Head of Biopharma Maintenance & Reliability

Sanofi Group; Framingham (MA); On-site; USD 149,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

High-quality healthcare

14 weeks parental leave

Wellness programs

Job summary

Sanofi Group in Framingham, MA, seeks a Head of Maintenance for Biologics to lead maintenance execution, safety, and reliability programs across a regulated manufacturing environment. You will drive calibration, qualification, and contractor oversight while partnering with quality and engineering teams to ensure compliant operations.

The role emphasizes asset lifecycle optimization, budgeting, and a strong focus on cGMP, data integrity, and regulatory readiness.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, maintenance management, life sciences, or a related field.
• 7+ years of relevant experience, including 3+ years leading technical teams in regulated manufacturing.
• Experience in maintenance execution, reliability, calibration, contractor management, budgeting, and shutdown support.
• Working knowledge of cGMP, data integrity, deviations, CAPAs, CMMS/EAM, safe-work permits, and LOTO.
• Strong communication, decision-making, and cross-functional leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead preventive, corrective, and calibration maintenance and periodic qualification.
• Ensure schedule compliance, backlog control, and risk escalation.
• Ensure activities meet HSE, cGMP, data integrity, permits, LOTO, and documentation.
• Support deviations, CAPAs, audits, and regulatory inspections.
• Improve asset reliability via failure analysis and condition monitoring.
• Handle work intake, contractor/vendor management, and safety performance.
• Manage staffing, budgets, contracts, overtime, and cost improvements.
• Provide maintainability input for projects, commissioning, and turnover.
• Lead shutdowns, outages, start-ups, emergencies, and return-to-service.
• Make staffing and budget decisions within approved budgets.

Skills

Maintenance leadership

Contractor management

Budgeting

CMMS/EAM

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering/maintenance life sciences

Tools

CMMS/EAM

LOTO

Job description

Sanofi Group in Framingham, MA, seeks a Head of Maintenance for Biologics to lead maintenance execution, safety, and reliability programs across a regulated manufacturing environment. You will drive calibration, qualification, and contractor oversight while partnering with quality and engineering teams to ensure compliant operations.

The role emphasizes asset lifecycle optimization, budgeting, and a strong focus on cGMP, data integrity, and regulatory readiness.