Associate Director, Facilities - DPF

California, US residents  () .

** The job details are as follows:*
* Who We Are

We are the first publicly-traded biotech or pharmaceutical company to take the form of a public benefit corporation. Our public benefit purpose is to provide a brighter future for patients through the development of novel pharmaceutical therapies; and technologies that expand the availability of transplantable organs.

United Therapeutics (Nasdaq:  
** UTHR** ) seeks to travel down the corridors of indifference to develop treatments for rare, deadly diseases. We were founded in 1996 by a family seeking a cure for their daughter's pulmonary arterial hypertension (
** PAH** ). Today, we have six FDA-approved therapies that treat PAH, pulmonary hypertension associated with interstitial lung disease (
** PH-ILD** ) and neuroblastoma, a rare pediatric cancer. Our near-term pipeline seeks to develop additional therapies for PAH and pulmonary fibrosis (
** PF** ).

The cure for end-stage life-threatening diseases like PAH, PH-ILD, PF, and many others is an organ transplant, but only a small percentage of donated organs are available to address the vast need. For this reason, we are working to create manufactured organs to address the shortage of kidneys, hearts, lungs, and livers available for transplant. We believe an unlimited supply of tolerable, transplantable organs will eliminate the transplant waiting list and cure end-stage organ diseases for which transplant is not currently an option.

Who You Are

The Associate Director, Facilities (DPF) owns end-to-end operational leadership and execution for the entire Designated Pathogen Free (DPF) Facilities Maintenance network. This is a network-level role responsible for driving performance across the DPF sites. The Associate Director directly leads the Site Facilities Managers and runs the DPF Facilities Maintenance organization as one unified, high-performance operation with consistent standards, real staffing flexibility, and rapid cross-site support to deliver exceptional reliability and compliance in uptime-critical environments.

Reporting to the Director, Maintenance, this position maintains deep operational engagement across all sites, works in close alignment with Site Directors and site leadership, and takes direct ownership of day-to-day results while partnering with Facilities Programs & Operations on enterprise standards and programs. This is not a site-level role. It carries full network accountability for execution outcomes. Success is defined by network reliability, audit readiness, rapid recovery, execution consistency, successful facility startups and expansions, and sustained high performance in a lean multi-site model.

+ Drive overall operational performance, reliability, and execution across the full DPF network, including buildings, infrastructure, utilities, GMP systems, and critical environmental controls

+ Contribute to functional strategic planning and multi-year operational roadmaps for the DPF Facilities Maintenance network in alignment with broader organizational goals

+ Directly lead, develop, coach, and support Site Facilities Managers while maintaining strong alignment and coordination with Site Directors and site leadership at each location

+ Establish, enforce, and continuously improve consistent operational standards, escalation protocols, and staffing models across the DPF network

+ Drive workforce planning, cross-site staffing flexibility, and rapid deployment of resources to support outages, startups, expansions, vacancies, and peak demand

+ Ensure rapid incident response, effective recovery, and permanent corrective actions for critical facilities and GMP systems

+ Lead operational readiness, commissioning, startup, expansion, transition, and renovation activities to the highest standards

+ Oversee vendor and contractor performance with rigorous accountability to quality, SLAs, and operational delivery

+ Support development and management of the DPF network operating budget, including forecasting, expense tracking, and cost optimization initiatives

+ Deliver full GMP/GxP, safety, and regulatory compliance with outstanding audit readiness across the network

+ Maintain regular, extended on-site presence across all DPF sites each month and provide direct operational leadership and hands-on field support during prolonged absences, vacancies, startups, critical incidents, or periods of elevated demand

Minimum Requirements

+ 15+ years progressive leadership experience in facilities, maintenance, engineering, or operations within pharmaceutical, biotech, biologics, or other complex FDA-regulated research and product development environments with a H.S. Diploma/GED or 14+ years progressive leadership experience in facilities, maintenance, engineering, or operations within pharmaceutical, biotech, biologics, or other complex FDA-regulated research and product development environments with an Associate Degree or 12+ years progressive leadership experience in facilities,…