Senior Director, Program Readiness & Operations

OneWe Reach; Conshohocken (Montgomery County); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

GSK is seeking a Program Operational Readiness Senior Director to lead the strategy and governance required to transition a major program into safe, compliant site operations. You will partner with site leaders and executive governance to ensure readiness from handover through go-live and sustained performance.

The role emphasizes cross-functional integration across Quality, EHS, regulatory, HR, finance, supply chain, and digital/automation, with focus on maintaining alignment to strategic

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in engineering, project management, construction management, operations, or a scientific discipline.
• Minimum 10 years' experience in operational readiness, manufacturing operations, or program delivery in pharma.
• Experience in commissioning/start-up and capital project delivery.
• Experience with large-scale manufacturing capital build or transformation programs.
• Experience supporting design, construction, commissioning, qualification, validation, start-up and handover of biopharmaceutical facilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead the operational readiness strategy and governance for transitioning a major program to site operations.
• Partner with site leaders and governance to ensure readiness through go-live and stabilization.
• Define readiness organization, governance, escalation routes, and decision-ready information with key stakeholders.
• Frame executive decisions with options, risks, and sponsor actions to enable timely governance.
• Deliver readiness for GMP and clinical manufacturing campaigns and embed readiness as a core workstream.
• Ensure knowledge, processes, and systems are embedded from design through start-up and handover.

Skills

GxP Regulations

Project Schedule

Risk Awareness

Manufacturing Technologies

Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

Problem Solving

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent in engineering, project management, construction management, operations, or scientific discipline

Job description

GSK is seeking a Program Operational Readiness Senior Director to lead the strategy and governance required to transition a major program into safe, compliant site operations. You will partner with site leaders and executive governance to ensure readiness from handover through go-live and sustained performance.

The role emphasizes cross-functional integration across Quality, EHS, regulatory, HR, finance, supply chain, and digital/automation, with focus on maintaining alignment to strategic