Production Director

• Provide strategic and operational leadership across all cGMP manufacturing activities, ensuring safe, compliant, and efficient operations that meet client delivery timelines, quality expectations, and cost objectives.
• Develop and execute manufacturing strategies and operational excellence initiatives aligned with site objectives and MedPharm’s growth as a CDMO.
• Partner with senior leadership to translate short and long‑term business strategies into executable manufacturing plans, capacity forecasts, and investment priorities.
• Establish, maintain, and continuously improve manufacturing systems, procedures, and controls to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and adherence to MedPharm’s quality standards (SOPs), and client commitments.
• Collaborate closely with MS&T, Quality, Engineering, EHS, Supply Chain, and Program Management to proactively troubleshoot manufacturing challenges and enable robust, scalable, right‑first‑time manufacturing.
• Provide technical and operational leadership to support complex drug product manufacturing, ensuring processes are efficient, scientifically sound, and inspection‑ready.
• Lead and develop high‑performing manufacturing teams through effective workforce planning, hiring, training, performance management, succession planning, and talent development, in partnership with Human Resources.
• Foster a culture of accountability, engagement, and continuous improvement through clear communication of expectations, priorities, policies, and operational goals.
• Ensure manufacturing personnel maintain the appropriate technical competence and training required to meet cGMP, safety, and quality requirements.
• Own manufacturing performance by ensuring labor, equipment, and process KPIs are achieved; prioritize initiatives and coordinate improvement efforts across all production areas.
• Optimize workforce levels, facility utilization, and material consumption to meet production demands while achieving budgetary and cost targets.
• Lead cross‑functional planning to define project scope, timelines, resources, and budgets necessary to deliver client programs and internal initiatives successfully.
• Make timely and sound decisions on operational and administrative matters to ensure effective execution of manufacturing objectives and business plans.
• Manage manufacturing budgets and execution schedules, ensuring alignment with corporate timelines, financial plans, and client commitments.
• Address complex operational challenges requiring in‑depth understanding of MedPharm technologies, regulatory expectations, and client delivery models.
• Demonstrate strong influencing and negotiation skills when working with suppliers, service providers, and internal stakeholders on matters impacting manufacturing performance.
• Perform additional duties as required to support site leadership, laboratory management, and overall business objectives.

• Direct Reports: Yes
• Indirect Reports: Yes

• Quality Control
• Quality Assurance
• Project Management
• Production / operations department

• N/A

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Life Sciences, Manufacturing, or a related field; a Master’s degree (MBA) is preferred.
• 5+ years of leadership experience. Exceptional people/operations leader with proven experience developing and inspiring teams, driving organization health and culture, and successfully navigating change management processes and principles.
• 8+ years manufacturing experience, preferably in a manufacturing setting for pharmaceuticals , under cGMP. Experience in pharmaceutical and/or biotechnology industry is required.
• Working knowledge of end-to-end supply chain preferred including experience with S&OP, Inventory Management, and other associated Supply Chain disciplines.
• Thorough experience with clinical and commercial manufacturing.
• Direct experience working for or with contract manufacturing organization(s) strongly preferred.
• Active participation in regulatory inspections and up to date on compliance requirements.

• Speaks, writes, listens and presents information in a logical and articulate manner appropriate for the audience
• Is thorough when performing work, conscientious about attending to detail, and uses logical thinking that is well-organized and methodical
• Technically capable of determining the root cause of a problem, offering potential solutions, and working with others to correct the problem
• Responds to changing needs of the business, and personally identifies and champions new ideas for improvement and growth

• Requires constant standing, walking, & sitting
• Require frequent carrying, lifting, pushing, & pulling under 20 LBS
• Requires frequent bending & reaching
• Requires occasional twisting
• Requires constant seeing, hearing, & gripping

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