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Position Summary: The VP, Cell Therapy Drug Product Manufacturing Operations is responsible for overseeing all internal cell therapy drug product manufacturing sites. The role will set strategic direction for internal manufacturing operations and ensure reliable supply in compliance with global cGMP standards.
Impact: ~$1.0B spend management
Organization: ~3000 FTE (US, EU, Asia)
Key job responsibilities:
Accountable for all internal Drug Product Manufacturing operations and related budget and spend. Partners with quality, technical, regulatory, supply chain, and procurement functions to ensure reliable and compliant supply of cell therapy products.
Leading strategy development and execution:
Utilizes insights from an integrated understanding of business and local external environment to provide strategic input into creation of site and product supply strategies.
Develops and implements site strategy and plans that are aligned with the broader organizational strategy.
Knows the local economic, market, regulatory, environmental and industry trends and uses trend data to maximize opportunities and minimize risk exposure.
Champions Operational Excellence by institutionalizing changes in process, practices, business models, governance, etc.
Builds appropriate, strategic relationship with external partners.
Anticipates risk and builds contingencies to help mitigate impact.
Delivering financial commitments:
Effectively manages P&L (bottom line) to optimize financial performance.
Delivers financial commitments to optimize short term performance and long term growth while ensuring compliance with all laws, regulations, and company policies.
Appropriately allocates resources to align with supply strategies.
Conducts financial reviews to monitor business performance.
Establishes appropriate budget goals aligned with the internal strategy and plans.
Enhances and ensures financial forecasting / projection accuracy.
Understands external financial pressures (including cost of goods), anticipates potential effect on business and takes appropriate action.
Influencing external environment:
Represents BMS interests with important external stakeholders as appropriate and aligned with corporate direction, e.g. government and regulatory officials, industry and industrial associations, and the media.
Ensures effective management of the relationship with external third parties, where involved. Maintains company’s rights under the contractual relationship and complies with contract in conduct of operations.
Strengthens and improves the image of BMS and the pharmaceutical/health care industry.
Integrating the matrix through vertical and horizontal alignment:
Serve on the Cell Therapy Development and Operations leadership team with a “Board of directors mindset” to create a unified and seamless cross-functional leadership team that works together to achieve organizational objectives.
Defines the leadership structure for the Cell Therapy internal manufacturing network.
Builds personal credibility and strong working relationships, breaks barriers and influences across organizational and/or geographical boundaries leading to efficiency, effectiveness, and agility for optimized organizational performance
Champions Enterprise Mindset fostering collaboration between cross-functional teams and establishing sound partnerships with global functions
Ensures the right people and resources are in place and optimally allocated to achieve results.
Establishes and works within appropriate governance models.
Creates an environment that fosters accountability, innovation, learning, knowledge sharing and constructive disagreement.
Makes decisions with appropriate balance of alignment, speed, and rigor.
Institutionalizing a culture of compliance and high performance:
Communicates and sets the example for why compliance is integral to business success and achieving competitive advantage in the marketplace.
Establishes and monitors the financial and business controls and processes to follow internal and external rules and regulations for or within the legal entity.
Creates and drives a culture of continuous improvement focused on maximizing efficiencies and delivering operational excellence.
Attracting, developing and retaining diverse talent:
Exemplifies the BMS Behaviors and leadership capabilities at all levels in the organization and amongst his/her peers
Serves as a role model providing feedback and coaching across all functions
Conducts short and long range talent planning to ensure readiness of talent to execute future organizational objectives
Establishes an efficient and effective organizational structure with clearly defined roles and responsibilities; drives short and longer term workforce planning, leveraging on external and internal best practices to achieve organization effectiveness
Works across functions to build organization and individual capability, utilizing BMS programs and practices as applicable (e.g. talent reviews, functional excellence programs, career development, etc.)
Is visible and communicates with people at all levels
Develops strong relationship with employees and provides open and clear communication ensuring a clear path for issue resolution
Critical Leadership skills needed:
Enterprise Mindset
Uses knowledge of external and internal business factors to inform decisions.
Ensures teams are responsible for contributing beyond their own function.
Proactively connects teams, networks and individuals in order to increase organizational performance.
Creates integrated, long term strategies that have the potential to transform BMS and the industry.
Authentic Leadership
Fosters a climate of self-awareness and open dialogue; speaks to personal struggles and how they deal with/overcome them.
Understands others’ styles and approaches and knows how to leverage and value them.
Holds others accountable for doing the right thing, even when it requires some personal risk.
Change Agility
Identifies and creates distinctive, game-changing opportunities that lead to higher organizational performance.
Has the data and rationale to see the future of the industry, frames it in an understandable way and wins support for change in a fast-paced environment.
Thinks 3-5 years ahead, develops contingency plans for multiple scenarios.
Hires, develops and rewards change agents, welcoming and encouraging those who challenge, to the status quo and test their own thinking.
Talent Developer
Uses understanding of BMS strategic requirements to identify future talent needs and puts plans in place to address.
Continuously scans external networks for talent with key capabilities for BMS and is proactive in creating opportunities to attract external talent.
Proactively facilitates cross-functional assignments or opportunities.
Provides coaching and support over the long term. Encourages appropriate risk taking in one’s development and supports learning from challenges and setbacks.
Courageous Innovator:
Stretches beyond the expected to succeed in a rapidly evolving, strategic, and transformational environment.
Required Qualifications and Experience
15+ years of biopharmaceutical operations/manufacturing technology experience in a complex global environment with a track record of establishing productive relationships internally and externally. Experience in aseptic operations a plus.
BS/BA in Technical Field (Biology, Microbiology, Chemistry, related life sciences or engineering) with advanced technical degree, MBA, and/or equivalent experiences desirable.
Demonstrated leadership in managing multifunctional, experience and diverse teams within an Operations environment
Leadership experience in one or more functions (e.g. Production, Quality, Supply Chain, and Manufacturing Technology)
Leadership experience in different manufacturing environments and in similar matrix, multi-location environments
Experience working in and with multiple geographies.
Understanding of regulatory environment and challenges including experience interfacing on government/ policy issues
BioPharmaceutical industry experience a plus, aseptic drug product manufacturing desired.
Experience in being the lead change agent in complex transformational activities
Ability to travel on an as-needed basis, up to 50%.
The starting compensation for this job is a range from $360,000 USD - $500,000 USD, plus incentive cash and stock opportunities (based on eligibility).
The starting pay rate takes into account characteristics of the job, such as required skills and where the job is performed. Final, individual compensation will be decided based on demonstrated experience.
Eligibility for specific benefits listed on our careers site may vary based on the job and location. For more on benefits, please visit our BMS Career Site.
Benefit offerings are subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans then in effect and may include the following: Medical, pharmacy, dental and vision care. Wellbeing support such as the BMS Living Life Better program and employee assistance programs (EAP). Financial well-being resources and a 401(K). Financial protection benefits such as short- and long-term disability, life insurance, supplemental health insurance, business travel protection and survivor support. Work-life programs include paid national holidays and optional holidays, Global Shutdown days between Christmas and New Year’s holiday, up to 120 hours of paid vacation, up to two (2) paid days to volunteer, sick time off, and summer hours flexibility. Parental, caregiver, bereavement, and military leave. Family care services such as adoption and surrogacy reimbursement, fertility/infertility benefits, support for traveling mothers, and child, elder and pet care resources. Other perks like tuition reimbursement and a recognition program.
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