Senior Director, Advanced Manufacturing Technology Lead

About the role

Lonza is looking for a Senior Director, Advanced Manufacturing Technology Lead to define and advance its cross-platform manufacturing technology agenda across Integrated Biologics, Advanced Synthesis and Specialized Modalities. The role identifies, evaluates and matures technologies that improve productivity, autonomy, process control, quality assurance, flexibility and unit cost, focusing on reusable technologies such as robotics, automation, automated material movement, smart sensing, PAT, process monitoring, process prediction, advanced control, digital twins and operator support. It works closely with the Factory of the Future, Lab of the Future and Data Strategy & Products leads.

Key responsibilities

• Define the cross-platform advanced manufacturing technology roadmap and identify opportunities in robotics, automation, material movement, sensing, PAT, prediction and advanced process control
• Assess technology maturity, applicability and scalability, and turn emerging technologies into prioritized manufacturing use cases
• Identify and prioritize cross-platform lighthouse opportunities, drive technology assessment, partner selection and solution concept development, and define success criteria and replication potential
• Translate manufacturing requirements into technology solutions, align sensing, monitoring and quality technologies with the Lab of the Future, and align data and analytics with Data Strategy & Products
• Convert proven solutions into reusable deployment requirements, identify replication opportunities across platforms, sites and future builds, and support standardization of technologies and interfaces

Required profile

• Bachelor or Master degree in Engineering, Automation, Robotics, Computer Science or a related discipline
• Highly experienced in advanced manufacturing technology, automation and operations transformation, and in development and industrial scale-up
• Demonstrated ability to lead multidisciplinary solution teams, assess suppliers and research partners and drive concept development without direct authority
• Ability to communicate technology maturity, risks, architecture choices, evidence and recommendations to technical, operational and executive stakeholders
• Experience assessing readiness, technical and compliance risks, success criteria and dependencies to support go, adapt or stop decisions

Required skills

• Strong understanding of biopharmaceutical manufacturing, automation architectures, process monitoring and control, equipment interfaces and GMP requirements
• Ability to quantify productivity, autonomy, quality, flexibility and unit-cost potential and turn it into prioritized use cases and investment cases
• Ability to integrate equipment, automation, sensing, data, analytics and operator workflows into maintainable solutions with reusable interfaces