Manager, Finishing Technical Operations

Why Patients Need You

The Manager, Manufacturing Technology within each Focus Factory is responsible for overseeing technical operations for a defined business unit, operation or product configuration within the focus factory. This role involves strategic planning, project management, and ensuring the execution of technical operations best practices to enhance productivity and efficiency, ensuring that the operation run smoothly. This role provides direction and leadership for the technical operations teams within the Focus Factory to achieve performance, compliance and effectiveness. The scope includes but is not limited to process and validation engineering as well as traditional technical services responsibilities (investigation support, change control support, etc).

What You Will Achieve

This role requires strong leadership in managing multiple responsibilities, coordinating with cross-functional teams, and maintaining a high level of operational excellence to drive continuous improvement and innovation.

The manager will cultivate and reinforce appropriate Pfizer values and behaviors and will provide oversight to individuals and teams on professional development, performance, and quality related issues. This position will report directly to the Sr. Manager, Manufacturing Technology, within a Focus Factory.

It is your dedication and hard work that will make it possible for Pfizer’s customers and patients to receive the medicines they need, when they need them. 

How You Will Achieve It

• Responsible for managing the technical operations team and projects within the focus factory.

• Support day-to-day operations within the Focus Factory to minimize downtime and maximize output

• Drive continuous improvement initiatives and foster a culture of innovation.

• Execute and implement technical strategies to improve operational efficiency.

• Collaborate with Focus Factory teams to ensure alignment and support for technical initiatives.

• Work closely with other functions to ensure alignment of activities to the KPIs, metrics and overall goals of the Focus Factory.

• Responsible for the on-time completion of technical operations activities within the focus factory including but not limited to recipe development and validation of visual inspection recipes and processes (including routine requalification, periodic review, etc), PMs, CAPAs, training, Change Controls, support of the Serialization program.

• Oversee the reliability and optimization of equipment and systems.

• Engage with quality assurance, quality control, operations, supply chain and regulatory departments to ensure the sites safety, manufacturing needs, regulatory standards andcompany policies are met.  

• Provide technical guidance and support to operations and engineering teams.

• Ensure engineering activities within the Focus Factory are aligned to Good Engineering Practices, Pfizer and