Director, Technical Operations - Global Clinical Supply (GCS)

Director, Technical Operations

The Director, Technical Operations within Global Clinical Supply (GCS) is responsible for technical leadership in support of GCS global facilities and equipment in collaboration with Clinical Supply Operations (CSO), Logistics and Regions, and External Partnerships & Supply (EPS). The technical lead owns business continuity of GCS facilities and equipment as well as day-to-day support of technical equipment-based challenges when required. The technical lead may also manage global infrastructure projects to establish, upgrade, and improve the GCS packaging, labeling, warehousing, and distribution network, and act as technical SME supporting next-level operational challenges with our internal and external partner operations. This individual will also collaborate regularly with upstream operations (e.g. manufacturing, devices) as well as Quality and Safety in ensuring GCS readiness to support the future pipeline.

Specifically, this role will :

• Act as a technical lead on projects to acquire, upgrade, and modernize GCS equipment and infrastructure
• Lead all related activities to go live with new equipment and infrastructure (e.g. Quality risk assessment, safety assessment, data integrity, change management, etc.)
• Provide next-level support to CSO when recurring issues arise with active equipment and infrastructure
• Ensure consistency in equipment and infrastructure requirements globally
• Proactively evaluate, manage, and mitigate impact of new safety & quality requirements on GCS equipment and infrastructure
• Support Permanent Inspection Readiness and Continuous Improvement expectations
• Manage global small capital expenditures
• Own investigations if related to active equipment and infrastructure
• Support complex cross-functional investigations and CAPAs as a technical SME
• Own business continuity as it relates to internal facilities and equipment for GCS
• Partner with EPS for business continuity assessments as it relates to external packaging, labeling, and distribution
• Provide technical support to External Partner Packaging, Labeling, Warehousing, Distribution vendors as needed
• Partner with other functions in our Company (e.g. our Company's Manufacturing Division) to build or risk-mitigate infrastructure

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Education Minimum Requirement : Bachelor's degree in an engineering, scientific, or related field.

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