Capex Program Manager - #49651

Entity: CSL Behring

Job Category: Engineering

Job Family: Project Delivery

Job Type: Full Time

Location: Bern, Berne, Switzerland

Employer Reference: R-280056

Job Description

The position holder is a member of the Project Engineering Leadership team.

The position holder is responsible and accountable for the management of a portfolio of CAPEX projects in Bulk Fractionation or Fill Finish or Utilities & Infrastructure within the site Engineering team. The projects typically are brownfield projects, and small (< 2 MUSD) to mid-size (2 to 50 MUSD).

The responsibility covers the full delivery of projects from feasibility to planning, execution and qualification/validation.

Responsibilities include:

• Screening of incoming business ideas and developing an appropriate project execution strategy.

• Preparing, submitting and presenting funding requests in different committees.

• Ensuring staffing of the projects.

• Coaching and guiding internal and external project managers.

• Providing leadership as part of the Project Engineering team and managing the interfaces with project Sponsor, stakeholders, cross functional teams & customers.

• Participation in program meetings, progress review meetings, steering committee meetings

• Addressing escalations and implement appropriate mitigations for risks affecting the project delivery.

• Ensuring projects are following the CSL stage gate methodology and the CSL engineering standards.

• Responsible for requests for quotations and contracts with engineering partners.

• Using Clarity as companywide portfolio and project reporting tool.

• Ensuring projects are executed in accordance with GMP and EHS regulations and guidelines and construction activities are delivered using the CSL permitting system

Qualifications

• MS/MBA/BS/BA in Engineering, Business Administration or Life Sciences preferred or local equivalent.

• 10-15 years’ experience in pharmaceutical industry including direct management experience in Engineering, Manufacturing, or Quality Assurance

• Experienced in leading multi-disciplinary project teams through project life cycle activities to deliver capacity expansion capabilities to meet global and local strategic requirements

• Strong experience in all CAPEX project activities required to scope, develop, procure, construct and qualify new equipment and facilities required to meet facility production throughput demands

• Ability to handle many projects simultaneously and integrate project planning efforts across functions

• Experience in brownfield projects / projects implemented within shutdowns.

• Strong management skills. Experience in responsibility for internal and external resources

• Understanding project management principles and project lifecycle phase. Knowledge of Validation, CMC and facility regulatory submission requirements

• Strong experience in generation of regular project reports (financial updates, project schedules, risks and summary of current activities) for senior site management and Global Steering Committees

• Financial experience with high level of budgetary responsibilities

• Experienced in initiatives that are aligned with the business’ objectives and strategic philosophy

• Ability to understand “the big picture” and approach problem solving in a proactive team manner

• Functional knowledge of cGMPs and manufacturing operations in regulated facilities for worldwide markets as well as strong experience in providing cGMP compliant processes and facilities suitable for FDA and global regulatory approval. Understanding Annex 1.

• Fluent English language skills

• German language skills at level C1 or higher

  
  

Different qualifications or responsibilities may apply based on local legal and/or educational requirements. Refer to local job documentation where applicable.

About CSL Behring

CSL Behring is a global biotherapeutics leader driven by our promise to save lives. Focused on serving patients' needs by using the latest technologies, we discover, develop and deliver innovative therapies for people living with conditions in the immunology, hematology, cardiovascular and metabolic, respiratory, and transplant therapeutic areas. We use three strategic scientific platforms of plasma fractionation, recombinant protein technology, and cell and gene therapy to support continued innovation and continually refine ways in which products can address unmet medical needs and help patients lead full lives.

CSL Behring operates one of the world's largest plasma collection networks, CSL Plasma. Our parent company, CSL, headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, employs 32,000 people, and delivers its lifesaving therapies to people in more than 100 countries.

To learn more about CSL, CSL Behring, CSL Seqirus and CSL Vifor visit https://www.csl.com/ and CSL Plasma at https://www.cslplasma.com/.

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