Site Director, New US Pharma Manufacturing

HRM Search Partners; Indiana; On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

HRM Search Partners seeks a Site Director to establish and lead a new advanced manufacturing facility in Indiana, overseeing commissioning, ramp-up and long-term commercial operations.

The role requires building a high-performing leadership team, ensuring regulatory readiness, quality and customer delivery, and shaping an efficient, continuous improvement culture across Operations, Quality, Engineering and Supply Chain.

Qualifications

• Significant site leadership experience within pharmaceutical manufacturing.
• Experience leading start-up, expansion, commissioning programmes or major operational transformation.
• Experience in FDA-regulated pharmaceutical environments, including inspections and quality compliance.
• Experience building and leading large, multifunctional teams across Operations, Quality, Engineering and Supply Chain.

Responsibilities

• Lead the start-up, commissioning and commercial ramp-up of the new manufacturing facility.
• Build, develop and lead a high-performing multifunctional site leadership team.
• Establish a strong site culture focused on accountability, quality and customer delivery.
• Ensure regulatory, quality and operational readiness for commercial manufacturing.
• Build strong relationships with key customers and act as senior site interface.
• Drive site performance and organizational capability as operations scale.
• Embed continuous improvement across the site.

Skills

Site leadership

Cross-functional leadership

Regulatory readiness

Customer relationship management

Education

Engineering/Manufacturing degree

Job description

HRM Search Partners seeks a Site Director to establish and lead a new advanced manufacturing facility in Indiana, overseeing commissioning, ramp-up and long-term commercial operations.

The role requires building a high-performing leadership team, ensuring regulatory readiness, quality and customer delivery, and shaping an efficient, continuous improvement culture across Operations, Quality, Engineering and Supply Chain.