Senior Manager, CDMO Operations

Key responsibilities for this role include:

• Represent the Site Head in selected internal and external forums, ensuring consistent communication of priorities, expectations, and decisions.
• Facilitate leadership meetings and strategic reviews focused on decisions, actions, and outcomes; ensure decisions are translated into clear organizational actions and communicated effectively.
• Help resolve cross-functional conflicts and competing priorities and support organizational initiatives that improve engagement, accountability, talent development, and overall site performance.
• Establish and maintain a disciplined operating rhythm for strategic initiatives and site priorities; track deliverables, dependencies, risks, and decisions across functions to ensure commitments are met.
• Represent site priorities with global stakeholders and secure the resources, decisions, and support needed to achieve site objectives.
• Serve as a trusted advisor and thought partner to the Site Head, providing objective perspectives, business insight, and recommendations.
• Take ownership of delegated workstreams and issues, driving them to resolution with appropriate urgency and independence; anticipate issues and develop options and recommendations before escalation is required.
• Build strong relationships with global and regional leaders across Operations, Quality, Technical Operations, Supply Chain, Finance, HR, Commercial, IT, Procurement, and other relevant functions.
• Act as an extension of the Site Head of Operations in selected internal and external forums, ensuring consistent communication of priorities, expectations, and decision.
• Establish and maintain a disciplined operating rhythm for critical strategic initiatives and site priorities.
• Act as a catalyst for continuous improvement and organizational effectiveness.
• Perform other duties as assigned by Head of Site Operations.

The minimum qualifications for this role are:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, science, business, operations, or a related discipline is required; advanced degree preferred.
• Minimum 10 years of progressive leadership experience within biopharmaceutical manufacturing, CDMO, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or a closely related regulated environment.
• Proven track record leading strategic initiatives, transformation programs, operational improvement, or complex cross-functional business priorities.
• Strong understanding of the operational and business dynamics of a regulated biopharmaceutical environment.
• Experience in a CDMO or contract manufacturing environment; partnership with a Site Head, General Manager, Business Unit Leader, or equivalent executive; and experience across multiple functions such as manufacturing, operations, quality, technical services, supply chain, finance, or commercial operations is preferred.
• Experience leading organizational transformation or modernization initiatives; working with global executive teams and international stakeholders; and Lean/Six Sigma, project management, or change management training is preferred.
• Knowledge and experience in lean manufacturing/operational excellence, standardization, is preferred.