Senior Manager Global Facility Management & Automation

ABOUT US

PolyPeptide Group AG and its consolidated subsidiaries (“PolyPeptide”) is a focused Contract Development & Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) for peptide- and oligonucleotide-based active pharmaceutical ingredients. By supporting its customers mainly in pharma and biotech, it contributes to the health of millions of patients across the world. PolyPeptide offers products and services from pre-clinical through to commercial stages, including generics. Its active custom projects pipeline reflects the opportunities from novel drug therapies in development to fight both widespread and rare diseases. Dating back to 1952, PolyPeptide today runs a global network of six cGMP-certified facilities in Europe, the U.S. and India. PolyPeptide Group AG’s shares (SIX: PPGN) are listed on SIX Swiss Exchange.

We are constantly growing and developing our organization. As part of this process, we provide our employees with a dynamic and stimulating workplace with great opportunities to grow. PolyPeptide offers diverse opportunities for both experts and young professionals throughout the world.

ABOUT THE ROLE

PolyPeptide is on an exciting growth journey, and we are strengthening our Global Operations Team with the addition of a new Senior Manager Global Facility Management & Maintenance, reporting directly to our Director Global Engineering, and collaborating closely with the maintenance and facility management functions across our six different manufacturing and development sites.

This role is accountable for driving global effective and aligned standards and procedures for Facility Management and Maintenance incl. Asset Lifecycle Management and the related governance and maintenance execution methodology.

To support existing operation as well as the company growth strategy within company’s global and local guidelines, you will define and drive the global approach for Facility Management, Maintenance & Reliability across all sites, ensuring a harmonized and future‑oriented approach that includes spare parts management.

You will lead the global roll‑out of the Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) methodology, embedding maintenance excellence and operational reliability throughout the organization. As global process owner for the CMMS, you will be responsible for governance, standards, data models and continuous improvement to ensure transparency, consistency and high‑quality data worldwide.

You will define and harmonize asset criticality and risk classification methods, while developing and maintaining a comprehensive asset lifecycle management that supports long‑term operational resilience.

In close collaboration with Engineering, EHS and Operations, you will also contribute to the global energy and sustainability approach for buildings and central utilities, in line with PolyPeptide’s environmental and efficiency objectives.

You will establish global standards for business continuity, redundancy and physical site security, ensuring robust and compliant facility operations across the network. You will define, monitor and continuously improve maintenance KPIs and benchmarking approaches to drive performance, comparability and accountability at all sites.

A key element of the role is building and leading global communities of practice and technical forums within Facility Management, Maintenance & Reliability, fostering collaboration, capability development and the systematic sharing of best practices across the organization.

YOUR PROFILE

You hold a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Marine, Mechanical, Chemical or a related discipline); an advanced degree is preferred.

You bring over 7 years of progressive maintenance leadership experience in pharmaceutical, biotech, or CDMO manufacturing environments, and in-depth proven experience in Facility Management and Maintenance execution in a GMP-regulated environment.

You have strong knowledge in TPM and Maintenance Management including developing, optimizing, introducing and enabling execution of maintenance strategy and plans.

You have experience with harmonizing and aligning multi-site technical functions within Facility Management and Maintenance, on global, international or regional level in a multicultural environment.

In addition, you bring:

• Solid knowledge of cGMP regulations, ISPE guidance, and FDA expectations

• Strong knowledge of Maintenance Management incl. TPM methodology

• Facility Management standards & service models

• Asset lifecycle management and reliability engineering

• Risk assessment methodologies (FMECA, RCA, etc.)

• The ability to translate complex data