Director, External Manufacturing Strategy & Business Support

Are you interested in joining a team that is passionate about groundbreaking operations that improve the lives of patients? Do you want to work for an employer with an excellent record in employee continuous professional development and business improvement? Apply today for this exciting opportunity! The EM Strategy & Business Support Director is responsible for strategy development and deployment for biotherapeutics external manufacturing across drug substance, drug product, and packaging including performing detailed strategic analyses, enabling the implementation of strategic vision, and integrating key strategy elements needed to transform the business linked to ongoing priorities. The Director will connect with the business transformation team spanning all modalities, as well as with the internal biotherapeutics network. They will interact with key operational and functional leaders, as well as individually lead critical initiatives, and will communicate, influence, and manage across the business. Key Responsibilities: Co-Develop, consolidate, and influence the overall external manufacturing biotherapeutics strategy in partnership and collaboration with the EM Platform Leaders. Ensure that strategy is connected E2E with all key stakeholders: Value Chain Management, MSAT, Procurement, External Quality, Planning, Network Strategy, R&D, business transformation team, and the internal network. Serve as chief-of-staff to the EM head, organizing and managing leadership meeting cadence, and running the Leadership Team PMO. Lead execution of selected strategic and cross-functional projects with global significance. Collaborate deeply with EM Platform Leaders and Site Leads, serving as the EM single-point-of-contact for IMSC/MTO Strategy forums, Enterprise Risk Management, Network Strategy, and VCM processes. Ensure communication and maintenance of vision and strategy documents for individual EM sites. Foster team productivity and cohesiveness to work collaboratively in a complex, multi-company, and multicultural environment. Lead and conduct external benchmarking efforts to identify best in class applications in business capability and network design, ensure contemporary knowledge of the industry, create optionality in sourcing, and work in collaboration with Platform Leaders and Procurement. Lead or contribute to capability building, communications strategy, branding, and refinement of scorecard/metrics. Connect with external business transformation team and internal network to ensure consistency across modalities and sites. Contribute own expertise to develop recommendations and/or design solutions and ensure solutions are consistent with business objectives. Lead the annual Goals and Objectives development, review, and prioritization in alignment with IMSC, Manufacturing & Technical Operations (MTO), and external manufacturing leadership. Drive development of cost landscaping and should-cost modeling to drive supply chain optimization. Credo Leader for external manufacturing. Owner of environmental sustainability for biotherapeutics external manufacturing. Qualifications Education: Minimum of a Bachelor's / University or equivalent degree is required; Master’s in Business Administration, Engineering, Life sciences, or Supply Chain is preferred Certification such as PMP / FPX, APICS, and/or Lean/Six Sigma /Process Excellence are preferred Experience and Skills: Required: Minimum 10 years of relevant work experience Experience in end-to-end Pharma / BioPharma manufacturing operations and optimization, with an emphasis on executional excellence Experience working with external manufacturers Minimum 2 years of experience in strategy development Extensive knowledge of core supply chain and operations business processes and related compliance landscape Excellent written and oral presentation skills and proven ability to influence and inspire change, without direct authority at all levels Demonstrated ability to operate within organizational and process complexity, seeking innovation and reapplication of learning Ability to develop business cases by applying strong business and technical acumen Independent decision making and self-direction Preferred: Experience with Biotherapeutics, Parenteral, and/or Vaccine manufacturing Knowledge of manufacturing operating and production systems (e.g., large-scale bioreactors, parenteral filling lines, etc.) Other: Proficiency in English (written and verbal) is required to communicate effectively and professionally May require up to 25% travel, both domestic and international Requires the ability, through our flexible work policy, to work on-site a minimum of three days each week, with the option of two remote workdays each week

Salary : $146,000 - $252,000