Director, Advanced Manufacturing Tech & Automation

Lonza Group Ltd.; Basel; On-site; CHF 250,000 - 360,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Lonza company benefits

Job summary

Lonza is seeking a Senior Director, Advanced Manufacturing Technology Lead to drive cross-platform manufacturing technology strategy across Integrated Biologics, Advanced Synthesis and Specialized Modalities. You will identify scalable, reusable tech solutions and lead multidisciplinary teams to translate innovations into operational gains.

The role focuses on robotics, automation, PAT, digital twins, and operator-support tech, partnering with the Factory of the Future, Lab of the Future and

Qualifications

• Bachelor or Master in Engineering, Automation, Robotics, Computer Science, or a related discipline
• Highly Experienced in Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Automation & Operations Transformation
• Highly Experienced in Development & Industrial Scale-Up
• Ability to define cross-platform roadmaps across robotics, automation, material movement, sensing, PAT, prediction, advanced control, digital twins and operator-support technologies
• Strong understanding of biopharmaceutical manufacturing, automation architectures, process monitoring and control, equipment interfaces and GMP requirements
• Ability to quantify productivity, autonomy, quality, flexibility and unit-cost potential and translate it into prioritized use cases and investment cases
• Ability to integrate equipment, automation, sensing, data, analytics and operator workflows into maintainable solutions with reusable interfaces
• Demonstrated ability to lead multidisciplinary solution teams, assess suppliers and research partners, and drive concept development without relying on direct authority
• Ability to communicate technology maturity, risks, architecture choices, evidence and recommendations clearly to technical, operational and executive stakeholders
• Experience assessing readiness, technical and compliance risks, success criteria and dependencies and using evidence to support go, adapt or stop decisions
• Ability to convert proven lighthouse solutions into reusable technical requirements, standards, interfaces and deployment recommendations across platforms, sites and future builds

Responsibilities

• Technology Strategy & Roadmap: Define the cross-platform advanced manufacturing technology roadmap
• Identify opportunities in robotics, automation, material movement, sensing, PAT, prediction and advanced process control
• Assess technology maturity, applicability and scalability
• Translate emerging technologies into prioritized manufacturing use cases Lighthouse & Solution Development
• Identify and prioritize cross-platform lighthouse opportunities
• Drive technology assessment, partner selection and solution concept development
• Ensure lighthouse solutions address clear operational or quality needs
• Define success criteria and replication potential
• Integration with Manufacturing, Lab & Data
• Translate manufacturing requirements into relevant technology solutions
• Align sensing, monitoring and quality-related technologies with Lab of the Future
• Align data and analytics requirements with Data Strategy & Products
• Ensure solutions are integrated into coherent manufacturing concepts Scale-up & Replication
• Convert proven solutions into reusable deployment requirements
• Identify replication opportunities across platforms, sites and future builds
• Support standardization of successful technologies and interfaces
• Feed technology learnings into future manufacturing concepts and investment decisions

Skills

Roadmaps

Robotics

Process monitoring

GMP knowledge

Data analytics

Scale-up

Leadership without authority

Biopharma knowledge

Deployment standards

Architecture

Regulatory compliance

Education

Bachelor or Master in Engineering/Automation/Robotics/CS

Related discipline

Job description

Lonza is seeking a Senior Director, Advanced Manufacturing Technology Lead to drive cross-platform manufacturing technology strategy across Integrated Biologics, Advanced Synthesis and Specialized Modalities. You will identify scalable, reusable tech solutions and lead multidisciplinary teams to translate innovations into operational gains.

The role focuses on robotics, automation, PAT, digital twins, and operator-support tech, partnering with the Factory of the Future, Lab of the Future and