Site Director

About the Company

At the heart of therapeutic innovation, this organization provides flexible GMP cleanroom suites and operational support for life sciences companies focused on clinical or commercial production. Facilities include ISO 7/8-classified cleanrooms, secure IT infrastructure, and dedicated office and meeting space. Spaces are tailored to individual process and equipment needs, with services such as material and inventory management, routine cleaning, waste handling, and onsite support. The goal is to offer a reliable, compliant environment that helps teams stay focused, organized, and ready to advance their work.

About the Role

As a Site Director you will be responsible for the on-demand clean room facilities. The role encompasses operational support for facility and client activities. The core responsibility is to provide oversight for ongoing operations to ensure service delivery and new business fulfillment. You will be responsible for the employees supporting facility and warehouse operations, client startup and continuous business improvement at Cleanrooms On Demand facilities.

This is an on-site position in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Responsibilities

• Lead Internal Operations, Materials Management, Facilities/Maintenance, GMP Services and Engineering teams.
• Provide direction and skills coaching to develop and maintain highly performing teams who will ensure the safe and reliable operation of the facility.
• Deliver direct operational oversight for continuously operating systems and equipment as well as compliance with Quality and GMP requirements.
• Coordinate and resource client tech transfer deliverables. Work closely with the External Client Project Management team to deliver tech transfer and daily operational support for client operations.
• Identify and lead continuous improvement efforts that build standard work processes and develop tools to improve business operations.
• Lead internal engineering and validation efforts for onsite equipment and engineering challenges, ensuring that internal equipment is maintained in a qualified/validated state and that non-routine client equipment requests are fulfilled with coordination from the External Client Project Management Team.

Requirements

Essential:

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (e.g., Pharmaceutical Sciences, Life Sciences Manufacturing).
• Minimum 5 years of leadership experience in a pharmaceutical manufacturing environment.
• Exceptional knowledge of regulatory requirements (e.g., FDA, GMP) and quality standards.
• Strong people leadership acumen with an ability to effectively communicate in a cross-functional capacity.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.

Preferred:

• Master’s degree in a relevant field (e.g., Pharmaceutical Sciences, Life Sciences Manufacturing).

If this sounds like the Site Director opportunity you have been waiting for, then please reach out to Connor Murphy at connor@leadcandidate.com for an introductory discussion.

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