Head of Integrated Planning

Applied Pharmaceutical Innovation (API) brings life-saving research to the real world by helping life science innovators bridge the gap between academic research and commercial product development. We are driven, compassionate, and laser focused on making a dramatic positive impact with everything we undertake.

When you join API, you are part of a rapidly growing team that is creating collaborative opportunities to commercialize Canadian life sciences discoveries, increasing the amount of commercial research and development in the country, and supporting Alberta as a key pillar in Canada’s life sciences sector.

This is a build role. You will be creating the planning, supply chain, and program costing function from the ground up. You will own integrated demand and capacity planning, GMP materials management and procurement, and end-to-end program cost modeling from R&D through to fill finish - ensuring that every program that moves through our facility is properly resourced, costed, and scheduled.

You will work directly with the Chief Translational Officer, Director of Business Development and VP Technical Operations, and will be a key contributor to the organization’s ability to deliver on client commitments and price programs accurately and profitably.

This role carries significant near-term responsibility and is expected to evolve into a senior leadership position as the organization scales.

Full-time on-site presence required.

• Build and own the master production schedule and capacity planning process across preclinical, clinical, and commercial manufacturing suites for both drug substance and sterile fill/finish.
• Develop and maintain a rolling demand forecast informed by client programs, R&D pipeline visibility, and BD inputs.
• Identify capacity constraints, resource bottlenecks, and scheduling conflicts proactively.
• Translate client program timelines into internal resource and material requirements at each stage gate.
• Build end-to-end program cost models covering every stage of development and manufacturing journey: R&D, process development, scale-up; GMP manufacturing; track actual costs against estimates; provide bid inputs for client proposals; partner with Finance on overhead allocation; build post-project reconciliation process; flag pricing risk.
• Build the critical materials list for all programs; establish approved supplier list framework; own demand-driven procurement planning; develop inventory management strategy; drive dual-sourcing strategy; manage supplier relationships; interface with shared services for PO processing.
• Lead materials readiness workstream for facility commissioning and first GMP batch; map supplier qualification timelines against manufacturing readiness milestones; develop SOPs for planning, scheduling, materials management, and program costing processes.
• Partner with Technical Operations on tech transfer timelines; interface with QA on supplier qualification, change control; provide planning and costing inputs to BD; participate in program team meetings as the lead for each active program.

• Transactional procurement; not primarily processing purchase orders.
• Pure demand planning role; must be comfortable in cost modeling and supply chain.
• Role for someone who needs a fully built system; you are building the system.
• Finance role; COGS accounting stays with Finance; you own operational cost inputs.

Minimum of a Bachelor's degree in life sciences, engineering, supply chain, or related field.

• 8–12 years of experience in planning, supply chain, or operations in a GMP-regulated biotech, pharmaceutical, or CDMO environment.
• Demonstrated experience building program cost models for drug development or manufacturing programs.
• Direct experience with GMP raw materials procurement and supplier qualification processes.
• Strong understanding of approved supplier lists, material change control, and GMP compliance requirements.
• Experience building or significantly rebuilding a planning or materials management function.
• Experience at a CDMO or contract manufacturing environment – understands multi-client,…