Key accountabilities include

  • Owning financial performance (revenue, margin, utilization) and resource strategy.
  • Ensuring consistent, high-quality, and compliant delivery standards globally
  • Leading global teams, including Service Line Leads, and driving talent and succession strategies
  • Driving innovation and technology enablement (including digital tools, QMS, and AI-enabled solutions)
  • Leading business development strategy, proposals, and executive-level client engagement
  • Establishing Communities of Practice and ensuring cross-regional alignment and governance
  • Supporting M&A activities including due diligence, capability assessment, and integration

Education & Experience

  • Advanced degree (Master’s, PharmD or PhD) in Life Sciences, Pharmacy, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology, or related field preferred.
  • 15+ years of experience in CMC Development, Quality Assurance, Quality Systems, or related domains within biotech/pharma, consulting, or CRO environments, including significant global leadership experience.
  • Demonstrated experience managing large-scale service lines, including financial performance, global delivery, and cross-functional team leadership.

Required technical skills

  • P&L and business leadership: Experience owning or contributing to P&L management, including revenue growth, margin optimization, utilization tracking, pricing strategy, proposal input, and executive‑level client engagement.
  • Global delivery & operating models: Proven ability to design, govern, and scale compliant, high‑quality global service delivery frameworks, operating models, Communities of Practice, and cross‑regional coordination.
  • CMC, Quality & Regulatory expertise: Deep end‑to‑end expertise across CMC development, QA, Quality Systems, global regulatory expectations (FDA/EMA/ICH), quality controls, CAPAs, risk/benefit analyses, and full product lifecycle oversight.
  • Strategy, process & performance excellence: Ability to define and steer global CMC/QA strategy, capability roadmaps, service innovation priorities, harmonized processes, SOPs, KPIs, quality metrics, and continuous improvement systems using data‑driven insights.
  • Innovation & technology enablement: Strong track record in driving innovation through digital platforms, technology enablement, and AI‑supported solutions.
  • Leadership & talent development: Proven capability to lead and mentor global teams, manage resource strategies, coach leaders, oversee performance management, and build future organizational and consulting capability.
  • Enterprise & external leadership: Ability to structure ambiguous problems, make enterprise‑level decisions, lead M&A assessments and integrations, align Regulatory, Clinical, CMC Ops and Quality functions, and represent the organization at industry and scientific forums.

Publish Date

29 June, 2026

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