Cell Therapy Manufacturing Planning Lead

Introduction to role

Are you ready to convert complex manufacturing realities into clear choices that expand patient access to breakthrough cell therapies? Do you thrive at the point where analytics, operations and investment decisions converge to shape how life‑changing medicines reach people who need them?

In this role, you will be the enterprise’s cell therapy manufacturing planning authority—translating site‑level intelligence into standardized assumptions, scenario models and network recommendations that inform our most important supply decisions. Your work will directly influence how and where we manufacture, how quickly we scale, and how we balance risk and cost—accelerating therapies for patients facing cancer and other serious diseases.

Reporting to the Head of Cell Therapy Manufacturing and partnering closely with Global Supply Chain, Finance and site leaders, you will build the analytical backbone that guides capacity, technology transitions and capital deployment across our network. This is a high‑visibility opportunity to shape a next‑generation supply network and deliver tangible impact at speed.

• Network Strategy and Assumptions:
  Synthesize inputs from site heads and site supply chain leads into a clear, maintained set of planning assumptions; recommend capacity allocations, geographic footprint, and risk‑balanced configurations that protect supply and enable growth.
• Scenario Modeling and Decision Support:
  Build and maintain sophisticated models that test demand variability, technology transitions, new product introductions, workforce constraints and capital sequencing; turn outputs into actionable choices for Cell Therapy Technical Operations and structured inputs for Global Supply Chain Network Planning.
• Dynamic Capacity Modeling:
  Develop multi‑parameter capacity models incorporating cycle times, technology readiness, workforce availability and maintenance schedules; optimize across COGM, workforce utilization and adoption pacing to unlock step‑change performance.
• Cost and Unit Economics:
  Partner with Finance and site operations to model COGM across the network; identify supply configurations and investment strategies that deliver advantaged unit economics at multiple demand levels.
• Workforce Planning:
  Quantify headcount, skill‑mix evolution, training lead times and labor cost sensitivity for key scenarios; ensure strategies are executable and aligned with the Workforce Evolution roadmap.
• Technology Adoption Planning:
  Model automation, closed systems, next‑generation platforms and robotics transitions; define parallel processing, revalidation timelines and expected productivity gains to de‑risk changeovers.
• Data Governance and Standards:
  Establish structured processes to collect, validate and normalize operational data and forward‑looking assumptions from sites; maintain high data integrity for planning and governance use.
• Enterprise Governance Engagement:
  Participate in Global Supply Chain governance with CTM‑specific data packages, feasibility assessments and scenario outputs; influence outcomes with rigorous analysis within established frameworks.
• Demand Translation:
  Collaborate with Global Supply Chain and Portfolio teams to interpret patient demand signals, launch timelines and indication expansions; translate these into capacity requirements and site‑level constraints.
• Capital Investment Cases:
  Build scenario‑backed business cases for network investments; recommend sequencing, capacity triggers and phased options that protect patients and capital efficiency.
• Risk Identification and Mitigation:
  Quantify supply risks across the network; model mitigations and present risk‑adjusted recommendations to guide resilient decision‑making.
• Advanced Planning Tools and Digital Capability:
  Define CTM‑specific requirements for digital twins, AI‑enabled demand sensing and capacity optimization algorithms; partner to configure tools that reflect cell therapy realities.
• Performance Measurement:
  Develop and report CTM network metrics such as capacity utilization, on‑time‑in‑full, schedule adherence and COGM reduction progress; spotlight insights that drive continuous improvement.