation, manufacturing systems, product governance, data stewardship, and process standardization.
Key Responsibilities
Act as Product Steward for IT/OT and Digital Manufacturing products used across global manufacturing sites.
Support governance, standardization, and lifecycle management of industrial automation and manufacturing technology products.
Work with stakeholders to define and maintain product standards, requirements, documentation, and best practices.
Translate manufacturing, engineering, and site requirements into structured product documentation and reusable standards.
Support standardization of automation platforms, industrial control environments, data structures, naming conventions, and operational processes.
Maintain product guides, knowledge base content, standards documentation, decision logs, and process documentation.
Collaborate with Product Managers, Product Owners, Engineering teams, site representatives, OEMs, vendors, and Quality stakeholders.
Support alignment across IT, OT, Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, and external delivery teams.
Facilitate workshops, requirement-gathering sessions, technical reviews, and stakeholder alignment meetings.
Identify gaps in existing documentation, ownership, processes, and site adoption.
Support continuous improvement of product governance, documentation quality, and cross-site standardization.
Ensure documentation and processes are suitable for regulated pharmaceutical / GxP environments.
Help drive consistent implementation of IT/OT and digital manufacturing capabilities across sites.
Requirements
Strong experience inOperational Technology (OT)andIndustrial Control Systems (ICS)environments.
Good understanding of industrial automation platforms, especiallySiemensand/orRockwell Automation.
Experience withPLC, SCADA, HMI, BMS, industrial automation systems, or shopfloor production platforms.
Experience inDigital Manufacturing,Industry 4.0, manufacturing digitalization, or smart factory initiatives.
Experience working in or withpharmaceutical, regulated, GMP/GxP, or highly controlled manufacturing environments.
Strong background inproduct governance, process standardization, requirements documentation, and stakeholder alignment.
Ability to work between technical teams and business/manufacturing stakeholders.
Experience creating or maintaining structured documentation, product guides, standards, SOPs, knowledge bases, Confluence or SharePoint pages.
Strong facilitation, communication, problem-solving, and ownership skills.
Ability to work in a complex global matrix organization.
Key Technical Skills
Operational Technology / OT
Industrial Control Systems / ICS
Siemens automation platforms
Rockwell Automation platforms
PLC / SCADA / HMI
Building Management Systems / Building Automation / BMS
Digital Manufacturing
Industry 4.0 / Smart Manufacturing
Manufacturing systems / shopfloor platforms
Data stewardship / data standardization
Product governance
Process standardization
Requirements management
Technical and process documentation
GxP / GMP / CSV awareness
Confluence / SharePoint / knowledge management
Stakeholder management across IT, OT, Engineering, Manufacturing and Quality
Nice to Have
Experience with Siemens Desigo CC or similar BMS / building automation platforms.
Experience with industrial data models, asset models, equipment hierarchy, naming conventions or ISA-95 principles.
Experience with global manufacturing programs or multi-site standardization.
Experience with vendor/OEM coordination.
Experience in pharmaceutical manufacturing, biotech, life sciences, FMCG, chemical, or other regulated production environments.
Benefits
Location:EU
Contract Type:Freelance / Contract
Start date:September,/October 2026
Time Allocation:40 hours/week
Global Pharmaceutical Company in Prague
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