Director Operations
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Job Description
Work Schedule
Standard (MonFri)Environmental Conditions
Adherence to all Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) Safety Standards Cleanroom: no hair products jewelry makeup nail polish perfume exposed piercings facial hair etc... allowed Office Some degree of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) required (safety glasses gowning gloves lab coat ear plugs etc.Job Description
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. leads in science services with over $40 billion in annual revenue. Our goal is to help customers create a better world by supporting various needs.
Location/Division Specific Information
Lead purification in cGMP manufacturing at our St. Louis site.
How Will You Make an Impact
Lead the Biologics unit drive growth and launch new therapies for clients and patients.
What Will You Do
- Establish Health and Safety Culture: Own and be accountable for establishing a strong health and safety culture within your functional area.
- Strategic Direction: Provide daily strategic direction for GMP production at the St. Louis site ensuring compliance with global cGMP standards.
- Technical Transfer and Client Partnership: Partner with clients manufacturing sciences process development and program managers to facilitate technical transfer of client processes to manufacturing including change controls batch records procedures and training programs.
- Staff Recruitment and Development: Recruit and develop staff to complete department functions through strong leadership performance management employee development and recognition practices.
- Goals and Performance Indicators: Establish department and individual goals and key performance indicators in alignment with company and operational goals; maintain and report applicable metrics.
- Accountability: Drive accountability within your function and other crossfunctional teams.
- Continuous Improvement: Drive continuous improvement and Operational Excellence culture through selfdetecting and selfcorrecting processes and systems instilling strong ownership and accountability. Focusing on improving Safety Quality Delivery Cost and People metrics.
- Budget Management: Develop and be responsible for the departments annual operating budgets; partner with Finance to analyze variances and implement adjustments.
- Risk Management: Proactively identify assess and mitigate quality operational and interpersonal risks; bring up key risks and issues.
Education
- Bachelors degree with 1012 years of related work experience or Masters degree with 68 years of work experience.
Experience
- Minimum of 10 years in management/leadership positions with experience in 2 or more functional areas preferred.
- Minimum of 3 years leading cGMP operations teams in a fastpaced production environment.
- Demonstrated ability to lead crossfunctional teams and collaborate across the business.
- Strong analytical and problemsolving skills; attention to detail and excellent decisionmaking.
- Shown proficiency in making complex decisions drawing on data and input from key partners.
- Expertise in leading small and medium technical and/or capital projects.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills both internal and external.
Knowledge Skills Abilities
- Knowledge of working in a regulated environment with familiarity with cGMP manufacturing and FDA guidelines.
- Leadership skills are important for coordinating crossfunctional teams and holding others accountable.
- Outstanding planning organization multitasking skills.
- Familiarity with gene therapy vectors and knowledge of local state and national regulations for working with biologics is a plus.
- Strong verbal and written skills in English required.
- Experience in cGMP bioprocess operations.
We offer competitive remuneration annual incentive plan bonus scheme healthcare 401k and a range of employee benefits!
Thermo Fisher Scientific offers employment with an innovative forwardthinking organization and outstanding career and development prospects. We offer an exciting company culture that stands for integrity intensity involvement and innovation.
We offer accommodations for individuals with disabilities during the application process job tasks and employment benefits.
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Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
