Associate Director, Cell Therapy Manufacturing Systems & MES

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Associate Director, Cell Therapy Manufacturing Systems & MES, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Summit, NJ. Support the operation of manufacturing and business functions at multi‐use sites through interaction with internal team members, peer and higher level customers as well as external service providers. Supervise junior and experienced level professionals to maintain system performance and up-time and lead short‐term and long-term IT projects according to established policies and procedures. Responsible for development of and adherence to system governance procedures. Manage multiple IT projects and ongoing work activities of moderate to high complexity to ensure on time completion. Responsible for driving solutions to manufacturing system related problems including reviewing, planning, building, testing, documenting, and implementing design changes. Collaborate with business stakeholders and implementation partner(s) to configure, build, and deploy the MES, DCS and Historian systems. Collaborate with business process leads to design master data, recipes, etc. Operate the manufacturing and peripheral systems. Act as a site lead for the support of manufacturing systems. Provide uninterrupted 24/7 operation of manufacturing systems for CART manufacturing. Assist the leadership team with establishing a support organization and Service Level Agreements (SLAs). Manage daily operation and future enhancements of MES and lower level systems as an IT system owner and technical expert. Participate in global harmonization of MES implementations, equipment/process and instrument interfaces. (R1592896)

40 hrs/week, Mon-Fri, 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Salary: $201,087/yr. - $228,850/yr.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

Bachelor's degree, or foreign equivalent degree, in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or a related Engineering field and ten (10) years of post-bachelor’s, progressive, related, work experience.

Must have experience with/in the following:

• Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) and process automation;
• Manufacturing Execution System (MES) implementation and corresponding Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), System integrations such as Emerson Syncade, Distributed Control System implementation (DCS) such as Emerson DeltaV, and Historian implementation such as OSIsoft PI System;
• Industry standard integration protocols and programming applications such as OPC, BACNet, ODBC and Web API;
• cGMP, GXP, GAMP, SDLC regulations, including 21CFR part 11;
• Pharmaceutical manufacturing and laboratory systems and equipment that support Biologics, Cell Therapy and clinical manufacturing;
• Business Intelligence (BI) and reporting programs such as InfoBatch;
• Implementation, maintenance and interfacing with Data Historians such as OSIsoft PI systems, and relational databases (SQL);
• Biotech manufacturing and supply chain environment;
• Supply chain, manufacturing domains and supporting technology including manufacturing and supply chain ERP systems such as Oracle and SAP;
• Electronic Batch Records (EBR) and Review by Exceptions (RBE).

The required skills do not need to be maintained over the full term of required experience.

May work remotely within normal commuting distance of Summit, NJ.

To Apply, please email resume and reference: R1592896 to resume.com@bms.com

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