MSAT Strategy & Deployment Director

About the role

The Advanced Manufacturing Deployment Leader defines and owns the platform-based advanced manufacturing strategy for Biotherapeutics. The role translates business and manufacturing priorities into technology roadmaps, deploys standards and capabilities across platforms, and provides technical leadership for product life-cycle management, network reconfiguration, new product introduction, capacity expansion and major cost-improvement initiatives. It works in a global, matrix environment and partners with Manufacturing, R&D, Quality, Value Chain Management and Biotherapeutics platform and site leadership. The position directs managers and/or senior individual contributors and supports coaching and succession planning.

Key responsibilities

• Define and own the platform-based advanced manufacturing strategy, including technology roadmaps, governance, capability building and value capture
• Drive business planning decisions, including the long-range financial plan, and align the strategy with new product introductions, technology transfers, lifecycle management and network reconfiguration projects
• Evaluate and deploy technologies and standards, supporting proof-of-concept, prototyping, systems algorithm development and project management protocols
• Lead major cost-improvement programs and provide technical leadership for technology life-cycle management
• Partner with Process Science and Modeling leadership to deploy process- and data-science solutions, and coordinate digital architecture and automation readiness
• Build relationships with Global Platform Leads, Site General Managers, R&D, Quality, Value Chain Leads and external manufacturers, and act as the single point of contact for platform technology and innovation
• Manage the organization's operations, including budget, performance and compliance, and implement workforce and succession plans

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field such as Engineering, Technology or a related discipline
• Minimum of 10 years of experience
• Master's degree or relevant certifications are a plus
• Fluent written and spoken English
• Ability to partner in an international environment across different time zones

Required skills

• Document control systems such as TruVault
• Financial systems such as Planisware and gCRAFT
• Contract management tools for confidential disclosure agreements
• Microsoft Teams and SharePoint
• Ability to implement new technologies on the GMP manufacturing shopfloor, including technical and automation readiness and change management