Project Manager

Digital Project Manager — Industrial AI, Asset Intelligence & Digital Manufacturing

Job Location: Frederick, MD Eligibility/Clearance: Must be authorized to work in the US

Key Responsibilities:

• Own and manage the site's digital/AI use-case backlog (~40 identified use cases), driving prioritization, sequencing, and onboarding of new use cases through the Q4 planning cycle.
• Serve as day-to-day project manager for digital (non-capital) initiatives spanning asset intelligence, process intelligence, and maintenance planning.
• Coordinate deployment, adoption, and ongoing use of industrial AI / asset-intelligence platforms such as Cognite, HighByte, and Seeq across manufacturing and engineering teams.
• Partner with maintenance and reliability teams on maintenance scheduling (e.g., Vertex) and preventive/predictive maintenance planning, including OEE-related initiatives where prioritized.
• Maintain and organize asset intelligence documentation: P&IDs, equipment availability, breakdown/downtime history to support technician checklists and troubleshooting workflows.
• Coordinate with quality, engineering, and site leadership to sequence digital work appropriately around the site's active commercial manufacturing and regulatory inspections.
• Track project status, risks, dependencies, and timelines, and report progress to site and LBG digital leadership.
• Act as the proximal, site-based digital PM, embedded with the digital lean team rather than remote.

Qualifications

• Required: 3-7 years of experience as a Project Manager supporting digital, technology, or data-enabled initiatives (this is not a capital/construction project management role). Comfortable operating in a GxP/regulated manufacturing environment; formal GxP certification is not required. Familiarity with industrial AI / asset-intelligence platforms such as Cognite, HighByte, or Seeq, or comparable platforms. Ability to manage a multi-workstream backlog and prioritize across a large portfolio of digital use cases. Strong stakeholder management skills across engineering, maintenance, quality, and IT/digital functions. Willingness and ability to work on-site, full-time, at the Frederick, MD site.
• Preferred: Direct pharmaceutical or biopharmaceutical manufacturing experience. Direct experience with industrial AI / asset-intelligence platforms Cognite, HighByte, or Seeq. Experience with maintenance scheduling / CMMS platforms such as Vertex. Familiarity with OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness) and predictive maintenance concepts. Experience supporting sites through FDA inspections (PAI) or Process Performance Qualification (PPQ) campaigns. Experience with asset documentation such as P&IDs, LOTO procedures, and equipment breakdown/checklist management.

Arena Technical Resources, LLC, (ATR) is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) who will provide equal employment opportunity to employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, veteran status, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, family structure, genetic information, or mental or physical disability.