BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.

Associate Director, Supply Chain – Launches & Variations

BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Own and evolve the global Launches & Variations Framework, ensuring clarity in roles, responsibilities, workflows, and decision‑making structures.
  • Define and maintain global standards, templates, readiness models, and governance mechanisms.
  • Establish KPIs, dashboards, and performance-management routines to assess and strengthen framework effectiveness.
  • Ensure consistent adoption of the framework across regions and functional partners.
  • Shape the end‑to‑end operating model for launches and variations from Phase 3 readiness through commercial lifecycle management.
  • Drive scenario planning, risk assessment, and contingency modeling to protect supply continuity and launch timelines.
  • Act as the strategic bridge between global functions and regional execution teams to ensure a cohesive, aligned approach.
  • Lead cross‑functional forums that drive decision‑making, issue escalation, and alignment for launch and variation execution.
  • Ensure end‑to‑end alignment across Commercialization, Regulatory, Quality, Supply Chain, and Technical Operations.
  • Enable regions through clear frameworks, playbooks, and readiness tools that translate global expectations into actionable plans.
  • Communicate framework updates, decisions, risks, and impacts to leadership and key governance bodies.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience in biopharma supply chain, Technical Operations, Regulatory, or related areas.
  • Demonstrated experience supporting or leading product launches, variations, or lifecycle management.
  • Strong understanding of global commercialization processes, regulatory variation pathways, and operational readiness.
  • Proven ability to influence, align, and lead cross-functional teams in a complex matrixed environment.
  • Excellent communication, facilitation, and stakeholder ‑ management skills.
  • Experience designing or governing enterprise ‑ level frameworks or operating models.
  • Exposure to global expansions, market entries, or complex product introductions.
  • Continuous improvement or Lean/Six Sigma experience.
  • Lean Six Sigma Black Belt preferred.
Benefits
  • Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
biopharma supply chainTechnical OperationsRegulatoryproduct launcheslifecycle managementglobal commercialization processesregulatory variation pathwaysoperational readinessenterprise-level frameworksLean/Six Sigma
Soft Skills
influencealignmentleadershipcommunicationfacilitationstakeholder managementcross-functional collaborationdecision-makingissue escalationstrategic thinking
Certifications
Lean Six Sigma Black Belt