Senior Director, External Manufacturing

Johnson & Johnson

Senior Director responsible for global external manufacturing strategy for biotherapeutics at Johnson & Johnson. Leading partnerships and ensuring compliance with quality and regulatory standards.

Posted 5/14/2026full-timeTitusville • New Jersey, Pennsylvania • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $178,000 - $307,050 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Defining and executing global strategies for externally manufactured biotherapeutic drug products across launch and commercial supply.
Providing leadership oversight for performance, risk management, and business continuity across the external network.
Driving alignment between product strategy, network strategy, and enterprise priorities.
Establishing and leading strategic, long-term partnerships with global CMOs.
Ensuring effective governance, performance management, and issue escalation across external partners.
Representing Johnson & Johnson as a senior leader in external manufacturing relationships.
Ensuring consistent delivery against safety, quality, service, and cost objectives.
Partnering with Technical Operations and Quality to enable successful tech transfers, lifecycle changes, and capacity expansions.
Championing continuous improvement, digital enablement, and adoption of industry best practices across the external network.
Ensuring full compliance with global cGMP requirements and Johnson & Johnson quality standards.
Maintaining inspection readiness and proactive risk mitigation across all external manufacturing partners.
Supporting regulatory interactions related to external manufacturing activities.
Leading, coaching, and developing a high-performing external manufacturing leadership team.
Serving as an active leader within the broader Manufacturing & Supply organization.
Influencing senior stakeholders through clear, strategic communication and data-driven insights.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Life Sciences, or related field (advanced degree preferred).
Extensive leadership experience (typically 10+ years) in biotherapeutic manufacturing, with significant exposure to external manufacturing or CMO oversight.
Deep knowledge of biologics manufacturing, technology transfer, lifecycle management, and global regulatory expectations.
Demonstrated success influencing outcomes through cross-functional leadership in complex, global matrix organizations.
Demonstrated people leadership experience, including leading teams and stakeholders through direct and matrixed reporting relationships.
Preferred: Experience supporting late-stage and commercial biologics portfolios.
Strong business and financial acumen.
Proven ability to lead through complexity, ambiguity, and change.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
401(k) matching
Vacation –120 hours per calendar year
Sick time - 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Colorado –48 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington –56 hours per calendar year
Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays –13 days per calendar year
Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year
Parental Leave – 480 hours within one year of the birth/adoption/foster care of a child
Bereavement Leave – 240 hours for an immediate family member: 40 hours for an extended family member per calendar year
Caregiver Leave – 80 hours in a 52-week rolling period
Volunteer Leave – 32 hours per calendar year
Military Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours per calendar year

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Hard Skills & Tools

biotherapeutic manufacturingtechnology transferlifecycle managementcGMP compliancerisk managementperformance managementcontinuous improvementdigital enablementregulatory interactionsexternal manufacturing oversight

Soft Skills

leadershipstrategic communicationinfluencing stakeholderscross-functional leadershipcoachingteam developmentbusiness acumenfinancial acumenproblem-solvingadaptability