Manufacturing & Tech Ops - Senior Director

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Job Title

Manufacturing & Tech Ops - Senior Director

Location(s)

Customer Site - NC, Raleigh, NC

Job Description

This is a full-time salaried position with Project Farma, a PerkinElmer company. The successful candidate will reside in the one of Project Farma’s primary market locations and be willing to travel domestically to meet client project requests.

Project Farma’s purpose is to improve patient lives by accelerating the delivery of life-changing therapies. We accomplish this through the successful execution of high-quality life sciences projects across the full project lifecycle. Project Farma (PF) team members collaborate with cross-functional teams to build trusted client relationships, deliver an exceptional customer experience, and contribute to business growth by identifying opportunities and applying data-driven insights to support project planning, cost, schedule, and performance management.

This role contributes to organizational success by supporting financial performance, operational efficiency, and continuous improvement, while also investing in people through mentorship, knowledge sharing, and professional development. All team members are expected to embody Project Farma’s values by being curious, personable, and unselfish, while maintaining a strong commitment to a Patient Focused and People First mindset.

The Manufacturing & Tech Ops Director / Senior Director is a deeply experienced individual responsible for supporting project execution through technical contribution, analysis, and problem-solving with limited guidance. May serve as project technical operations lead or project lead / manager. This role applies intermediate to advanced technical expertise on more than one subject to solve complex problems, contributes meaningfully to project outcomes, and demonstrates increased independence in executing assigned work. Directors are expected to build foundational skills, apply Project Farma methodologies, and deliver high-quality work products while collaborating across disciplines. This role requires sound judgment, effective prioritization, within established project frameworks, and continued growth toward greater ownership and technical proficiency. The Director is responsible for leading a project team and overseeing the execution of work aligned to project, client, and business objectives. This role balances people leadership with operational accountability, including coaching, performance management, resource planning, and ensuring high-quality delivery within defined scope, timelines, and budget.

The Manufacturing & Tech Ops Director / Senior Director is a senior, client-facing consulting leader responsible for delivering and growing high-value technical initiatives spanning drug substance and drug product operations, technology transfers, regulatory submissions support, and continuous improvement programs.

The role is expected to be fully billable, with some amount of time as assigned by leadership allocated as needed to support business development, especially on “land and expand” opportunities. The ideal candidate brings deep pharmaceutical technical knowledge, exceptional program management discipline, and the ability to influence without authority across a matrixed organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain high billable utilization consistent with senior consulting expectations.
• Travel as required to support client projects, executive workshops, tech transfers and client-facing activities.
• Act as project sponsor or senior engagement lead, guiding scope, approach, and client communication.
• Manage end-to-end program management for complex technical operations initiatives including new product introductions, technology transfers, process validations, and facility fit assessments.
• Coordinate cross-functional workstreams across Manufacturing, Process Development, Quality, Regulatory Affairs, Supply Chain, and Engineering.
• Support technology transfer activities from development into GMP manufacturing, including documentation, gap assessmen