Job Description

What You'll Do

Strategic Leadership & Portfolio Impact

• Define and execute the strategic vision, priorities, and operating model for Vaccine Drug Product, ensuring alignment with portfolio, launch, and business objectives.

• Shape vaccine drug product strategies that inform investment decisions, business cases, and commercialization plans.

• Provide clear, data-driven recommendations to senior leadership by integrating scientific, technical, regulatory, operational, and business perspectives.

• Anticipate future needs and build capabilities that position the organization for long-term success.

End-to-End Vaccine Drug Product Development

• Lead vaccine drug product development from early strategy through commercial launch, including formulation, process development, sterile manufacturing, fill-finish, technology transfer, and lifecycle management.

• Integrate critical vaccine development considerations into CMC strategies, including stability, potency, sterility assurance, presentation, cold-chain requirements, and regulatory expectations.

• Partner across functions to ensure development programs are scientifically robust, operationally feasible, and commercially successful.

Organizational Leadership & Talent Development

• Build, develop, and inspire high-performing teams through coaching, mentoring, succession planning, and inclusive leadership.

• Foster a culture of accountability, innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

• Lead multiple teams while balancing portfolio demands, capability development, operational excellence, and sustainable delivery.

• Champion organizational transformation by identifying capability gaps and driving improvements in processes, structures, and ways of working.

Collaboration & Influence

• Establish trusted partnerships across Development, Manufacturing, Regulatory, Quality, Commercial, and external stakeholder communities.

• Communicate with clarity and influence across all levels of the organization, including senior leaders and governance forums.

• Build strong networks across industry, academia, and government organizations to advance strategic objectives and strengthen organizational capabilities.

What Makes You Successful

You are a strategic thinker and enterprise leader who combines deep scientific expertise with strong business acumen. You thrive in complex environments, lead through influence, and bring people together around a shared vision. Most importantly, you are passionate about developing talent and creating a culture where individuals and teams can do their best work.

Key Leadership Capabilities

• Deep expertise in vaccine and sterile drug product development, including formulation, process development, manufacturing, CMC strategy, regulatory submissions, and commercialization.

• Demonstrated success leading scientific and technical organizations through growth, transformation, and change.

• Strong commitment to talent development, coaching, succession planning, and fostering an inclusive culture where diverse perspectives are valued.

• Strategic business mindset with the ability to connect clinical development, CMC, and commercialization to achieve successful product launches and reliable supply.

• Proven ability to build alignment, influence stakeholders, and drive cross-functional collaboration in complex matrix organizations.

• Data-driven decision maker with strong analytical, risk management, and problem-solving capabilities.

• Track record of translating strategy into execution and delivering measurable outcomes.

• High emotional intelligence with exceptional communication, relationship-building, and stakeholder management skills.

• Passion for innovation and continuous improvement, enabling teams to explore new ideas and create novel solutions.

• Enterprise mindset focused on balancing patient impact, business priorities, and long-term organizational success.

Qualifications

Education

• Ph.D. or equivalent advanced degree in Engineering, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Immunology, Biochemistry, Chemistry, or a related scientific discipline.

Required Experience

• 12+ years of experience in vaccine, biologics, or sterile drug product development.

• Significant experience leading vaccine or sterile drug product strategy across development, CMC, regulatory, technology transfer, and launch-readiness activities.

• Demonstrated success leading organizations, influencing across functions, and contributing to portfolio, resource, and investment decisions.

• Strong understanding of vaccine development, sterile manufacturing, and commercialization within a regulated environment.

Location

This hybrid role is preferably based in West Point, PA, with Rahway, NJ also considered. Travel of up to 25% is expected to support collaboration across Pharmaceutical Sciences and Device Development (PSDD) and R&D locations.

Why Candidates Will Be Drawn to This Role

This position offers the opportunity to shape vaccine strategy at an enterprise level, influence critical portfolio decisions, lead world-class scientific teams, and drive innovation that can impact millions of patients globally. It is an ideal role for a proven leader who wants to leave a lasting mark on the future of vaccine development and commercialization.

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