Executive Director, California Facilities & Engineering
Novato, CA
Who We Are For more than two decades, going our own way has led to countless breakthroughs, bettering the lives of those suffering from rare genetic disease. In 1997 we were founded to make a big difference in small patient populations. Now we seek to make an even greater impact by applying the same science-driven, patient-forward approach that propelled our last 25 years of drug development to larger genetic disorders, as well as genetic subsets of more common conditions. Through our unparalleled expertise in genetics and molecular biology, we will continue to develop targeted therapies that address the root cause of the conditions we seek to treat. Applying our knowledge to make a transformative impact is not just a calling, but an obligation to those who will benefit most. The end goal has always been better lives and now we can reach more. And the more people we reach, the more our impact can grow. We transform lives through genetic discovery. Our Culture Our desire to make a positive impact on our patients extends to our employees and BioMarin is committed to fostering an inclusive environment where every person feels seen, valued, and heard \u2013 so employees can thrive in all areas of their lives, in and outside of work. We seek to provide an open, flexible, and friendly work environment to empower people and to provide them with the ability to develop their long-term careers. Ultimately, we want to be an organization where people enjoy coming to work and take pride in our efforts to help patients. BioMarin is the world leader in delivering therapeutics that provide meaningful advances to patients who live with serious and life-threatening rare genetic diseases. We target diseases that lack effective therapies and affect relatively small numbers of patients, many of whom are children. These conditions are often inherited, difficult to diagnose, progressively debilitating and have few, if any, treatment options. BioMarin will continue to focus on advancing therapies that are the first or best of their kind. BioMarin\u2019s Technical Operations group is responsible for creating our drugs for use in clinical trials and for scaling production of those drugs for the commercial market. These engineers, technicians, scientists, and support staff build and maintain BioMarin\u2019s cutting-edge manufacturing processes and sites, provide quality assurance and quality control to ensure we meet regulatory standards, and procure the needed goods and services to support manufacturing and coordinating the worldwide movement of our drugs to patients. Come join our team and make a meaningful impact on patients\u2019 lives. SUMMARYThe Executive Director of California Facilities and Engineering (CFE) is a key leadership position with responsibility for the Utilities, Facilities, Maintenance, Process Engineering, and Automation Engineering functions in support of clinical/commercial product delivery at the Novato Site. In addition, this leader will have responsibility for maintaining non-GMP facilities and assets in all northern California locations, including San Rafael, Petaluma, Brisbane, and the Buck Institute. This role reports to the VP of Site Operations and is a member of the Site Leadership Team accountable for department management including Performance, Talent, Recruitment, Capital programs, and budget. The is role is accountable for a team of ~150 employees. A high level of initiative, energy, and motivation are key role requirements, as well as excellent leadership, technical understanding and management of complexity and effective collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.\u00A0RESPONSIBILITIESResponsibilities include but are not limited to the following:Live Technical Operations (TOPS) values including Leading with Compassion, Quality & Integrity, and Better TogetherServe as a member of the Site Leadership Team providing effective and responsive support to the site while ensuring performance in all aspects of the business objectives.Lead a high performing team that maintains and champions a diverse and inclusive workplace.\u00A0Leads and facilitates the Engineering Functional Lead Team with a purpose to drive functional excellence within the Site. This includes monitoring performance utilizing KPIs and improvement initiatives to maximize plant uptime to ensure production plan commitments are achieved.Recruit, direct, coach, and develop CFE team and maintain team\u2019s technical and interpersonal skills.Ensure highly reliable utility systems, process equipment and automation controls through robust risk assessment processes to maintain cGMP for facilities, equipment, utilities and controls.Lead asset life cycle management for the site to maintain/replace existing equipment and implement new technologies where applicable to ensure best-in-class manufacturing operations.Engineering representation at site functional lead teams such as site quality review teams.Champion the Site sustainability program with a focus on energy consumption and water conservation and waste management.\u00A0Champion harmonization and alignment within global facility network.Champion and sustain an environment of continuous improvement (CI) through active implementation of CI projects (Capital and/or Operational Excellence), GEPs and reliability practices, Right-First-Time principles, and Lean manufacturing methods.Effectively manage delivery of capital projects across extended sites and provide meaningful reporting to senior management.Lead change initiatives as requested and required by Site Leadership in support of the Site Strategic Objectives.Responsible for developing department long range plans, annual budgets, and monitoring/controlling budget performance.Responsible for ensuring the quality and quantity of work produced, staffing requirements, and personnel management.\u00A0SCOPE\u00A0 The work product from the Executive Director will directly support product delivery and other programs executed in the network, will be a major driver for asset lifecycle management (LCM) strategies, and will highly impact site operations and network strategies. This leader will also be expected to regularly educate and influence cross-functional members of senior and executive management. This role has both strategic and tactical planning responsibilities for the Novato Site and across all sites in the region with a focus on uptime and LCM for a time horizon of 5-10 years.\u00A0EDUCATION BA/BS/MS in engineering, life sciences or related field Advanced degree desirable, but not required.REQUIRED EXPERIENCES AND ABILITIESPreferred 15 years of experience with the design, installation, startup, and servicing of process equipment, utility systems in the biotech industry.At least 10 years GMP/GCP compliant Biopharma operations experience requiredAbility to present strategic options and recommendations by analyzing a complex set of inputs and providing a compelling business case with rationale supported by financial analysis.Exceptional communication skills required, along with ability to leverage relationships/expertise of others to ensure implications of corporate level decisions are understood. as this position will require interaction at all levels of the organization.Demonstrated ability to partner with other functional groups to achieve business objectives required.Strong project management skills and experience successfully leading transformational change.Creative problem-solving skills.\u00A0CONTACTSThis leader will be expected to interact and establish strong working relationships with nearly every function within the company, including those within Technical Operations, World-wide R&D, and Commercial. PLEASE NOTE: Absent a Medical or Religious reason that prohibits vaccinations, all our incoming employees must be vaccinated for COVID-19. We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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