Senior Manager, Aseptic DAP: Device Assembly & Packaging

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine; Wilson (NC); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Johnson & Johnson is building a greenfield Drug Product facility in Wilson, North Carolina. This role leads the design, start‑up, commissioning, and qualification of aseptic DAP operations and will evolve into a Senior Production Manager overseeing device assembly and packaging.

You will collaborate with global parenteral sites, quality, automation, MSAT, and supply chain teams to ensure best practices, training, and timely project delivery for commercial readiness.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or higher in Life Sciences, Pharmacy, or Engineering.
• 8+ years in the pharmaceutical industry with leadership in sterile DP manufacturing.
• 3–5 years as SME in DAP for aseptically filled parenteral products.
• Strong knowledge of aseptic processing, contamination control, and sterile requirements.
• Proficiency with automated, digital, and robotic DAP systems.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the DAP SME for design, start‑up, commissioning, qualification, and operation of aseptic DP facility.
• Provide technical/operational leadership to ensure cGMP compliance and regulatory readiness in DAP.
• Review URS, engineering deliverables, and ensure alignment with aseptic and packaging needs.
• Develop and implement operator training and qualification plans for DAP operations.
• Lead development and approval of MBRs, SOPs, WIs, and packaging/assembly instructions.
• Support commissioning, qualification, validation batches, and risk mitigation for project timelines.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Analytical thinking

Regulatory compliance

Project management

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor's or higher in Life Sciences, Pharmacy, or Engineering

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Automated DAP systems

Job description

Johnson & Johnson is building a greenfield Drug Product facility in Wilson, North Carolina. This role leads the design, start‑up, commissioning, and qualification of aseptic DAP operations and will evolve into a Senior Production Manager overseeing device assembly and packaging.

You will collaborate with global parenteral sites, quality, automation, MSAT, and supply chain teams to ensure best practices, training, and timely project delivery for commercial readiness.