Operational Excellence Lead: BioVectra in United States at Jobgether

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for an Operational Excellence Lead: BioVectra based in United States.

This strategic leadership role offers the opportunity to transform manufacturing performance within a highly regulated life sciences environment.
You will lead the deployment and sustainability of operational excellence systems across complex pharmaceutical production processes.
The position focuses on improving throughput, quality, efficiency, and capacity by embedding Lean principles, structured problem-solving, and daily management practices.
You will collaborate closely with site leaders, manufacturing teams, and cross-functional partners to create lasting operational improvements.
This role combines hands-on manufacturing expertise with strategic influence, helping teams build capabilities and achieve measurable business results.
You will play a key role in strengthening production systems that support innovation, scalability, and reliable delivery in advanced therapeutics manufacturing.

As an Operational Excellence Lead, you will own the development and implementation of operational excellence practices across the full manufacturing value stream. You will act as a method and capability leader, partnering with site teams to establish sustainable systems, improve performance, and drive continuous improvement initiatives.

• Lead the deployment of a production operating system across manufacturing processes, from incoming materials through release readiness.
• Conduct structured assessments of current operational practices and translate findings into actionable improvement roadmaps.
• Build and sustain tiered daily management systems, leader standard work, visual performance management, and KPI ownership routines.
• Establish and manage continuous improvement initiatives, including kaizen events and workshops focused on quality, yield, throughput, and cycle time improvements.
• Translate business objectives into operational priorities through strategy deployment, milestone tracking, and benefits realization.
• Develop transformation scorecards to monitor performance, value capture, and corrective action progress.
• Use manufacturing data, digital tools, analytics, and process insights to identify improvement opportunities and strengthen decision-making.
• Coach teams in structured problem-solving methods, including A3 thinking, root-cause analysis, and Lean methodologies.
• Lead value stream mapping activities to optimize manufacturing workflows, quality processes, and release timelines.
• Partner with Quality teams to support operational elements of release maturity initiatives and process improvement programs.
• Mentor supervisors, operators, and future operational excellence practitioners in Lean fundamentals, standard work, and performance management.
• Serve as the operational excellence method owner, ensuring systems and practices deliver sustainable results beyond individual improvement projects.

Requirements:

The ideal candidate is an experienced operational excellence professional with deep manufacturing expertise in regulated environments. You should have a strong track record of implementing Lean systems, improving production performance, and influencing teams through collaboration and coaching.

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in life sciences, chemical engineering, biochemical engineering, or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience in GMP or similarly regulated and complex manufacturing environments.
• Strong hands-on experience with process performance improvement across pharmaceutical or biopharmaceutical production value streams.
• Deep expertise in microbial fermentation, downstream recovery, and purification processes.
• Demonstrated experience implementing and sustaining operational excellence systems such as Lean, Toyota Production System, or Danaher Business System methodologies.
• Proven ability to deliver measurable improvements in safety, quality, delivery, throughput, yield, cost, or operational performance.
• Strong knowledge of structured problem-solving, root-cause analysis, and continuous improvement methodologies.
• Ability to coach frontline teams while influencing senior stakeholders in a complex organization.
• Experience in CDMO or contract manufacturing environments is an asset.
• Lean, Six Sigma, TPS, or operational excellence certifications are preferred but not required.
• Willingness to travel extensively, including approximately 50–60% on-site presence depending on project phases.

Benefits:

• Full-time position with competitive compensation ranging from approximately $121,644 to $214,594 CAD annually, depending on location, experience, and qualifications.
• Eligibility for bonus opportunities, stock programs, and comprehensive benefits.
• Opportunity to lead high-impact operational transformation initiatives within the life sciences sector.
• Remote flexibility combined with meaningful on-site engagement at manufacturing locations.
• Work with multidisciplinary teams focused on innovation, quality, and continuous improvement.
• Professional growth opportunities in advanced therapeutics manufacturing and operational excellence leadership.
• Opportunity to influence long-term production capabilities and business performance.