[Hiring] Associate Director, Engineering @MSD

Role Description

Due to continued growth and investment, our company is hiring an Associate Director, Engineering within Biologics External Manufacturing Technology. The Associate Director will be the key technical leader interface between our company and External Partners for the Biologics External Manufacturing (ExM) organization.

This individual will create, lead and execute technical transfers to and commercial supply from External Partner(s). The candidate will be based in the US on the west coast and report to the Director, Biologics External Manufacturing Technology.

The ideal candidate will be someone who can navigate a complex network of drug substance nodes across biologics modalities and tech support models. The candidate needs to collaborate across multiple technical functions to ensure the success of technical transfer and commercial manufacture with the External Partner(s).

This role is critical to the organization’s ability to support new and in-line commercial product technology transfers to External Partnerships, and support of our in-line products, with sharp oversight and technical risk management, focusing on the rapidly expanding biologics third-party network.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or applicable Science is required.
• An advanced degree in Engineering, Science, or Business is preferred.
• Minimum of 8 (eight) years post-bachelor’s degree experience in Drug Substance and/or Drug Product vaccines and/or biologics manufacturing, engineering, and/or technical support of operations is required.

Requirements

• Expertise and demonstrated accomplishments leading technical transfers is required.
• Experience in leading cross-functional teams in support of manufacturing operations at internal sites or External Partner(s) is preferred.
• Expertise and demonstrated accomplishments with Lean Manufacturing applications to ensure year-on-year productivity improvements is preferred.
• Advanced problem-solving skills and experience leading teams to resolve complex business or technical issues is required.
• Excellent leadership, collaboration, change management, interpersonal, analytical skills, collaboration, and engagement as a team player with dependable interpersonal and communication skills (both verbal and written) is required.
• Ability to motivate a team around a common vision and deliver expected results is preferred.
• Creative, innovative, thinks outside of the box, self-motivated, applies problem-solving skills, and solid base in engineering fundamentals and process troubleshooting is preferred.
• Experience in complex international environment with matrix organization structures is preferred.
• Experience in Large Molecule unit operation design, startup, and/or operation is preferred.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family).
• Retirement benefits, including 401(k).
• Paid holidays, vacation, and compassionate and sick days.