Associate Director, Integrated Process Team (IPT) Lead - Millsboro, DE (Animal Health, Global Manufacturing)

Senior Leadership Team Member

Join our Millsboro Senior Leadership team and lead a high-impact Integrated Process Team that directly influences site performance, product quality and cost-of-goods for life-changing animal vaccines. Your leadership will shape manufacturing systems and release processes that enable reliable, efficient vaccine production at scale. If you are a people-first leader with deep technical experience in aseptic filling and vaccine production, this is an opportunity to drive operational excellence, develop teams, and deliver measurable results.

What you own :

• Lead and grow the Integrated Process Team (IPT) coach managers and individual contributors, build capability, and create a high-performance, inclusive culture focused on continuous improvement.
• Be accountable for IPT performance against site and division goals, including quality, safety, delivery, cost of goods, and budget forecasts.
• Translate site strategy into IPT annual plans and priorities (hoshin kanri / scorecard) and drive execution using MPS / Lean principles and scientific problem solving.
• Provide subject matter expertise for product release, aseptic operations, formulation and fill / finish activities.
• Ensure compliance with corporate and regulatory requirements (cGMP / USDA) and lead IPT support for audits, inspections, validations and corrective actions.
• Author, review and approve SOPs, Quality Notifications and technical documentation; collaborate cross-functionally with QA, Regulatory Affairs, EHS, Engineering, BTS, ATS and HR.
• Direct technical troubleshooting and process improvements across antigen production, formulation, filling, and freeze-drying operations.
• Manage IPT budget, resource planning and capital / project work aligned with site priorities.

Who you are :

Required qualifications :

Preferred qualifications :

The salary range for this role is $126,500.00 - $199,100.00. This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An employee's position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, government requirements, and business or organizational needs.

The successful candidate will be eligible for annual bonus and long-term incentive, if applicable.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits. Available benefits include medical, dental, vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits, including 401(k), paid holidays, vacation, and compassionate and sick days.