Director Large Molecule Drug Substance Engineering

Janssen Supply Group, LLC, part of Janssen Supply Chain (JSC), is recruiting for a Director Large Molecule Drug Substance Engineering, to be located in Horsham, PA, Malvern PA, Cork IRL, and in Schaffhausen CH

Remote work options will be considered for this position.

Caring for the world, one person at a time has inspired and united the people of Johnson & Johnson for over 130 years. We embrace research and science -- bringing innovative ideas, products and services to advance the health and well-being of people. Employees of the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies work with partners in health care to touch the lives of over a billion people every day, throughout the world.

We, the Janssen Supply Group, LLC are a part of Janssen Supply Chain, a global organization responsible for supplying medicines to markets around the world. With Quality as our primary focus, our group strives to provide access and affordability through innovation and strong collaboration with our R&D and Commercial partners to deliver life changing solutions for patients in need. JSC Global Planning’s mission is to “Ensure reliable product availability to our patients by applying leading planning processes across the supply chain”.

Position Summary

At a time when the Large Molecule platform is growing at significant pace to supply an unprecedented number of exciting new biotherapeutic products and modalities (including vaccines, Cell & Gene Therapy, Oncology), we are expanding our team, looking for enthusiastic people to develop exciting, innovative, integrated, Industry 4.0 technology solutions to address our complex business & technical challenges. The LM platform currently comprises of Drug Substance API and Drug Product Fill/Finish manufacturing sites with both clinical & commercial capabilities in US: Malvern PA and Puerto Rico; in Europe: Leiden NL, Schaffhausen CH, Cork IRL; and in Asia: Incheon, South Korea. The network also includes the recently expanded Vaccine facility, which is an integral part of how Janssen are contributing to the worlds fight against Covid-19. We are anticipating to grow our network, and this business growth will position us to become one of the world largest biopharmaceutical companies.

The overall Global Large Molecule Network includes 4 Drug Substance internal plants and 2 external Contract Manufacturing Drug Substance facilities located around the world.

This is a unique opportunity to have an exciting & rewarding career being a key part of a trailblazing, Diverse, Equitable & Inclusive (DEI) team, underpinned by our Credo values, that exhibits vital behaviors such as demonstrating boldness and courage to shape the future of our manufacturing network so that we can champion the customer. We need to build agility & resiliency for the platform, to enable us to build the capabilities needed to safely & sustainably manufacture our growing portfolio of products, to meet our patient's needs; while also accelerating innovation to become a more customer pull focused organization which drives continued growth.

Reviews and assesses risk for the network, creates resilience to future external challenges and shifts in product portfolio structure.

This role is responsible for managing and ensuring projects progress throughout the project owning the expedition of key activities across function, finding solutions to key problems, and communicating project progress, issues and solutions to management and to the project team.

The Director will co-lead building a team of sought after, business savvy, process engineer talents and encourage a two-ways capabilities exchange with partners.

The Director and their team will interact with a variety of partners across Janssen, but key partners includes MSAT, E&PS, DPDS, Network Group and the local platform MAM teams. The Director will also partner with external equipment vendors, and engineering firms.

Major Duties & Responsibilities

• Strong process engineering expertise in conceptual design, feasibility studies, and fine tuning to fulfill business needs for Drug Substance Facilities.
• Manages capital project strategy (engineering voice) mid-long term, internal and external network strategy & capital strategy prioritization
• Leads site master plans with MAM’s support in alignment with the network strategy for Drug Substance Facilities.
• Leads the engineering innovation and concept planning for equipment and facilities following MSAT’s product guidance
• This position is responsible for the development and movement of process engineering talent across the MTO Platforms and across JSC
• This individual is a full member of the GET Leadership Team and participates, drives, owns, shapes, and leads the platform strategy and G&O’s together with the other LT members.