Vice President And Head Of Platform, Large Scale Manufacturing

Can you set and drive strategic direction within a complex global stakeholder landscape? Do you enjoy leading a large and highly professional team within a rapid changing business environment? Then you might be our new Head of Platform, tasked with setting the strategic direction for the global Large Scale Manufacturing Platform.

Follow Your Genki

FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies (FDB), a subsidiary of FUJIFILM Corporation, is a world-leading contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) with experience in the development and manufacture of biologics, vaccines and advanced therapies. The company operates a global network with major locations in the Unites States of America, the United Kingdom and Denmark and it is building a new manufacturing site in Holly Springs, North Carolina, USA.

The work we do at FDB has never been more important. We are growing our locations, our capabilities, and our teams, and looking for passionate, mission-driven people who want to make a real difference in people’s lives. Join FDB and help manufacture the next vaccine, cure, or gene therapy in partnership with some of the most innovative biopharma companies across the globe. We are proud to cultivate a culture that will fuel your passion, energy and drive - what we call Genki.

Join us and discover a community that thrives on diversity and never scares away from a complex challenge. At FDB, you determine what’s possible.

The role

The Vice President and Head of Platform within the Large Scale Manufacturing Business Unit is responsible for developing, ensuring and maintaining the Large Scale Manufacturing Platform across all parts of the global Large Scale production capacity network in close collaboration with ongoing capacity expansion projects and site leadership. The role is also responsible for assessment of “facility fit” for potential and new partner programs.

The Platform covers Upstream and Downstream Automation and Process Engineering as well as Validation, Engineering Science and Platform Projects (e.g., digitalization and optimized tech transfer processing) across current sites in US and DK and future sites

The Head of Platform manages the Platform organization through the Platform leadership team and is responsible for the 2030 Large Scale Platform vision – we call it KojoX. KojoX is how we realize our ambition to be a leading global CDMO with a Partners for Life focus. It embraces a platform-based ONE global CDMO partner business model that orchestrates, optimize and realize client needs across all steps in the drug lifecycle – and covering the full product supply chain – with speed, full flexibility and scalability in a cost-effective way with high quality and reliability.

Major activities, accountabilities & responsibilities

• Initiate and lead all platform-related technology development projects and vendor discussions to enable our vision of leading innovation in MAbs outsourced manufacturing, incl. Digitalisation, “One-Click” Tech Transfers, Automation and Process Technology and Validation
• Manage the Large Scale Platform and ensure communication of the Platform philosophy, strategy and ambition, but more importantly coordinate, ascertain and control fulfilment of Platform minimum requirements and specifications on all critical Platform-related activities across production sites and ongoing capacity expansion projects with implementation of stringent platform version control
• Set the strategic platform direction for the global Large Scale Business
• Drive and ensure that we succeed with the global KojoX network strategy across all FDB business units and production sites as a foundation for the next 5-10 years
• Lead the 200 people, who are part of the Large Scale Business Unit Platform organization, through the 7 direct reports in the Platform Leadership Team
• Manage the growth of the global Platform organization to 300 people
• Travelling should be expected.

The Vice President and Head of Platform will report to the Chief Operational Officer for Large Scale Business Unit (member of FDB Executive Committee). The position can be based at the Manufacturing sites in Hillerød, Denmark or Holly Springs, North Carolina, USA.

Professional and Personal qualifications

We are looking for a candidate with the following background and skill sets:

• Bachelor or Master’s degree required, with 15 years of relevant and related job experience
• Strong inter-personal and stakeholder managements skills with ability to navigate, influence, create followship and negotiate in complex and constantly changing high-paced environment, with a proven track record of successfully managing and ensuring cross-functional collaboration and deliver in accordance with plans and expectations.
• Enhancement of existing manufacturing site or even design, built and operationalization of a new manufacturing site would be an advantage
• Ability to balance longer term strategic vision and direction setting with day-day management responsibilities through the Platform Leadership Team
• Drug production process experience (ie. drug substance, drug product or finished goods), preferably within biopharmaceutical manufacturing, incl. quality, automation, engineering, validation or operations, or experience from operation of a manufacturing site would be an advantage
• Strategic thinking and agility in a high technology driven and highly specialized biological manufacturing industry

General skills

• Adheres to company and facility specific policies and procedures, including SOP, training and meeting requirements
• Demonstrated ability to work in a cross functional team
• Self-motivated and organized critical thinker with solid interpersonal and business communication skills
• Strong ability to work in a fast-paced team environment with fluctuating priorities, and collaborate effectively with others
• Ensures FDBN, FDBD or other required trainings/certifications are up to date
• Excellent organizational and time management skills with ability to set own priorities in a timely manner
• Possess a positive roll-up-the-sleeves attitude and optimistic outlook
• Responsible for reporting all safety hazards and potential unsafe working conditions
• Ability to communicate effectively in English, both verbally and in writing
• High degree of flexibility and adaptability
• Represents the organization in a positive and professional manner
• Must be able to work as needed to meet tight deadlines and at peak periods
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Your application

Has this sparked your interest? Then we urge you to upload your CV and cover letter as soon as possible as we will screen on an ongoing basis.

About FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies

FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies, a subsidiary of FUJIFILM Corporation, is a world-leading contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) with experience in the development and manufacture of biologics, vaccines and advanced therapies. The company operates a global network with major locations in the Unites States of America, the United Kingdom and Denmark and it is building a new manufacturing site in Holly Springs, North Carolina, USA.

FDB has over thirty years of experience in the development and manufacturing of recombinant proteins, vaccines, monoclonal antibodies, among other large molecules, viral products and medical countermeasures expressed in a wide array of microbial, mammalian, and host/virus systems. The company offers a comprehensive list of services from cell line development using its proprietary pAVEway™ microbial and Apollo™X cell line systems to process development, analytical development, clinical and FDA-approved commercial manufacturing.

We use our skills, dedication and ambition to enable impact for the world’s most innovative biotech and biopharma companies reimagining healthcare’s potential. We work across the entire lifecycle of our customers’ products – enabling success throughout. Every cure, vaccine, biologic, and advancement we contribute to starts with our people and our passion. We fuel one another’s passion, help accelerate progress, expand capabilities, strengthen innovation, and improve processes to improve lives.

We offer the chance to be part of a global workplace where passion, drive and commitment are met with opportunities for professional and personal development. Deeply committed to diversity and inclusion, we ensure that everyone no matter their background or gender has an opportunity to develop. We take pride in enriching our communities, caring for our environment, and cultivating a world of opportunity for future generations.

We aim to foster a collaborative, innovative and rewarding environment, where diverse perspectives and people come together united by a common purpose and shared values. We pursue our fullest potential as individual contributors and team members. We strive to be the employer of choice and offer a competitive compensation and benefit package.