Transfer Planning Lead

Zimmer Biomet; United States; Remote; USD 115,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Zimmer Biomet is seeking a Transfer Planning Lead to develop and assess manufacturing transfers, ensuring continuity and regulatory compliance across sites, suppliers and partners. You will drive integrated plans, risk mitigation, and stakeholder communication to deliver high-value projects on time.

The role requires strong expertise in medical device operations, change control, validation, and cross-functional coordination, with a focus on quality and efficiency.

Qualifications

• Experience with medical device manufacturing or other regulated environments.
• 6+ years in manufacturing, manufacturing engineering, operations, or technical transfer.
• Experience supporting manufacturing transfers, process changes, or product launches.

Responsibilities

• Develops integrated manufacturing transfer plans, timelines, milestones, and risk mitigation strategies.
• Assesses transfer scope, product complexity, site readiness, equipment needs, capacity constraints, and resources.
• Aligns transfer plans with validation, qualification, inspection, packaging, labeling, and sterilization requirements.
• Drives portfolio visibility and prioritization for high-value projects.
• Tracks progress and communicates transfer status, risks, and recovery actions to stakeholders.

Skills

Manufacturing transfers

Project planning

Cross-functional leadership

Quality systems

Change management

Risk management

SOPs

Problem solving

Communication

Regulatory awareness

Education

B.S. in Engineering or related field

Tools

ERP

PLM

Job description

At Zimmer Biomet, we believe in pushing the boundaries of innovation and driving our mission forward. As a global medical technology leader for nearly 100 years, a patient's mobility is enhanced by a Zimmer Biomet product or technology every 8 seconds. As a Zimmer Biomet team member, you will share in our commitment to providing mobility and renewed life to people around the world. To support our talent team, we focus on development opportunities, robust employee resource groups (ERGs), a flexible working environment, location specific competitive total rewards, wellness incentives and a culture of recognition and performance awards. We are committed to creating an environment where every team member feels included, respected, empowered and recognised.

What You Can Expect

The Transfer Planning Lead is responsible for developing and assessing manufacturing transfers to support product continuity, operational readiness, and compliant execution across Zimmer Biomet sites, suppliers, and external manufacturing partners. This role drives planning activities for manufacturing transfers including site-to-site, in-sourcing, out-sourcing and external partners to external partners.

How You'll Create Impact

• Develops integrated manufacturing transfer plans, timelines, milestones, and risk mitigation strategies for business case assessment.
• Assesses transfer scope, product complexity, receiving site readiness, equipment needs, capacity constraints, and resource requirements.
• Aligns transfer plans with validation, qualification, inspection, packaging, labeling, and sterilization requirements where applicable.
• Drives portfolio visibility and prioritization by supporting processes and tools used to identify, assess, and select projects with the highest strategic and operational value.
• Drives risk identification, contingency planning, and escalation for issues that may affect quality, compliance, timeline, or product supply.
• Supports inventory and supply continuity strategies during transfer planning, including ramp-up and ramp-down planning.
• Tracks progress against project deliverables and communicating transfer status, risks, and recovery actions to stakeholders and leadership.
• Facilitates governance reviews, readiness assessments, and lessons learned to improve transfer planning/execution across the organization.

What Makes You Stand Out

• Sound understanding of medical device manufacturing operations, manufacturing transfer activities, and cross-functional project planning.
• Working knowledge of quality system requirements, change control, validation, and manufacturing documentation practices in a regulated environment.
• Ability to evaluate transfer readiness, identify risks, and coordinate mitigation plans across multiple functions.
• Knowledge of design transfer, process validation, equipment qualification, inspection methods, packaging qualification, and labeling considerations is preferred.
• Strong understanding of change management, SOPs, engineering specifications, work instructions, and regulated operating practices.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple timelines, dependencies, and stakeholders.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to navigate complex operational issues with a structured approach.
• Ability to effectively work and communicate within a cross-functional team to complete critical project tasks.
• Ability to establish credibility and build effective working relationships across functions, levels, regions, and sites.
• Demonstrates strong written and verbal communication skills as well as influencing skills with the ability to convey technical and business concepts clearly to leadership and other stakeholders.
• Microsoft Office Suite and Project knowledge preferred.
• Experience with ERP, PLM, or other manufacturing systems is preferred.
• Knowledge of design transfer, process validation, equipment qualification, inspection methods, packaging qualification, and labeling considerations is preferred.

Your Background

• Preferred Qualification: B.S. in Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, Life Sciences, or a related field.
• Preferred Qualification: At least 6 years of experience in manufacturing, manufacturing engineering, operations, technical transfer, supply chain, or project planning.
• Preferred Qualification: Experience in medical device manufacturing or other regulated industry environments.
• Preferred Qualification: Experience supporting manufacturing transfers, process changes, or product launches.
• Bachelor's degree and 6 years relevant experience, or Associate's degree and 8 years relevant experience, or High School Diploma or equivalent and 10 years relevant experience AMER
• Lean Six Sigma or equivalent continuous improvement certification (Preferred)

Travel Expectations

• Minimal travel required up to 10%.

Expected Compensation

115,000 - 140,000 USD base salary

For candidates located in Ireland salary range will be shared during recruiter call

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