Associate Director, Engineering

Job Description The West Point Technical Operations Process Support Laboratories within our Manufacturing Division is responsible for supporting all company commercial vaccines with best in class laboratory support for technical investigations, life-cycle-management driven process enhancements and commercial vaccine expansions. We seek an energetic, people-oriented leader with strong scientific and technical skills to lead laboratory activities supporting multiple vaccine programs. The Associate Director will be responsible for management and oversight of business-critical cell culture and live virus vaccine objectives for one or more vaccine franchises.

This individual will lead a team of scientists and engineers to develop and transfer lab-scale models, drive continuous improvement and deep-dive investigations, and develop novel methods to enable process understanding.

• Process subject matter expert (SME) for processing of live-virus vaccines.
• Manages one or more vaccine cell culture based projects and prioritizes resources to align with business objectives.
• Manages a team of scientists and engineers.
• Builds talent by coaching, managing, and developing a team of scientist/engineers through both direct and indirect reporting relationships.
• Designs and leads execution of experimental protocols using lab facilities and/or production equipment at full scale.
• Communicating data driven results to all levels within and across organizations.
• Examines an issue from diverse perspectives (safety, compliance, automation, equipment, process, and people) in order to best understand and resolve the root cause.
• Authors and approves technical documentation to support manufacturing investigations and process enhancements.
• Collaborates and engages with counterparts within technical operations, site manufacturing, commercialization, our Research Division, and other process support labs within our global network.

• B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Biochemical Engineering, Bioengineering, Pharmaceuticals, Biochemistry, Microbiology, or related field with 8 years of relevant experience;
• Master's degree with 6 years of relevant experience;
• Ph.D. with 4 years of relevant experience.

• Minimum 2 years direct experience in vaccine or biologics process development, commercialization, manufacturing, or lab operations.
• Expertise in lab-scale experimental execution and experience with Design of Experiments (DOE), statistical data analysis and presentation of results/conclusions.
• Demonstrated leadership and ability to drive results.
• Strong communication, collaboration skills and ability to drive accountability.

• Minimum 2 years direct live virus vaccine processing experience (laboratory scale or manufacturing scale).
• Minimum of 1 year people management experience.

• Adaptability, Biochemistry, Biodesign, Biological Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Biopharmaceuticals, Capital Project Management, Change Management, Chemical Engineering, Clinical Manufacturing, Commercialization, Data Analysis, Decision Making, Drug Product Manufacturing, Interpersonal Relationships, Lean Manufacturing, Manufacturing Scale-Up, Project Prioritization, Regulatory Compliance, Root Cause Analysis (RCA), Strategic Thinking, Technical Transfer, Technical Writing Documentation

The salary range for this role is $ - $. This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An employee's position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, government requirements, and business or organizational needs.

The successful candidate will be eligible for annual bonus and long-term incentive, if applicable.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits. Available benefits include medical, dental, vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits, including 401(k), paid holidays, vacation, and compassionate and sick days.

San Francisco Residents Only:
We will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records for employment in compliance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

Los Angeles Residents Only:
We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance.

US and Puerto Rico Residents Only:
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