Program Integration & Scale-Up Lead

Lonza Group Ltd.; Basel; On-site; CHF 250,000 - 350,000; Full time

Job summary

Lonza Group Ltd. seeks a Senior Director, Program Integration and Scale up Lead to drive integration of Advanced Industry workstreams into scalable solution packages.

You will maintain the consolidated maturity view, timing, dependencies and readiness, aggregating pilots and lighthouses into deployable blueprints. You will lead cross-functional teams, manage multi-site interfaces, and ensure deployment-ready increments feed future capacity expansions and network growth.

Qualifications

• Bachelor or Master in Business Administration, Operations Management, Program / Project Management, or a related discipline.
• Experience in Manufacturing & Business Transformation.
• Ability to manage integrated plans across multiple workstreams and timelines.
• Ability to convert solutions into clear deployment requirements.

Responsibilities

• Integrated Planning & Increment Synchronization across workstreams, pilots, lighthouses and increments.
• Blueprint & Solution Aggregation into coherent packages and manufacturing blueprint.
• Scale-Up & Deployment Readiness with criteria for deployment of increments.
• Portfolio & Value Integration to support prioritization and ROI.
• Risk & Stakeholder Integration by aligning platforms, sites and stakeholders.

Skills

Manufacturing & Business Transform

Integrated planning

Dependency management

GMP mindset

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional collaboration

Project integration

Education

Bachelor or Master in Business Admin / Ops Mgmt / PM

Job description

Today, Lonza is a global leader in life sciences operating across five continents. While we work in science, there’s no magic formula to how we do it. Our greatest scientific solution is talented people working together, devising ideas that help businesses to help people. In exchange, we let our people own their careers. Their ideas, big and small, genuinely improve the world. And that’s the kind of work we want to be part of. We are looking for a Senior Director, Program Integration and Scale up Lead to join our team! The Program Integration & Scale-Up Lead is responsible for integrating and synchronizing the outputs of the Advanced Industry workstreams into coherent, scalable solution packages. The role maintains the integrated view of increment maturity, timing, dependencies and readiness, ensuring that individual workstreams progress in a coordinated way. A key responsibility is to aggregate validated increments from pilots, lighthouses and workstreams into larger solution packages and the overall Advanced Industry blueprint, creating transparency on what is ready, what is still maturing and what can be deployed. As a core member of the Advanced Industry Leadership Team, this role is critical to converting individual workstream outputs into an integrated, deployment-ready blueprint and ensuring that proven solutions are carried forward into future capacity investments and network expansion.

Key responsabilities:

Integrated Planning & Increment Synchronization

• Maintain the integrated plan across workstreams, pilots, lighthouses and increments
• Synchronize increment development with the Genesis implementation timeline
• Manage cross-workstream dependencies, sequencing and maturity gaps
• Maintain transparency on critical paths, readiness and required decisions

Blueprint & Solution Aggregation

• Aggregate validated increments into coherent solution packages and the manufacturing blueprint
• Maintain a clear view of ready-to-deploy, conditional and developing increments
• Ensure interfaces between manufacturing, technology, data, lab and facility solutions are aligned
• Translate pilot and lighthouse learnings into reusable requirements and solution packages

Scale-Up & Deployment Readiness

• Define and maintain deployment-readiness criteria for program increments
• Ensure all ready-to-deploy increments are translated into project requirements
• Ensure mature increments are embedded into upcoming capacity expansions, brownfield projects and new builds
• Identify gaps between upcoming project needs and the maturity of available Advanced Industry solutions

Portfolio & Value Integration

• Support prioritization of pilots, lighthouses and increments based on value, feasibility, scalability and timing
• Aggregate increment-level outcomes into an integrated view of expected unit-cost impact
• Partner with Finance & Value Realization to ensure benefits are consistently quantified
• Support portfolio and investment decisions with an integrated view of readiness and value

Risk & Stakeholder Integration

• Own the integrated view of cross-workstream risks and dependencies
• Drive mitigation and escalation of integration, sequencing and readiness risks
• Align Workstream Leads, Platforms, sites, Engineering and project teams around deployment requirements
• Partner with Program Coordination on governance, reporting and follow-up

Key requirements:

• Bachelor or Master in Business Administration, Operations Management, Program / Project Management, or a related discipline
• Highly experienced in Manufacturing & Business Transformation
• Ability to maintain an integrated plan across workstreams, pilots and lighthouses, assess increment maturity, and manage sequencing, dependencies and readiness against implementation timelines
• Ability to combine validated increments into coherent, reusable solution packages and an integrated Advanced Industry blueprint
• Ability to convert proven solutions and deployment criteria into clear requirements for capacity expansions, brownfield projects and new builds
• Strong understanding of manufacturing operations, engineering delivery, operational excellence and GMP-regulated environments sufficient to connect solution design with site and project realities
• Ability to identify and resolve interfaces, overlaps and constraints across manufacturing, technology, data, laboratory, facility and operating-model solutions.
• Ability to assess increment value, feasibility, unit-cost impact and scalability and use these insights to support sequencing and deployment decisions
• Demonstrated ability to create shared ownership, resolve competing perspectives and influence senior stakeholders across platforms, sites, projects and global functions without relying on direct authority
• Ability to synthesize maturity, dependency, readiness, value and risk information into clear decisions, recommendations and escalations

Every day, Lonza’s products and services have a positive impact on millions of people. For us, this is not only a great privilege, but also a great responsibility. How we achieve our business results is just as important as the achievements themselves. At Lonza, we respect and protect our people and our environment. Any success we achieve is no success at all if not achieved ethically. People come to Lonza for the challenge and creativity of solving complex problems and developing new ideas in life sciences. In return, we offer the satisfaction that comes with improving lives all around the world. The satisfaction that comes with making a meaningful difference. Every day, our teams across the world work together to turn scientific breakthroughs into life-changing medicines that reach up to 100 million patients a year. Lonza is a place where people can make a unique impact, grow their careers and belong. You will feel at home at Lonza if you: Take ownership, step forward, and enjoy meaningful responsibility Love solving problems and thrive in a complex, fast-moving environment Are curious, always looking to learn and improve Work collaboratively, contributing to something bigger than yourself Are motivated to make a difference through work that impacts customers and their patients

Why Lonza:

We are a place of unique opportunity, where your ideas, expertise and ambition can make a real difference. Here, you will have the freedom to grow, the support to succeed and the chance to contribute to work that matters. We are the makers of the medicines of tomorrow. Join us. Be you.