Job Description

As the Vaccine Automation Director, you will be the primary point of contact for the HPV IPT for all digital implementations, support, and administrative activities.

You will manage a team of managers that support the HPV Fermentation, Purification, Alum, Formulation, and Sterile Supply facilities at the Durham site.

You will be the liaison between above site DMO and the site clients.

The Vaccine Automation Director works with the HPV IPT, Supply Chain, and Technical Operations site leads and their staff to identify and define business issues, build business cases, and ensure continuity of service for all systems support manufacturing activities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Managing multi-level team of automation engineers, providing direction, priorities, feedback, and formal reviews.

• Providing lead automation support for various manufacturing projects and systems such as Programmable Logic Controllers, Distributed Control Systems and Original Equipment Manufacturer platforms.

• Initiate and lead collaboration within the Operations, Quality and Technical organizations to resolve complex problems and deliver efficient solutions, while maintaining the automation systems in compliance with current Good Manufacturing Principles (cGMPs).

• Providing leadership and strategic direction for automation for the near- and long-term priorities within the integrated process team and works for alignment across the HPV franchise. Representing digital manufacturing in vaccine roadmap and prioritization processes.

• Must be willing to work closely with various site and central groups in order to ensure control systems are designed, implemented and maintained in a manner to ensure manufacturing requirements are met

Education:

• Bachelors or Master of Science in Engineering, Science, Information Technology, or other relevant discipline.

Required Experience:

• Minimum ten (10) years of experience in a production regulated industry (part or all of the years providing manufacturing automation services)

• Minimum of five (5) years of experience in a GMP manufacturing related role and direct experience with SDLC and change controlsExperience with GAMP and Data Integrity Principles (ALCOA) and their practical implementation.

• Advanced written and verbal communication skills in English.

• Demonstrated leadership in achieving shared objectives in a matrix organization.

• Demonstrated capability in leadership of projects and teams

• Above 5 years' experience leading personnel in teams or projects (can be direct or indirect reporting)

• Experience presenting to internal and external regulatory inspectors

Preferred Experience:

• Experience with setting and communicating a strategic direction

• Above 3 years' experience managing employees in a direct role.

• Experience with Lean Six Sigma or other Continuous Improvement methodologies and development of standard work.

• Experience with Agile or Project Management certification

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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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Employee Status:

Regular

Relocation:

Domestic

VISA Sponsorship:

No

Travel Requirements:

10%

Flexible Work Arrangements:

Hybrid

Shift:

1st - Day

Valid Driving License:

No

Hazardous Material(s):

n/a

Job Posting End Date:

09/20/2024

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Job Posting End Date: 09/20/2024

A job posting is effective until 11:59:59PM on the day BEFORE the listed job posting end date. Please ensure you apply to a job posting no later than the day BEFORE the job posting end date.

Requisition ID: R308598