Head of Manufacturing Operations & Performance

Job Description

The Head of Manufacturing Operations & Performance is accountable for enterprise level excellence across PDT Manufacturing and Quality, ensuring that strategy, performance, governance, and innovation are tightly integrated and executed with discipline s role owns the Business Excellence agenda across Manufacturing and Quality, with specific accountability for:

• Manufacturing strategy design and deployment and operational excellence
• Accountable for product allocation across the manufacturing network (both internal and external) to ensure maximum efficiency and supply.
• Quality laboratory strategy execution
• Enterprise performance management and governance
• Product launch Operational Excellence
• Business innovation, digital adoption, and capability building
• The role acts as a senior enterprise leader and thought partner to executive leadership, shaping how the organization operates, performs, and continuously improves to reliably deliver high quality products to patients worldwide

• Own and lead the design and deployment of Manufacturing and Quality strategies across the global network, ensuring proper alignment to overall PDT strategy.
• Translate PDT strategies into clear priorities, roadmaps, and value creation initiatives. Lead long range, mid range, and annual planning cycles (LRP, MRP, MYC), ensuring alignment of strategy, resources, and execution.
• Track, challenge, and ensure realization of measurable business outcomes.
• S&OE process translation and execution
• Oversee operations alliance management function with in-licensed partners to ensure adherence to operational commitments and management of joint manufacturing committees.

• Provide executive leadership for Manufacturing Business Excellence, embedding standardized management systems and operational rigor across sites.
• Drive sustained improvements in performance, reliability, efficiency, and cost while maintaining compliance and patient focus.
• Partner with Manufacturing and Supply Chain leaders to improve end to end performance and resilience.
• Ensure consistent adoption of Lean, AGILE, and continuous improvement principles across the manufacturing network.
• Managing Manufacturing Programs with direct site impact to ensure local deliverable and developments

• Lead the execution of Quality Strategy, with PDT accountability for QC laboratory performance, modernization, and scalability.
• Drive global QC lab transformation, including harmonization, capacity planning, cycle time re-duction, and digital enablement.
• Partner with Quality leadership to strengthen quality culture, compliance, inspection readiness, and risk management.
• Ensure Quality excellence is embedded as a business enabler, not a functional silo.

• Own the PDT performance management framework across Manufacturing and Quality.
• Establish and chair executive level governance forums, ensuring clear decision rights, escalation, and accountability.
• Define and monitor KPIs, dashboards, and performance routines, enabling fact based executive decision making.
• Ensure operating models, standards, and governance are applied consistently across regions and sites.

• Provide executive oversight of Manufacturing and Quality readiness for product launches.
• Ensure robust governance, risk management, and execution discipline for launches across the global network.
• Partner with R&D, Supply Chain, Commercial, and Regulatory leaders to ensure right first time launch execution.
• Actively remove enterprise barriers that could compromise launch success.

• Set the PDT vision for business innovation across Manufacturing and Quality.
• Sponsor and scale digital, data, automation, and advanced analytics solutions that materially improve performance and quality.
• Ensure innovation initiatives move from pilots to embedded, sustainable capabilities.
• Champion a culture of innovation, learning, and continuous improvement across the organization.

• Lead large scale transformation and change initiatives impacting Manufacturing and Quality globally.
• Build long term organizational capability in:
• Strategy execution
• Performance management
• Continuous improvement
• Digital and analytical thinking
• Develop senior talent, successors, and future leaders; actively contribute to enterprise talent discussions.

• Master’s degree in engineering, Science, Pharmacy, or related discipline required
• MBA, MSc, or PhD strongly preferred
• 15+ years of progressive leadership experience in Manufacturing, Quality, Operations, or Business Excellence within a regulated industry
• Proven track record leading enterprise level strategy deployment and transformation
• Deep exposure to Manufacturing and/or QC laboratory operations
• Demonstrated success…