Are you interested in working at the intersection of IT, manufacturing, and advanced production technologies? Play a key role in supporting, operating, and continuously improving manufacturing IT systems in a regulated pharmaceutical environment.
In this role, you will combine hands-on system administration, application support, and cross-functional collaboration to ensure reliable, compliant, and efficient IT/OT solutions for production. You will be responsible for the operation, support, and continuous improvement of manufacturing IT systems, working closely with production, engineering, QA, and external vendors to ensure system reliability, compliance, and performance.
Key responsibilities
Act as a Technical System Owner for assigned manufacturing IT systems. Ensure daily operation, maintenance, and application support in a production environment.
Continuous improvement of IT/OT services and manufacturing systems. Identify and implement solutions to improve performance, reliability, security, and user satisfaction. Coordinate IT/OT projects within production plants.
Create, maintain, and update system documentation, SOPs, user guides, and validation documentation. Ensure compliance with GMP, GxP, and internal quality standards.
Collaborate with business stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into IT solutions. Contribute to IT planning, budgeting, and prioritization aligned with business strategy.
Support incident, problem, and change management processes. Ensure stable operation of manufacturing applications and interfaces
Support planning, design, and delivery of IT solutions. Ensure delivery of services in line with agreed service levels. Maintain IT security, quality, and compliance standards.
Manage or support IT/OT projects to ensure successful implementation. Coordinate with external vendors and internal IT teams.
Maintain effective communication with key stakeholders, including Zentiva HQ IT
Provide high-quality end-user support
What we are looking for
Education in IT or a technical field (secondary or university level)
Understanding of pharma industry, ideally experience in pharma industry
Understanding of IT infrastructure (servers, databases), system lifecycle and documentation
Experience with PC system implementation
Experience with manufacturing systems administration
Ideally experience with programming, either PC-based (C++, Python, Java, etc.) or PLC (e.g. STEP)
Knowledge of MES systems, including implementation experience
Ability to communicate with both IT and non-IT users, translate business/manufacturing requirements into IT solutions
Work independently and take ownership
Learn new systems and technologies quickly
English and Czech on communicative level (both spoken and written)
Why join Zentiva
Work in a modern pharmaceutical manufacturing environment
Be part of cross-functional and international collaboration
Opportunity to grow in IT/OT and manufacturing systems
Work with advanced technologies and real production impact
Stable company with meaningful purpose