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

Company Description

Sia is a next-generation, global management consulting group. Founded in 1999, we were born digital. Today our strategy and management capabilities are augmented by data science, enhanced by creativity and driven by responsibility. We’re optimists for change and we help clients initiate, navigate and benefit from transformation. We believe optimism is a force multiplier, helping clients to mitigate downside and maximize opportunity. With expertise across a broad range of sectors and services, our 3,000 consultants serve clients worldwide from 48 locations in 19 countries. Our expertise delivers results. Our optimism transforms outcomes.

Sia’s Life Science and Healthcare Business Unit, Sia/LBG, focuses on supporting the life sciences and healthcare industries with strategic consulting, product development and non-dilutive funding expertise. This consulting division works with healthcare organizations, pharmaceutical & biotech companies, CROs, academia, medical device/diagnostic companies, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) alike to solve complex business, scientific, regulatory, technological and product development challenges. Our subject matter experts help advance our clients products and programs; supporting these companies—both large and small—to achieve organizational objectives and create tangible value for their stakeholders.

Job Description

Position Summary

Sia/LBG is seeking an experienced Digital Project Manager to support a Frederick, Maryland’s manufacturing site as it advances a prioritized portfolio of roughly 40 digital and AI use cases. This is an on-site digital delivery role, not a capital projects role: the focus is on implementing and sustaining digital tools and industrial AI platforms across manufacturing, maintenance, and asset management, rather than physical plant or facility construction.

This person will own the day-to-day backlog of digital initiatives at the site, coordinate onboarding of newly prioritized use cases as they move through the site's Q4 prioritization cycle and serve as the site-based point of contact connecting operations, engineering, quality, and Sia/LBG's broader digital team. The role must be filled by someone able to work on-site, full-time, and in close proximity to the operational teams they support.

The work spans industrial AI and asset intelligence platforms (Cognite, HighByte, Seeq), maintenance scheduling and predictive maintenance planning (including tools such as Vertex), and asset documentation such as P&IDs, equipment availability, and breakdown history. This role is not a hands-on data science or platform-engineering position; the emphasis is on delivery, prioritization, and cross-functional coordination. The site is concurrently running Process Performance Qualifications (PPQs) and preparing for/undergoing FDA and other regulatory inspections, so this person must be able to sequence digital work sensitively around those constraints.

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 Sia/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.

Additional Information

Compensation & Benefits

Sia invests in total rewards that support how our people work, live, and grow.

Compensation

• Base Salary: $75,000-115,000. Actual compensation within this range will be determined based on experience, qualifications, geographic location, and other job-related factors permitted by applicable law.
• Annual Performance Bonus

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision; company-paid life and AD&D; voluntary supplemental insurance and EAP
• 401(k) with company match and immediate vesting; HSA and FSA options
• College savings and student loan repayment programs
• Paid parental leave; generous PTO, nine company holidays, and one floating holiday
• Cell phone stipend; well-being and professional development programs

Benefits are subject to applicable plan terms and eligibility requirements.

Workplace
Sia values in-person collaboration. When serving clients, consultants may be required to work onsite at a client location based on engagement needs. Between client engagements, consultants are expected to work from a Sia office or approved coworking location at least three days per week. Candidates should reside within a reasonable commuting distance of a Sia office or approved coworking location. Sia maintains offices and coworking arrangements across multiple U.S. markets, including New York City, Charlotte, Greater Seattle, San Francisco Greater Bay Area, Los Angeles, Houston, Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago, Washington D.C.

Work Authorization

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States at the time of application and throughout their employment. This position is not eligible for employment visa sponsorship now or in the future.

Our Commitment

At Sia, we believe in fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive culture where our employees and partners are valued and thrive in a sense of belonging.

Sia is an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment, including hiring, promotion, remuneration, or discipline, are based solely on performance, competence, conduct, or business needs.