Vice President, Site Leader, Cell Therapy Manufacturing

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Challenging. Meaningful. Life-changing. Those aren’t words that are usually associated with a job. But working at Bristol Myers Squibb is anything but usual. Here, uniquely interesting work happens every day, in every department. From optimizing a production line to the latest breakthroughs in cell therapy, this is work that transforms the lives of patients, and the careers of those who do it.

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Lead the company’s Cell Therapy Drug Product commercial/clinical manufacturing facility in Bothell, Washington and associated operations. Accountable for manufacturing operations, overall site budget and cost optimization, talent management/succession planning including hiring, training, and developing engagement strategies to develop, support, encourage and retain the best workforce talent for Cell Therapy Drug Product manufacturing in Bothell. Lead the Cell Therapy site leadership team.

Responsible for identifying and implementing policies, procedures and business strategies to facilitate optimal production and performance. The Site Leader interacts with external government affairs, political governance forums, and educational institutions to advance site infrastructure and operational capability robustness.

The Site Leader will be responsible for setting strategic direction for the relevant cell therapy manufacturing departments, in alignment with corporate goals, Global Product Supply/Cell Therapy Development and Operations and objectives, including commercialization of our products while maintaining highly productive clinical operations. Responsible for establishing and driving a culture of collaboration and alignment between various functions and departments within Cell Therapy and the site, ensuring operational performance with aggressive continuous improvement in productivity and implementation of new technologies while ensuring that major strategic objectives are met.

• Execute Site Strategy
• Deliver on operational requirements- output targets and significant clinical and launch project milestone adherence
• Lead the Cell Therapy Manufacturing site leadership team, establishing cross-functional goals and ensure alignment.
• Set tactical direction to ensure completion of critical objectives.
• Establish critical KPIs, monitor progress and keep critical stakeholders informed of progress.
• Engage and hold accountable site and corporate resources to ensure critical objectives are met.
• Drive continuous improvement to enhance productivity and efficiency of operations across all functions.
• Sponsor in-house expertise with Lean process improvement and promoting a Lean culture.
• Lead site leadership team and individuals to ensure a sustainable operation.
• Coach a team of manufacturing professionals and enable their individual growth.
• Successfully implement corporate initiatives within the site.
• Implement innovative solutions which sets BMS as the leader of cell therapy manufacturing.
• Work effectively with US FDA and other regulatory agencies. Substantial knowledge of QSR, GMP, FDA, GAMP, ISO and other applicable standards.
• Drive continuous improvement and foster an operational excellence culture.

• Enterprise Advocate:
  Appropriately evaluates tradeoffs and risks to make bold decisions that are in the best interest of BMS and our patients.
• External Mastery:
  Constantly looking outside the organization to understand customer needs, competitors, and global trends and uses the data to achieve a competitive advantage for BMS.
• Change Activator:
  Relentlessly identifies and creates game-changing opportunities that lead to higher organizational performance and influences others to do the same.
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