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The Associate Director, Leiden Cell Therapy Manufacturing Site BI&T Lead position plays a critical role in managing all corporate & locally supported IT/OT systems and infrastructure at the Leiden, NL Cell Therapy manufacturing site. BI&T is committed to achieving excellence as measured (in part) by their effectiveness in supporting business functions and related business processes across the company. The role must excel at supporting the site’s daily operations while also developing a strategic BI&T Digital Plant roadmap for the site.
This role will report to the Exec. Director, Cell Therapy Manufacturing Operations & Development BI&T Lead and will also be part of CTGM BI&T Leadership Team.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead a matrixed organization composed of both site direct reports and groups of indirect reports to deliver effective, innovative, and stable solutions that meet the needs of the site (business).
• Responsible for developing a strategic BI&T Digital Plant (Digitalization) roadmap for Leiden CTF
• Active member of the Site Leadership Team (SLT). Collaborate with site leadership to develop, support, and align strategies for business process improvements through information systems & automation.
• Function as the liaison and the single point of contact between site leadership and corporate/Global BI&T.
• Accountable for continuous operation and maintenance of Automation/OT systems, MES, Local manufacturing systems (Benchtops, Aveva Pi, PAS), quality control and quality management site BI&T systems as well as associated site BI&T infrastructure.
• Lead Cell Therapy site service level management scope and process with BI&T groups and/or vendor managed services, i.e. Service Level Agreements (SLA’s), Disaster Recovery/Service Continuity, etc.
• Provide BI&T leadership to site inspection readiness and data integrity initiatives.
• Participate in high-level strategic communications with the business and site leadership teams.
• Manage new demand from the various site functions (Manufacturing Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, Manufacturing Science & Technology) through the BI&T stage gate process.
• Identify key technology trends and how new technologies might be leveraged to provide better solutions to the manufacturing site

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in a life sciences or engineering discipline or a minimum of 8 years of equivalent biotechnology or pharmaceutical industry experience.
• Greater than 8 years in multiple organizational contexts, including Automation, IT, CSV, linking technology to business needs in the biopharmaceutical industry.
• Experience in information technology, preferably within a pharmaceutical technical operations environment. Experience should range from manufacturing and quality control systems to GxP quality management systems.
• Demonstrated effective leadership skills in building high performance teams.

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• Lead a matrixed organization composed of both site direct reports and groups of indirect reports to deliver effective, innovative, and stable solutions that meet the needs of the site (business).
• Responsible for developing a strategic BI&T Digital Plant (Digitalization) roadmap for Leiden CTF
• Active member of the Site Leadership Team (SLT). Collaborate with site leadership to develop, support, and align strategies for business process improvements through information systems & automation.
• Function as the liaison and the single point of contact between site leadership and corporate/Global BI&T.
• Accountable for continuous operation and maintenance of Automation/OT systems, MES, Local manufacturing systems (Benchtops, Aveva Pi, PAS), quality control and quality management site BI&T systems as well as associated site BI&T infrastructure.
• Lead Cell Therapy site service level management scope and process with BI&T groups and/or vendor managed services, i.e. Service Level Agreements (SLA’s), Disaster Recovery/Service Continuity, etc.
• Provide BI&T leadership to site inspection readiness and data integrity initiatives.
• Participate in high-level strategic communications with the business and site leadership teams.
• Manage new demand from the various site functions (Manufacturing Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, Manufacturing Science & Technology) through the BI&T stage gate process.
• Identify key technology trends and how new technologies might be leveraged to provide better solutions to the manufacturing sit