Vice President, Head, External Manufacturing

Do you want to be part of an inclusive team that works to develop innovative therapies for patients? Every day, we are driven to develop and deliver innovative and effective new medicines to patients and physicians.  If you want to be part of this exciting work, you belong at Astellas!

Astellas Pharma Inc. is a pharmaceutical company conducting business in more than 70 countries around the world. We are committed to turning innovative science into medical solutions that bring value and hope to patients and their families. Keeping our focus on addressing unmet medical needs and conducting our business with ethics and integrity enables us to improve the health of people throughout the world. For more information on Astellas, please visit our website at www.astellas.com .

This position is based in Northbrook, Illinois. Remote work from certain states may be permitted in accordance with Astellas’ Responsible Flexibility Guidelines. Candidates interested in remote work are encouraged to apply.

Purpose and Scope :

This position will provide leadership to Astellas External Manufacturing (ExM) organization by delivering exceptional value through industry leading management of the Astellas late-stage development and Commercial external supply network (CDMOs) across all product modalities. The External Manufacturing organization purpose is to leverage capacity and capabilities of external manufacturing & supply partners to deliver reliable supply of quality products with a focus on speed, tech transfer, capacity access and benchmark costs The Head of External Manufacturing will deliver exceptional service and value by driving external supplier CDMO business processes in partnership with other critical internal functions as per the operating model.

Responsibilities and Accountabilities :

Lead a dedicated team of External Manufacturing Supplier Relationship Managers (SRMs) and Manufacturing Science and Technology (MS&T) professionals.

Enable execution via the Virtual X Team (VxT) cross functional business processes model in partnership with critical internal functions and within the operating model.

Ensure the CDMO External Manufacturing organizational and operating models work seamlessly within the PDM operating model and with the PDM Functional Leadership teams (LTs).

The Astellas Vice President External Manufacturing leader will be accountable for the following :

Strategic Focus :

• Development of external supplier strategic partnerships
• Tiered governance and management of the CDMO network
• Business continuity management across the external supply network
• External supplier innovation exploration and development

Supplier Management and Operational Execution :

Manufacturing Sciences and Technology Focused :

Quality Focused :

Supply Chain :

Sourcing and Procurement :