Managing Director and Site Head

BioTalent; Aiken (SC); On-site; USD 250,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

BioTalent is partnering with a global CDMO to appoint a Managing Director & Site Head for a growing manufacturing facility. You will lead site operations, safety, quality, and financial performance, while building the organizational structure and growth strategy for a major expansion.

You will drive readiness for a new peptide production facility, collaborate across engineering, quality, and project teams, and represent the site to customers and regulators.

Qualifications

• BS/MS in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or related technical discipline.
• Significant leadership experience in pharmaceutical, chemical, or CDMO manufacturing environments.
• Proven experience leading site operations, P&L responsibility, operational excellence, safety, quality, and customer delivery.
• Strong understanding of cGMP manufacturing and regulated operations.
• Experience supporting major capital projects, facility expansions, technology transfer, startup, commissioning, or operational readiness is highly desirable.
• Executive-level leadership, stakeholder management, and team-building capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead all site operations, safety, quality, and financial performance.
• Develop and execute the long-term growth strategy for the site.
• Build the future leadership team, organizational structure, and operating model.
• Drive operational readiness for a new peptide manufacturing facility.
• Partner with engineering, quality, technical operations, MSAT, and project teams through startup and scale-up.
• Oversee technology transfers, capacity planning, asset utilization, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Act as the key site representative with customers, regulators, community stakeholders, and corporate leadership.

Skills

Executive leadership

Stakeholder management

Team building

cGMP manufacturing

Operational excellence

P&L ownership

Education

BS/MS in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering

Job description

BioTalent is partnered with a global CDMO to appoint a Managing Director & Site Head for a growing manufacturing facility.

This is a rare opportunity to lead both an established manufacturing site and the operational build-out of a significant new peptide production facility. You'll be responsible for site strategy, operational performance, culture, talent, customer delivery, and ensuring the business is ready to successfully launch and scale a major expansion.

What you'll be doing:

• Leading all site operations, safety, quality, and financial performance
• Developing and executing the long-term growth strategy for the site
• Building the future leadership team, organizational structure, and operating model
• Driving operational readiness for a new peptide manufacturing facility
• Partnering with engineering, quality, technical operations, MSAT, and project teams through facility startup and scale-up
• Overseeing technology transfers, capacity planning, asset utilization, and continuous improvement initiatives
• Acting as the key site representative with customers, regulators, community stakeholders, and corporate leadership

What we're looking for:

• BS/MS in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or a related technical discipline
• Significant leadership experience within pharmaceutical, chemical, or CDMO manufacturing environments
• Proven experience leading site operations, P&L responsibility, operational excellence, safety, quality, and customer delivery
• Strong understanding of cGMP manufacturing and regulated operations
• Experience supporting major capital projects, facility expansions, technology transfer, startup, commissioning, or operational readiness is highly desirable
• Executive-level leadership, stakeholder management, and team-building capabilities

This role would suit an established Site Head, General Manager, Plant Manager, VP Operations, or Operations Director looking to lead a strategically important site expansion within one of the fastest-growing areas of pharmaceutical manufacturing.

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