Associate Director for DS Maintenance & Metrology

Are you a passionate leader who excels at building trust through your leadership style? We're seeking an experienced leader to head our team of managers in the Maintenance and Metrology department. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and have a passion for driving excellence, we want to hear from you!

Who We Are

FUJIFILM Biotechnologies is a company on a journey to become the leading and most trusted global Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO). In addition to these goals, our ambition is to become the largest end-to-end cell culture facility in Europe.

Our manufacturing site in Hillerød brings together a complete range of expertise, capabilities, and technologies to manufacture advanced biologics. Our large-scale drug substance manufacturing facility has a capacity of 12 x 20,000 liters bioreactors to manufacture biopharmaceuticals for late phase and commercial use. Our ongoing expansions in Hillerød will bring us to a total of 20 x 20,000 liters bioreactors within the coming years.

As we continue to increase and expand our facilities, we are looking for people who share our passion, drive, and energy – what we call Genki. Currently, we are +1800 employees at the Hillerød site and represent more than 60 nationalities.

Join an organization where trust and ownership drive success

Going into the role, you will be responsible for the maintenance and metrology activities within our DSM (Drug Substance Manufacturing) facilities, heading up a department of people managers, a few specialists, and a total of 60 FTEs. Our many skilled technicians in the department either keep production running by maintaining and fixing the production equipment, and others do the important calibrations ensuring reliable readings in the productions.

You will be an important part of the Technical Operation & Maintenance leadership team, an organization with ~160 FTEs, where we are responsible for the technical operation at the site and preventive & corrective maintenance within our running productions. Furthermore, we are supporting multiple expansion projects and together as a team we will set a strategic direction for the department and foster a safe and trusted culture aligned with Fujifilm values.

Additionally, You Will:

• Coach and develop leaders at different levels
• Ensure efficient operation and collaboration in the teams
• Ensure smooth cross-functional collaboration with stakeholders across the entire value chain
• Further development and anchoring of a strong GMP culture
• Ensure development and improvement of maintenance processes and standards
• Promote and support systematic problem solving and continuous improvement
• Oversee budget and costs
• Take part in the strategic work where we together set the direction for the future
• Be responsible for KPIs and benchmarks for your department, where you ensure that the organization remains competitive in the market

Experienced leader with a people-first mindset

In this role, we are looking for an experienced leader who can set a strategic direction and lead a young and talented team of managers with humility and respect for the individuals. We seek a person who can create stability and provide guidance in an expanding company environment.

Additionally, You Bring In:

• 5+ years of leadership experience within the pharmaceutical industry
• Strategic and analytical skills
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to set a clear direction at all levels
• A good understanding and experience with complex processes and change management
• A role model who practices visible leadership
• Talent to build trust and psychological safety at all organizational levels
• Competencies to promote a culture of trust, ownership, and empowerment
• English skills, fluent spoken and written

As a person, you approach leadership and people with openness and positive energy, and through your leadership style, you bring people together and lift those around you. You are a natural self-starter and have a systematic, dynamic approach to work. Lastly, if you see yourself as a high-performing team player who is ambitious on behalf of yourself and the company, then you might be just the candidate we are looking for!

Interested? If you would like to know more about this unique position, please reach out to Director, Jacob Pauli at Jacob.Pauli@fujifilm.com. We will take candidates into the recruitment process continuously, so do not hesitate to apply.

About Fujifilm Biotechnologies

We are an industry-leading Biologics Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) with locations in Hillerød, Denmark, Teesside, UK, RTP, North Carolina, and College Station, Texas, USA. We use our skills, dedication, and ambition to enable impact for the world’s most innovative biotech and biopharma companies reimagining healthcare’s potential. We work across the entire lifecycle of our customers’ products – enabling success throughout. Every cure, vaccine, biologic, and advancement we contribute to starts with our people and our passion. We fuel one another’s passion, help accelerate progress, expand capabilities, strengthen innovation, and improve processes to improve lives.

Our Manufacturing site in Hillerød, Denmark, brings together a complete range of expertise, capabilities, and technologies to manufacture advanced biologics. As we continue to enhance and expand our capabilities, we are looking for people who share our passion, drive, and energy – what we call Genki – to join our team. Learn more at https://fujifilmdiosynth.com/

We offer the chance to be part of a global workplace where passion, drive, and commitment are met with opportunities for professional and personal development. Deeply committed to diversity and inclusion, we ensure that everyone, no matter their background or gender, has an opportunity to develop. We take pride in enriching our communities, caring for our environment, and cultivating a world of opportunity for future generations.

We aim to foster a collaborative, innovative, and rewarding environment, where diverse perspectives and people come together united by a common purpose and shared values. We pursue our fullest potential as individual contributors and team members. We strive to be the employer of choice and offer a competitive compensation and benefits package.

FUJIFILM Biotechnologies Denmark (FDBD) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected class.

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