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About the Role
Join a global network that powers how Sanofi delivers — seamlessly, purposefully, and at scale. In Manufacturing & Supply, you’ll help reimagine how life-changing treatments reach people everywhere, faster.
Responsibilities
- Ensure all areas and employees are safe at all times
- Directly manage manufacturing teams supporting upstream and downstream Flublok drug substance operations
- Foster a high-performance culture grounded in accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement
- Provide coaching, mentorship, and professional development to team members at all levels
- Effectively manage conflict within and across teams to maintain a productive and respectful work environment
- Drive a strong sense of urgency in day-to-day operations while maintaining quality and compliance standards
- Ensure manufacturing areas are consistently ready for scheduled production activities
- Oversee upstream and downstream manufacturing processes, including cell culture, protein production, clarification, purification, and related unit operations
- Monitor and manage production schedules to meet output targets while maintaining compliance with all applicable standards
- Ensure all equipment, materials, documentation, and personnel are in a state of readiness prior to manufacturing execution
- Ensure all manufacturing activities are conducted in strict accordance with GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) and GDP (Good Documentation Practice) requirements
- Lead and support deviation investigations, applying structured root cause analysis (RCA) methodologies to identify, document, and resolve manufacturing deviations
- Champion Lean manufacturing principles and defect identification practices to eliminate waste and drive process efficiency
- Implement and sustain performance management routines, including +QDCI (Quality, Delivery, Cost, Involvement) metrics and visual management tools
- Partner with Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs to support inspections, audits, and regulatory submissions as needed
- Collaborate with Process Development, Quality, Supply Chain, and Engineering teams to support technology transfers, process improvements, and capacity planning
- Represent manufacturing in cross-functional forums and contribute to site-level strategic initiatives
- Identify and escalate risks to manufacturing readiness, supply continuity, or compliance in a timely manner
- Support the development and management of departmental budgets and resource planning
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Science, Life Sciences, Business, or any related field.
- 5 -7 years of experience in pharmaceutical or biopharmaceutical manufacturing.
- 5+ years of progressive, hands-on leadership experience in a GMP manufacturing environment, with an expectation to interact with and solve problems at the shop floor level.
- Strong working knowledge of GMP and GDP regulations and their application in a manufacturing environment
- Proven expertise in Lean manufacturing methodologies (5s, Gemba Problem Solving, Daily Capacity Management) and defect identification/reduction.
- Demonstrated ability to perform thorough root cause analysis on manufacturing deviations and implement effective corrective actions.
- Experience with performance management routines, including +QDCI or equivalent operational excellence frameworks.
- Strong conflict management skills with the ability to navigate interpersonal and team dynamics effectively.
- Demonstrated sense of urgency and ability to prioritize and respond decisively in a fast-paced manufacturing environment
- Excellent communication, organizational, and stakeholder management skills
- Understanding of cell growth and propagation principles as they apply to biopharmaceutical drug substance manufacturing
- Advanced degree (MS, MBA) in Life Sciences, Engineering, Business Administration or related technical field.
- Hands-on experience with one or more of the following technologies: Single Use Systems, Chromatography, Tangential Flow Filtration, Stainless Steel Systems (Fermenters and Bioreactors)
Skills
- GMP
- GDP
- Lean manufacturing
- 5s
- Gemba Problem Solving
- Daily Capacity Management
- Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
- +QDCI
- Conflict management
- Communication
- Organizational skills
- Stakeholder management
- Cell growth and propagation principles
- Single Use Systems
- Chromatography
- Tangential Flow Filtration
- Stainless Steel Systems (Fermenters and Bioreactors)
Location
- Pearl River, NY
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 5-7 years of experience in pharmaceutical or biopharmaceutical manufacturing
- 5+ years of progressive, hands-on leadership experience in a GMP manufacturing environment
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Science, Life Sciences, Business, or any related field
- Advanced degree (MS, MBA) in Life Sciences, Engineering, Business Administration or related technical field
Salary/Compensations
- $133.500,00 - $192.833,33
Benefits
- High-quality healthcare
- Prevention and wellness programs
- At least 14 weeks’ gender-neutral parental leave
About the Company
- Sanofi is an R&D-driven, AI-powered biopharma company committed to improving people’s lives and delivering compelling growth.
- Our deep understanding of the immune system and innovative pipeline enables us to invent medicines and vaccines that treat and protect millions of people around the world.
- Together, we chase the miracles of science to improve lives.
- Sanofi US Services and its U.S. affiliates are Equal Opportunity employers committed to a culturally inclusive workforce.
- Pursue progress, discover extraordinary.
- Better is out there. Better medications, better outcomes, better science.
- Progress doesn’t happen without people – people from different backgrounds, in different locations, doing different roles, all united by one thing: a desire to make miracles happen.
Equal Opportunity
- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; nationality; marital, domestic partnership or civil union status; sex, gender, gender identity or expression; affectional or sexual orientation; disability; veteran or military status or liability for military status; domestic violence victim status; atypical cellular or blood trait; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any other characteristic protected by law.