Senior Manufacturing Innovation & Strategy Leader (Remote)

Agilent Technologies; Charlottetown; Remote; CAD 122,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus eligibility

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Benefits

Remote work option

Job summary

Agilent Technologies, in Charlottetown, PEI, seeks a senior manufacturing leader to shape GMP-biologics and API manufacturing strategies. You will guide scale-ups, technology transfers, and capital projects across a multi-site operation, partnering with Finance and executives to align with growth goals.

The role requires 10+ years in pharma manufacturing, strong GMP knowledge, and a track record of delivering complex initiatives. Remote work options are available with competitive compensation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, biotechnology, biopharmaceutical sciences, chemistry, or a comparable discipline.
• Ten years in pharmaceutical manufacturing, with substantial biologics and/or API experience.
• Experience leading complex capital projects and strategic initiatives.
• Thorough knowledge of GMP, Annex 1, ICH guidance, and regulatory expectations from FDA, EMA, and Health Canada.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership, coaching, and mentorship to engineering and project teams.
• Guide process scale-up, technology transfer, facility modifications, and lifecycle optimization.
• Develop the three- to five-year manufacturing and capital plan in partnership with Finance and aligned with corporate growth objectives.
• Evaluate facility expansions, acquisitions, outsourced manufacturing, technology transfers, and strategic partnerships.
• Assess manufacturing programs, products, and technologies that improve quality, throughput, flexibility, profitability, and cost efficiency.
• Lead enterprise-wide manufacturing initiatives and advise executives on technology options, risks, and opportunities.
• Lead major capital projects from concept through commissioning and qualification, delivering within approved scope, schedule, budget, risk, and value targets.
• Develop business cases and financial models that assess ROI, payback, total cost of ownership, and expected operational benefits.
• Resolve complex, enterprise-level engineering challenges and recommend initiatives that advance corporate objectives.

Skills

Technical leadership

Manufacturing process optimization

Capital project leadership

GMP compliance

Regulatory knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering/biotechnology/chemistry

Master's degree (MBA)

Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) designation

Job description

Agilent Technologies, in Charlottetown, PEI, seeks a senior manufacturing leader to shape GMP-biologics and API manufacturing strategies. You will guide scale-ups, technology transfers, and capital projects across a multi-site operation, partnering with Finance and executives to align with growth goals.

The role requires 10+ years in pharma manufacturing, strong GMP knowledge, and a track record of delivering complex initiatives. Remote work options are available with competitive compensation.