Industry Lead - Manufacturing & Pharma (Process Intelligence & AI)

London, UK

We are currently seeking an Industry Lead - Pharma to join our team in the UK (remote flexibility available).

In this role, the Industry Lead acts as a strategic advisor to customers and prospects across the pharmaceutical and life sciences industry, engaging directly with senior executives (COO, Chief Manufacturing Officer, CIO, Head of Quality, VP Manufacturing, VP Supply Chain) through consultative, value-based, and outcome-driven conversations.

This role combines deep expertise in pharmaceutical manufacturing and regulated operations with strategic leadership in process transformation, digital manufacturing, and enterprise process intelligence. The Industry Lead will help shape ARIS' pharma industry strategy and narrative globally, influence executive conversations around operational excellence and AI-enabled transformation, and collaborate cross-functionally with Product & Technology, Product Marketing, Solution Architecture, Customer Value, and Go-to-Market teams to develop scalable industry solutions and accelerators for highly regulated environments.

• Act as a trusted strategic advisor for pharmaceutical manufacturing and operational transformation initiatives across production, quality, supply chain, and compliance domains.
• Lead executive workshops and strategic discussions focused on process optimisation, digital manufacturing, operational resilience, compliance, and AI-enabled process intelligence.
• Shape and support ARIS' pharma industry go to market strategy in close collaboration with Sales, Product & Technology, Product Marketing, Enablement, and Solution Architecture teams.
• Translate complex pharma manufacturing and quality challenges into scalable process intelligence use cases, industry accelerators, and transformation narratives.
• Contribute to the evolution of ARIS' product and industry positioning by identifying opportunities across manufacturing operating models, digital quality, and enterprise process governance.
• Provide thought leadership on pharma industry trends, regulatory expectations, manufacturing digitalisation, and operational transformation strategies.
• Mentor and enable customer-facing teams with strong pharma industry narratives, best practices, and domain expertise.
• Represent ARIS at executive briefings, customer engagements, and industry conferences as a domain authority in pharmaceutical manufacturing and transformation.
• 12+ years of experience in pharmaceutical manufacturing transformation, operations consulting, digital manufacturing, or enterprise software leadership within life sciences environments.
• Deep expertise in pharmaceutical production, quality, supply chain, and regulated manufacturing processes.
• Proven experience leading transformation and optimisation initiatives within GMP-regulated environments.
• Strong executive exposure with demonstrated experience engaging C-level and senior manufacturing stakeholders.
• Background in consulting, enterprise software, or strategic transformation leadership (Big 4 / Tier 1 consulting experience preferred).
• Experience working in or with highly regulated environments such as Pharma, Biotech, MedTech, or Life Sciences.
• Exposure to BPM, process mining, digital manufacturing, or enterprise process intelligence platforms.
• Strong understanding of pharma manufacturing ecosystems including MES, eBR/eBMR, LIMS, QMS, ERP, serialization, and manufacturing data platforms.
• Ability to articulate the balance between operational performance, quality, compliance, and governance (e.g. GMP, CAPA, validation, change control, data integrity).
• Strong commercial mindset and strategic thinking capability.

• Experience influencing product strategy, industry offerings, or building industry accelerators.
• Multi-site or multi-country pharma manufacturing transformation experience.
• Familiarity with AI-enabled manufacturing, digital quality, predictive analytics, or Industry 4.0 initiatives.
• Relevant certifications such as Lean Six Sigma, CQE, CQA, GMP/ISO auditor, or CMQ/OE.

We are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect and fairness where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and employees without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, pregnancy, national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We believe that diversity, equity, and inclusion is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, compensate, develop, promote, and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool.