About Cognizant Consulting
Cognizant Consulting is more than Cognizant's consulting practice—we're a general community of 6,000+ experts dedicated to helping clients reimagine their business. Blending our deep industry and technology advisory capability, we create innovative business solutions for Fortune 500 clients. As a Consulting Manager - Release Train Engineer , you will make an impact by leading integrated planning, execution, and delivery coordination for the client's GMSx Manufacturing Workstream. You will operate as both a Release Train Engineer (RTE) and Project Manager, connecting business stakeholders, manufacturing sites, product teams, the client's Tech & Digital organization, and vendors to deliver priority capabilities in a coordinated, on-schedule, value-focused manner. You will be a valued member of the Cognizant Consulting Life Sciences delivery team and work collaboratively with MES Program Leadership, manufacturing site teams, quality, engineering, data science, and vendor partners, as well as clients.
Establish and manage the integrated workstream plan, release roadmap, delivery cadence, resources, milestones, dependencies, risks, action items, and decisions, while facilitating agile planning and execution across multiple teams — including program increment planning, cross-team ceremonies, retrospectives, and delivery reporting.
Coordinate stakeholders across Manufacturing, Quality, Training, Engineering, the client's Tech & Digital organization, Data Scientists, and site operations; and in conjunction with MES Program Leadership, oversee the MES of the Future implementation at the client site and coordinate the relevant Level 2 (L2) connectivity through the Manufacturing Data Fabric, recognizing these as critical dependencies for the workstream.
Support evaluation and prioritization of PAT opportunities for both the client Use Case and three-year roadmap, including vendor interaction,



stakeholder alignment, decision preparation (business value and project costs), and integration into the broader roadmap.
Produce concise executive-level status reporting (progress against outcomes, decisions required, risks, next steps); and promote consistent agile ways of working while adapting delivery practices to the needs of a regulated pharmaceutical manufacturing environment.
We believe hybrid work is the way forward as we strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role's business requirements, this is a hybrid position requiring 3 days a week in a client or Cognizant office in Mexico City, Guadalajara, Monterrey, or Querétaro, Mexico. This may change based on the project you're engaged in, as well as business and client requirements. Significant experience leading complex transformation programs or agile release trains in pharmaceutical manufacturing, biotechnology, or similarly regulated life-sciences environments.
Strong practical experience as a Release Train Engineer, Program Manager, Agile Program Lead, or equivalent role.
Demonstrated delivery experience involving manufacturing digitalization, MES, electronic batch records, manufacturing execution, shop-floor systems, OEE, connected worker, or industrial data platforms.
Familiarity with GMP, data integrity, validation/CSV principles, quality-system implications, and site implementation constraints.
Proven ability to lead senior stakeholders and resolve cross-functional delivery issues in a fast-paced environment, with strong communication, facilitation, planning, and executive-reporting skills.
Direct experience with OEE, Golden Batch, process performance analytics, digital batch record transformation, PAT, or advanced manufacturing initiatives.
Experience supporting multi-site manufacturing rollouts or global operating-model implementation.
SAFe or comparable agile-at-scale certification and experience.

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