VP Biovectra Business Unit Leader

PEI BioAlliance; Charlottetown; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Business Unit Leader for its Advanced Manufacturing Partnerships Division. This pivotal role involves leading strategic direction, managing operations, and ensuring financial performance across multiple sites. The successful candidate will collaborate with a dedicated team to drive innovation in the pharmaceutical manufacturing sector. This position offers the opportunity to influence the direction of the company and contribute to its mission of excellence in the industry. If you have a strong background in leadership and a passion for operational success, this is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in Product Development, Business Development, or related fields.
• Proven P&L leadership experience and strategic execution ability.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic direction, operations, and financial performance for multiple facilities.
• Drive operational excellence and ensure compliance and quality performance.

Skills

Financial acumen

Business strategy

Partnering and influence

Leadership Stamina

Leadership maturity

Teamwork

Education

BS in a life science related field

PhD, M.S. or MBA preferred

Job description

We are excited to announce the formation of the Advanced Manufacturing Partnerships Division (AMPD), which brings together the Nucleic Acid Solutions Division (NASD) and BIOVECTRA Inc., A part of Agilent. This new division aims to align advanced manufacturing capabilities, expertise, and resources to foster greater innovation and operational excellence.

As part of AMPD, you will have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies and collaborate with a team of dedicated professionals committed to making a significant impact in the industry. Join us in our mission to revolutionize advanced manufacturing and contribute to the success of NASD and BIOVECTRA.

Biovectra is recognized as a leader in the Contract Development and Manufacturing space of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients specializing in clinical to commercial scale production for microbial fermentation, synthetic small molecules including ADC, HPAPI, plasmid DNA, mRNA, LNP and sterile filling capabilities. With over 650 employees manufacturing at both the Windsor NS and Charlottetown PEI sites and supporting over 18/20 top pharma and biotech companies and 100+ active clients. Biovectra partners with biopharma and pharmaceutical companies to support the development of clinical or commercial API needs.

Reporting to the GM of the Advanced Manufacturing Partnerships Division (AMPD), the Business Unit Leader will lead Biovectra’s strategic direction, operations, and financial performance. This executive will have operating and budgetary responsibility for 4 key facilities in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. With a focus on site Operations, you will be accountable for leading Biovectra strategy, executing operational goals, delivering profitable revenue growth, and operating profit while managing a diverse organization. You will be a key member of the AMPD Business Unit executive leadership team (ELT) and will work to advance the Biovectra business plan and play an important part in establishing Biovectra as a global leader in pharmaceutical and biotech manufacturing services.

This role is an onsite role and will be based at our Prince Edward Island site.

Key position requirements include:

• Domain knowledge / understanding of technologies/science and relevant market dynamics for the Biovectra market. Specifically:

  • Understanding of Microbial Fermentation and development technologies.

  • Understanding of synthetic small molecule technologies around ADC, HPAPI, peptide as well as LNP, mRNA and pDNA capabilities at manufacturing scale.

  • Understanding of the Microbial Fermentation and Synthetic Chemistry Market trends, and Client needs is important.

• Proven P&L leadership experience of a business and/or commercial function

• Strategic and execution ability; managing operating budgets.

• Experience in developing and executing critical goals to ensure top and bottom-line objectives are met.

• Knowledge and experience in developing, launching, and managing complex products (leading life cycle management including clinical, development and commercialization)

• Meaningful knowledge and established senior level relationships with organizations and individuals that are likely to be customers and partners for Biovectra.

• Proven ability to effectively engage, interact with, influence, and retain the confidence of senior executives and peers at the executive level (internal and external to the company)

• Demonstrated ability to lead leaders with a critical focus on actively developing, retaining, and attracting talent in a growing dynamic business in a competitive market.

• The ability to attract and recruit top talent, motivate the team, delegate effectively, celebrate diversity within the team, and manage performance; widely viewed as a strong developer of others.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• P&L responsibility for the sites operating budget for NS and PEI locations

• Define, advance, and execute key strategies and initiatives for NS / PEI locations.

• Build organizational capabilities; attract, retain, and develop talented leaders and team member for the overall organization

• Deliver results; align on the key financial and business deliverables with stakeholders and consistently meet these deliverables on the timelines agreed to

• Responsible for oversight of day-to-day site Operations with a hands-on approach to drive teamwork, critical thinking, and results

• Work closely with Senior leaders in Business Development, Quality and Finance to ensure business direction, site compliance / quality and performance is maintained

• Responsible for Product Development oversight and the timely execution of process development, method development and overall program on-boarding

• Focuses on driving operational excellence to improve efficiencies and exceed client needs

• Continuously seeks new or improved site performance and client satisfaction through product, technology, and service innovation

• Focus on Biovectra employee culture and Agilent values to drive customer value

• Maintain customer trust through delivering superior compliance and regulatory performance

Qualifications

• BS in a life science related field; PhD, M.S. or MBA preferred

• Prior Senior level management experience: General Manager/ multi-site leadership experience preferred along with 10+ years of experience in one or more of the following: Product Development leadership, Business Development leadership, Engineering leadership, Quality and Compliance Leadership, Manufacturing Leadership, or related positions with increasing levels of management responsibilities

• Demonstrated track record of success in leading a diverse team while growing revenues, ideally with a company, new business unit or product line experiencing expansion and growth amidst a competitive market environment

• Experience in Contract Development and Manufacturing industry with focus on Pharmaceutical Operations

• Global experience; with customers and competitors

• Domain knowledge / understanding of key technologies/science and relevant market dynamics for Biovectra market

• Proven P&L leadership experience of a business and/or business function

• Knowledge and experience in developing, launching, and managing complex products in a cGMP regulated environment

• Strategic and execution ability; proven experience in developing and executing complex strategic plans

• Demonstrated track record of results utilizing interpersonal, relationship-building skills required in leading complex teams in a fast-paced environment

• Direct or indirect experience in Green Field, Brown Field or large scale CAPEX projects

Demonstrated capabilities in the following core areas:

• Financial acumen - Understand budgets and financial planning drivers to ensure execution to planned revenue and operating profit.

• Business strategy – Experience in supporting complex business strategies and developing actionable plans. Aware of relevant external business competition, conditions, and trends in the oligonucleotide market

• Partnering and influence – Ability to communicate with clarity, conviction and confidence across various stakeholders and decision makers.

• Personal credibility - Consistently offers quality advice, counsel, and insight. Maintain self-esteem and that of others while directly and constructively addressing issues. Build productive collaborations and partnerships.

• Business communication - Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills, including explaining complex concepts, delivering presentations to senior executive audiences. Ability to make clear conceptual arguments.

• Leadership Stamina - Working in a fast-paced environment and ability to thrive in an environment of ambiguity and complexity that relies heavily on collaboration and cross-functional interaction.

• Leadership maturity - confidence and a high degree of emotional intelligence; capable of generating followership and leading across all levels of leaders.

• Teamwork – Ability to create and drive teams to deliver on common site goals.