Director, GTO Digital Transformation
Job Summary
Director, GTO Digital Initiatives
Biologics workstream within the OPS2030 Digital Tech Transfer initiative
Key Responsibilities
Lead delivery execution
Manage pilots and workstreams
Translate strategy into execution
Represent Biologics requirements
Coordinate enabling partners
Maintain portfolio tracking
Prepare governance updates
Support intake and roadmap hygiene
Track initiative financials
Track delivery performance
Provide regular reporting
Drive process re imagination
Translate concepts into delivery
Challenge status quo
Help move programs beyond simple digitization toward redesigned, data-enabled, and AI-ready tech transfer processes.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree
- Minimum 8+ years of experience
- Demonstrated experience in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, manufacturing, technical operations, digital transformation, program delivery, or related areas.
- Demonstrated experience leading
complex, matrixed digital transformation programs
in manufacturing, technical operations, tech transfer, process development, MS&T, quality, data, or other regulated environments.
- Strong
program and project management
capabilities with the ability to lead teams and workstreams without direct line authority.
- Strong
financial management skills
, including experience with forecasts, actual spend, accruals, vendor status, purchase orders, cross-charges, and delivery tracking.
- Understanding of
technical operations and digital transformation in regulated environments
.
- Strong
customer management, facilitation, executive communication, risk management, and escalation
skills.
- Collaborative, low-ego operating style with the ability to work effectively within a defined role scope while providing senior delivery leadership.
Preferred Qualifications •
Advanced degree
such as MBA, MS, PhD, PharmD, or equivalent experience.
- Experience in
Biologics tech transfer lifecycle
, including drug substance, drug product, analytical, manufacturing readiness, and quality/regulatory considerations.
- Experience with enterprise data strategy, domain modeling, semantic technologies, ontologies, data governance, knowledge management, or digital manufacturing platforms .
- Experience with
AI, GenAI, analytics, automation, digital manufacturing, or Industry 4.0 initiatives
in regulated environments.
- Experience partnering with
PMO, Enterprise Data, Architecture, IT, consulting partners, and cross-functional business teams
.
Success Measures
- Assigned digital initiatives are delivered with clear ownership, governance, cadence, risk management, and readiness for scale.
- Biologics requirements are consistently represented across Development, Commercial, Alexion, site, data, architecture, and enterprise program forums.
- Spend, resource demand, vendor and purchase order status, milestones, risks, and dependencies are proactively tracked and reported.
- Sponsor capacity is increased by shifting day-to-day delivery leadership for assigned initiatives to this role while strategic and enterprise accountability remains with the Senior Director.
- Programs advance beyond status-quo digitization toward simplified, data-enabled, and AI-ready future-state tech transfer processes.
When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we unleash bold thinking with the power to encourage life-changing medicines. In-person working gives us the platform we need to connect, work at pace and challenge perceptions. That's why we work, on average, a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesn't mean we're not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our unique and ambitious world.
The annual base pay for this position ranges from $ 172,466.40 - $258,699.60 USD Annual. Hourly and salaried non-exempt employees will also be paid overtime pay when working qualifying overtime hours. Base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. In addition, our positions offer a short-term incentive bonus opportunity; eligibility to participate in our equity-based long-term incentive program (salaried roles), to receive a retirement contribution (hourly roles), and commission payment eligibility (sales roles). Benefits offered included a qualified retirement program [401(k) plan]; paid vacation and holidays; paid leaves; and, health benefits including medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans. Additional details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment. If hired, employee will be in an “at-will position” and the Company reserves the right to modify base pay (as well as 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.
Are you ready to bring new insights and fresh thinking to the table?
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