Associate Director, Biologics and Vaccines External Capabilities

Job Description

The Biologics and Vaccines External Capabilities Associate Director serves as the primary point of contact for all activities associated with outsourcing process development and manufacturing efforts from the research and development laboratories working on the development of vaccines and biologics. 

The qualified candidate will be responsible for coordination of outsourcing to support development and manufacturing programs, including biologics and vaccines.

The responsibilities include coordination of the outsourcing strategy with oversight of large molecule programs engaged in external process development, process characterization and GMP manufacturing (including cell banks, virus seeds and drug substance) in close collaboration with our company’s external partners. The candidate will be expected to effectively communicate with stakeholders in external and internal partner organizations and lead cross functional teams.  

• Collaborate with external partners to provide capabilities and capacity to support our company internal research and development.

• Partner with internal company process teams to coordinate the outsourcing of process development and manufacturing.

• Troubleshoot issues with external vendors, engaging the internal development teams where needed.

• Partner with procurement to establish new business partners in alignment with the departmental strategy. Negotiate the service agreements and pricing of services.

• Forecast the annual budget based on needs of the pipeline, through close collaboration with internal and external teams.

• Develop the strategies and manage all deliverables for given program(s) in a matrix team environment

Education Requirements:

• PhD plus 3 years relevant experience. 

• Master plus 5 years relevant experience.

• Bachelor’s plus 7 years relevant experience

NOTICE FOR INTERNAL APPLICANTS

In accordance with Managers' Policy - Job Posting and Employee Placement, all employees subject to this policy are required to have a minimum of twelve (12) months of service in current position prior to applying for open positions.

If you have been offered a separation benefits package, but have not yet reached your separation date and are offered a position within the salary and geographical parameters as set forth in the Summary Plan Description (SPD) of your separationpackage, then you are no longer eligible for your separation benefits package. To discuss in more detail, please contact your HRBP or Talent Acquisition Advisor.

Employees working in roles that the Company determines require routine collaboration with external stakeholders, such as customer-facing commercial, or research-based roles, will be expected to comply not only with Company policy but also with policies established by such external stakeholders (for example, a requirement to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to access a facility or meet with stakeholders).  Please understand that, as permitted by applicable law, if you have not been vaccinated against COVID-19 and an essential function of your job is to call on external stakeholders who require vaccination to enter their premises or engage in face-to-face meetings, then your employment may pose an undue burden to business operations, in which case you may not be offered employment, or your employment could be terminated. Please also note that, where permitted by applicable law, the Company reserves the right to require COVID-19 vaccinations for positions, such as in Global Employee Health, where the Company determines in its discretion that the nature of the role presents an increased risk of disease transmission.

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