Director, Technical Operations
- Pay
- $150,000 – $200,000 per year
- Location
- Grand Island, NY
- Listed
- 6 days ago
About the role
- Work Schedule
- Standard (Mon-Fri)
- Environmental Conditions
- Office
About the role
As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.
The Director of Technical Operations provides global technical leadership across BCD’s manufacturing network, ensuring all products and processes are scalable, harmonized, compliant, and cost-effective.
This leader partners closely with R&D, Manufacturing, GRP, MSAT, Quality, Supply Chain, Regulatory, Commercial, and Customer Operations & Support to drive successful technology transfer, process standardization, lifecycle management, continuous improvement, and resolution of complex technical challenges.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the global technical operations strategy for BCD divisional operations.
- Oversee process scale-up, technology transfer, validation, and site-to-site comparability and harmonization efforts.
- Establish global manufacturing standards, technical governance, and best practices.
- Improve process capability, yield, cycle time, cost, capacity, and right-first-time performance.
- Provide technical leadership for complex deviations, raw-material variability, contamination risks, and customer concerns.
- Govern technical changes involving formulations, suppliers, equipment, processes, and manufacturing sites.
- Support new product introductions, regulatory commitments, audit readiness, and supply continuity.
- Build and develop high-performing technical teams across regions and manufacturing sites.
- Translate customer and business needs into scalable technical solutions.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Biochemical Engineering, Biotechnology, Life Sciences, or a related field; advanced degree preferred.
- Significant experience in bioprocessing, cell culture media, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or life sciences manufacturing.
- Demonstrated leadership in technical operations, MSAT, process engineering, technology transfer, or manufacturing science.
- Strong knowledge of GMP, quality systems, validation, change control, and regulatory requirements.
- Experience leading global, cross-functional teams and complex technical programs.
- Strong business judgment, problem-solving ability, and executive communication skills.
Leadership Competencies
- Enterprise and strategic thinking
- Technical and scientific credibility
- Global collaboration and influence
- Operational excellence
- Customer focus
- Talent development
- Decision-making in complex, high-risk environments
- Change leadership
Key Measures of Success
- Batch success and right-first-time performance
- Product and process quality
- Technology-transfer speed and effectiveness
- Cost, yield, and capacity improvement
- Reduction in repeat deviations and customer issues
- Supply reliability
- Successful product launches and technical changes
- Team capability, engagement, and succession strength
Compensation and Benefits
The salary range estimated for this position based in New York is $150,000.00–$200,000.00.
This position may also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package that our U.S. colleagues and their families can count on, which includes:
- A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs
- Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement
- At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO), 10 paid holidays annually, paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), accident and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy
- Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan
- Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount
From Thermofisher's careers page, first listed on Rolev.ai on November 4, 2026. Rolev.ai is not the employer.
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