Digital Manufacturing Operations Site Lead

Job Description

At our company, for more than a century we have been inventing for life, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases.  Information technology is a critical differentiating capability for our Manufacturing Division and a pillar of our Company’s strategy, with a focus on driving efficient, reusable, and easy to consume technology. Our Company is committed to being a premier, research-intensive biopharmaceutical company. 

Our Digital Manufacturing team is a trusted business partner that enables purposeful innovation and sustainable value for our Manufacturing Division through the delivery and support of seamless digital capabilities that assure safe, compliant, and reliable supply. Our Digital Manufacturing team's aspiration is to be the digital force that drives the Manufacturing Division to be the best at supplying innovative and affordable medicines and vaccines.

The West Point manufacturing location is a mission-critical site within the Manufacturing Global Vaccine Operating (GVO) unit and is responsible for the commercialization, launch and supply of some of our company's most important vaccine products, including all our HPV and Pneumococcal vaccines, with shared accountability for the manufacturing of several of our key vaccines. The scope of West Point GVO site includes five End To End or Focus Factory units: Bio-Bacterial Manufacturing, Live Virus, Pneumococcal, and Core Site Services.

The leader of our Digital Manufacturing Operations (DMO) team at West Point will act as the primary Business Technology Partner (BTP) for this Manufacturing site, and as such, will be responsible for the development and execution of the Digital/ IT Strategy for West Point; for driving the successful implementation and the maximization of value from all technology investments; and for assuring stable IT and Automation Operations across all sites, and external connections, for the Operating Unit. As a BTP, the leader acts as the single point of accountability for all technological matters at West Point (across both the Information Technology and Operations Technology areas) and plays an essential role in Running the Business, Growing the Business and Transforming the Business.

Given the criticality of this role, this leader will be an active member of the West Point Site Leadership Team (SLT), as well as being a core member of the DMO SLT.  The role reports to the Digital Manufacturing, DMO GVO Leader and works in close partnership with the DMO Leaders within the Global Vaccine Operations unit to deliver sustainable value through seamless and standardized digital capabilities across the full Manufacturing network.

The responsibilities of the DMO at West Point leadership role, include, but are not limited to the following:

• Manage a group of 80+ technology professionals, across the West Point site, promoting career development and continuous upskilling of talent to build incredible, diverse teams and the ecosystem to empower them.

• Work in partnership with the West Point SLT, in a Business Technology Partner capacity, to translate business priorities into a purposeful digital strategy – refreshing the content on a periodic basis. Develop and implement a specific digital strategy that transforms the relevant Manufacturing Op Unit into a digital savvy organization that prioritizes the use of digital tools and MPS to deliver on its strategic commitments.

• Keep our IT/OT operations stable, compliant, secure, and predictable, and demonstrate continuous improvement in our operational metrics, capabilities and processes.

• Drive the relevant aspects of the Manufacturing Capital Expansion Program and ensure the successful delivery of all technology assets for each Manufacturing capital program, on-time, on-budget and in-full.

• Maximize the value realization of all projects from the Digital Manufacturing portfolio by working closely with the delivery/ execution parts of the IT organization (e.g., Value Teams) and other supporting functions (e.g., Chief Technology Office, Technology, Infrastructure, Operations & Experience, IT Risk Management & Security, and Digital and Data Quality) across the full project delivery life cycle: from initial ideation and prioritization, through implementation, and into steady state operations.

• Demonstrate excellent stewardship of our Company’s resources (both people and financial), build financial plans that deliver on our Company’s objectives and implement a culture of strong financial accountability across the team.

• Focus our organization on the continuous improvement of our processes, motivate our teams to strive for agility, excellence, and compliance in everything we do and demonstrate our organizational commitment to