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About Innovative Medicine

Our expertise in Innovative Medicine is informed and inspired by patients whose insights fuel our science-based advancements. Visionaries like you work on teams that save lives by developing the medicines of tomorrow.

Join us in developing treatments finding cures and pioneering the path from lab to life while championing patients every step of the way.

Learn more at are searching for the best talent for the Global Head of Advanced Therapies MSAT Lifecycle Management to be based in Spring House PA or potentially remote within the U.S.

An internal pre-identified candidate for consideration has been identified. However all applications will be considered.

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Johnson and Johnson Innovative Medicines is recruiting for the Advanced Therapies Manufacturing Science and Technology (MSAT) organization! We are working to create a world without disease. Transforming lives by finding new and better ways to prevent intercept treat and cure disease inspires us. We bring together the best minds and pursue the most promising science. Are you interested in joining a team that is positively impacting patients lives by growing and scaling our high-quality cell and gene therapy products Apply today for this exciting opportunity to be part of the team!

The Global Head of Lifecycle Management is accountable for the lifecycle of products for the MSAT advanced therapies organization. This role provides technical and strategic leadership in support of a broad set of technology initiatives to enable new product manufacturing modalities manufacturing technology process control process understanding facility design and network strategy. They are responsible for leading global cross-functional and cross-sector teams to develop and implement high value technical solutions for growth reliability compliance and efficiency of product value chains end-to-end through cutting edge solutions and insights.

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Own the advanced therapies product technology roadmaps; lead cross-functional and cross-sector teams in the strategic development of high value solutions required to achieve goals in technology science facilities processes and products

Lead product roadmap business planning strategies in partnership with value chain and manufacturing platforms across a matrix of functions to define and advance business process models lead change with positive energy

Lead a team of technical product owners to ensure deep product and process understanding is scaled across advanced therapies platform and that robust and reliable manufacturing process are in place across the advanced therapies manufacturing network

Translates strategic product roadmaps to detailed execution plans for programs in order to deliver on target outcomes to enhance the lifecycle of the product.

Oversee implementation in partnership with DPDS of life cycle management new technology and automation projects across manufacturing sites to improve robustness scalability and cost of goods/cycle time/right first time for products delivering measurable impact

Ensure technical and manufacturing requirements are addressed throughout the lifecycle of new solutions

Drive continuous improvement and foster an operational excellence culture to enhance productivity and efficiency of operations

Proactively align decision making with enterprise-wide strategy evaluating short- and long-term goals against potential consequences

Champion data solutions throughout organization to ensure robust products and processes throughout the lifecycle of the products

Drive continuous improvement and foster an operational excellence culture to enhance productivity and efficiency of operations

Establish organizational capability build roadmap - defining current state to ideal state process systems data and performance measures and ensure execution of fit-for-purpose training and learning occurs across the advanced therapies platform

Maintain a robust technical support network related to lifecycle management new technologies automation comparability change management and tech transfers for products including material science assessments sourcing strategies and critical to quality processes

Qualifications:

University/Bachelors Degree in Science/Engineering or Equivalent with 15 Years Biotech/ Pharmaceutical experience or Masters/PhD degree with 10 years Biotech/ Pharmaceutical experience or equivalent industry experience

Hands-on experience in Manufacturing Operations and/or R&D in a biopharmaceutical manufacturing setting (ie. cell/gene therapy products vaccines or any other advanced therapy products)

Experience leading technology transfer activities and technical services for cell/gene therapies

Excellent technical skills and problem-solving skills

Knowledgeable in manufacturing sciences cGMP compliance change management methodology and advanced therapies product regulatory and validation requirements

Knowledge of data analytics/statistics and process automation

Ability to lead and influence multidisciplinary cross-functional teams in an international environment

Project-dependent travel

Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity age national origin disability protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.

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