Vice President, Technical Operations

A career at Resilience is more than just a job – it’s an opportunity to change the future.

Resilience is a technology-focused biomanufacturing company that’s changing the way medicine is made. We’re building a sustainable network of high-tech, end-to-end manufacturing solutions to better withstand disruptive events, serve scientific discovery, and reach those in need. 

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Reporting to the Chief Manufacturing Officer, this position spans across the cGMP manufacturing network as a key member of the TechOps leadership team, partnering with site VPGM’s, Quality, Commercial and other Resilience teams to ensure effective and efficient delivery of our life-enhancing therapies to our patients.  Directly managing a small team and with broad network-wide remit, this leader will build strong partnerships throughout the organization to brings discipline and executional rigor in key areas including overall LCM/tech transfer; S&OP oversight to balance supply and demand plans and drive predictable revenue growth, supplier/partner selection and oversight; and capital planning. This role is highly influential, actively participating in long-range planning processes to establish goals, objectives, and deliverables for the future of the organization, assisting in implementing overall CMC strategy and regularly educating and influencing cross-functional members of senior and executive management.

Specific accountabilities, along with other duties and responsibilities as assigned, include: 

Global Tech Ops

• Work with site Tech Ops teams to manage the overall LCM/tech transfer of processes and methods into internal sites and external partners domestically and internationally.
• Improve process robustness through the product lifecycle for all product families within the commercial portfolio.
• Overseeing the development, transfer, and qualification for drug products for use in GMP clinical development and manufacturing. Partner with and support the PAD teams as needed for drug substance development, transfer and qualification.
• Drive best practices in validation, technology transfer, integration of new technologies and resolution of technical issues during GMP manufacturing.  Support sites in identifying and resolving critical issues.
• Assist with selection, contract negotiations and budgeting for service providers such as contract research organizations.
• Inspect project plans, timelines and execution to ensure all projects are appropriately prioritized and key objectives are met on time.
• Serve as a thought partner with Regulatory, CMC, Quality, Supply Chain, Procurement, and Process Engineering colleagues.  Collaborate with and influence other Technical Operations Leaders in establishing strategy and defining enabling objectives.
• Ensure overall operational budget is within the approved budget and timeline.

Global Capital Projects

• Lead review, and evaluation of strategic capital initiatives to support the company strategy and present options/scenarios/recommendations for review/approval by senior management.
• Ensure successful delivery of global capital projects, including oversight of plans, designs and estimates, time, cost, and vendor selections, and provides regular useful reporting to senior leadership.

S&OP

• Oversee S&OP at a strategic level to drive balance between demand and supply plans and predictable revenue growth, inspecting performance reports and accounting for internal and external factors that can impact the teams’ ability to meet their targets.
• Support and work closely with key stakeholders to ensure alignment with business strategies.

• Ensure coordination and synchronization across various functions such as operations, finance, commercial, etc.to maintain focus, alignment, and consistency.  Lead candid and constructive discussions about issues and challenges to align with strategy and corporate performance.
• Examine proposals and investments related to potential customers and vendors.
• Partner with and provide effective and clear presentations and dashboards providing transparency into annual operating plan progress and KPIs to enable executive leadership in gaining insights and making informed decisions. 

Minimum Required Competencies and Experience

• Deep leadership experience in multi-site and multi-country manufacturing planning and operations, evidencing successful cost and ROI management by linking critical business, commercial, manufacturing and supply chain systems and processes along with creatively leveraging internal talent and resources in conjunction with building out capabilities