Site Head, Bend, Advanced Synthesis

Today, Lonza is a global leader in life sciences operating across three continents. While we work in science, there’s no magic formula to how we do it. Our greatest scientific solution is talented people working together, devising ideas that help businesses to help people. In exchange, we let our people own their careers. Their ideas, big and small, genuinely improve the world.

And that’s the kind of work we want to be part of.

The Site Head, Bend, Advanced Synthesis provides strategic and operational leadership for the Bend site, with accountability for safety, quality, regulatory compliance, on-time and in-full delivery, cost performance and innovation. The role ensures reliable execution for customers and the ADS business platform while building the organizational capabilities required for sustained operational excellence. The Site Head aligns resources and production priorities, develops leadership capability and leads production managers, logistics support teams, supervisors and specialists.

The Site Head owns asset performance and the development and execution of the site strategy in alignment with Advanced Synthesis, delivering safe, compliant manufacturing against agreed service and cost objectives. The role leads a cross-functional site leadership team encompassing Safety, Manufacturing, Development Services, MSAT, Engineering, Maintenance and Facilities, Logistics & Infrastructure, and Operational Excellence. Quality, SC&PM, HR and Finance contribute to the leadership team outside the direct reporting line.

Through continuous improvement and innovation, the Site Head strengthens productivity and sustains the asset’s long-term profitability.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the Bend, OR site and its multidisciplinary organization through a team of senior leaders, managers, and supervisors. Develop leadership capability, strengthen succession pipelines, and maintain accountability for workforce planning, talent development, recruitment, and people-related decisions in accordance with company policies and delegated authority.
• Foster and sustain a high-performing culture built on empowerment, accountability, trust, innovation, and continuous improvement, while ensuring organizational readiness to successfully lead and navigate change.
• Serve as the Operations representative for capital expansion and growth initiatives, providing strategic oversight for investment projects that enhance site capabilities, infrastructure, and long-term operational performance.
• Define operational requirements for capital investments and ensure effective operational readiness, guiding decisions related to asset capability, manufacturing economics, and the successful transition of projects into routine operations.
• Direct production planning and manufacturing execution to ensure safe, compliant, reliable, and cost-effective operations, delivering products that meet quality standards and customer commitments for on-time, in-full performance.
• Champion Operational Excellence and continuous improvement initiatives, leveraging Lean principles, innovation, and best practices to improve productivity, increase reliability, reduce costs, and optimize operational performance.
• Translate Lonza’s vision, mission, and strategic objectives into a clear site strategy, establishing measurable goals and actionable priorities that align with business needs and organizational growth objectives.
• Own the development, management, and execution of the site operating budget, ensuring financial discipline and achievement of agreed business and financial targets.
• Represent the Bend site as Site Head during customer audits, regulatory inspections, and other external engagements, serving as a credible and effective ambassador for the…