Executive Director, Cell Therapy Global Supply Chain Planning

If you have the passion and the drive to accelerate growth and make peoples lives better then AstraZeneca is the place for you. We have a big ambition to deliver more medicines to patients quicker and more affordably. Backed by the investment leadership and a clear plan to get there we bring personal dedication and out of the box thinking.

AstraZeneca turns molecules to medicines bringing our Research & Development pipeline to life through a rigorous process of development manufacturing testing and delivery. Operations is accelerating fast. We are on track for Our Bold Ambition 2030 delivering 15 new medicines driving us forward across different modalities including biologics cell therapy ADCs and small molecules.

The Opportunity

AstraZeneca is building one of the industrys most ambitiousCell Therapyportfolios spanningautologous allogeneic and in vivomodalities. As the business evolves fromclinical-stage operationstoglobal commercial scale we are seeking a senior leader to build the planning capability that will support reliable patient supply successful launches and long-term growth.

The Executive Director Cell Therapy Global Supply Chain Planning reports into the Vice President Cell Therapy Global Supply Chain and will lead the transformation of planning for the Cell Therapy business. You will shape the operating model build the organization and capabilities and establish the governance processes and systems needed to support a complex global multi-product portfolio.

This is a highly visible leadership role with broad enterprise impact owning the decision architecture that aligns assumptions risks priorities and tradeoffs across the enterprise to enable effective executive decision making. You will work acrossCommercial Clinical Finance Manufacturing Quality Process Development Regulatory CMC and Supply Chainto create a modern integrated planning function aligned to AstraZenecas long-termCell Therapy ambition.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end planning functionfor Cell Therapy connecting commercial demand clinical enrollment patient flow supply planning inventory strategy materials planning capacity planning and financial assumptions into a unified planning framework that is appropriate to patient-specific therapies

• Lead the transformation of the planning operating modelfrom a clinical-stage environment to a scalable global commercial capability including organization design governance decision rights processes and ways of working

• Build the planning capabilities needed to support growth including launch readiness market expansion increasing product and geographic complexity and volume growth across the portfolio

• Lead S&OP/IBP and S&OE as enterprise decision-making forums establishing the planning and governance architecture that aligns cross-functional assumptions risks priorities and scenarios and enables timely executive decisions across service cost cash risk and growth

• Drive cross-functional executive alignmentacrossCommercial Clinical Finance Manufacturing Quality Process Development Regulatory CMC and Supply Chain ensuring assumptions constraints priorities and trade-offs are transparent reconciled and translated into clear enterprise decisions

• Develop differentiated planning strategiesacrossautologous allogeneic and in vivomodalities as well as across clinical and commercial supply models product lifecycle stages and markets

• Lead global network and capacity planningacross internal manufacturing sites and external partners including capacity allocation slot management and supply prioritization across products programs and geographies and partner with theNetwork Strategyteam to align long-range planning network expansion and future-state supply network decisions with business growth and portfolio needs

• Provide integrated decision making and planning of Supply Chain within CMC program governance ensuring supply logistics and capacity constraints are translated into clear direction and integrated supply plans

• Oversee the planning architecture across Plan-to-Deliver from demand translation through supply planning detailed scheduling and execution handoffs to drive planning excellence through patient outcomes such as vein-to-vein time and slot availability

• Lead scenario planning and planning risk management helping the business anticipate and respond to supply capacity logistics and launch risks

• Drive future state digital planning ambition including SAP maturity advanced planning tools scheduling and slot management solutions AI/ML-driven demand sensing autonomous planning capabilities planning data standards and decision-support analytics

• Build and lead a high-performing team developing talent and strengthening planning capability across the organization

Qualifications

• Bachelors degreeinSupply Chain Operations Engineering Life Sciences Business Administration or a related field

• 16 yearsof relevant experience or14 years with an MS/MBA or12 years with a PhD

• Deep expertise insupply planning capacity planning integrated business planning inventory strategy and planning governance

• Demonstrated experience leadingplanning transformationand evolving operating models fromclinical-stage early-launch or emerging business environmentstocommercial scale

• Experience scaling supply chains throughcommercial growth geographic expansion and organizational change

• Experience inbiopharma biotech advanced therapies or other highly regulated and complex supply environments

• Demonstrated success leading acrossinternal manufacturing and external partner networks

• Experience implementing or advancing planning capabilities such asOMP Kinaxis o9 or equivalent platforms

• Proven ability to build lead and develop high-performing teams in complex matrixed organizations

• Strong strategic analytical communication and stakeholder leadership skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree such asMBA MS or PhD

• Experience incell therapy gene therapy oncology supply chains or personalized medicine

• Experience in highly constrained time-sensitive or patient-specific supply environments

When we put unexpected teams in the same room we fuel bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing -person working gives us the platform we need to connect work at pace and challenge perceptions. Thats why we work on average a minimum of three days per week from either the Santa Monica CA; Tarzana CA or Gaithersburg MD office location. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our unique and ambitious world.

The annual base salary for this position ranges from $225000 to $335000. However base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors including market location job-related experience. If hired employee will be in an at-will position and we reserve the right to modify base salary (and any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time including for reasons related to individual performance Company or individual department/team performance and market factors.

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