🚀 Head of Production

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Head of Production – Viral Vaccines

Are you an experienced production leader with a passion for driving operational excellence?

Do you thrive in a fast-paced, regulated environment where your expertise shapes the future of animal health?

Ready to lead a diverse and talented team in delivering high-quality viral vaccine production?

Fraser Dove International is partnering exclusively with a leading health organisation. Operating in Germany, they are committed to improving health worldwide through innovative and effective vaccines.

Our client is seeking a motivated and strategic leader to oversee the production of viral vaccines, ensuring smooth operations, compliance and process optimisation.

Discover more about our Head of Production – Viral Vaccines opportunity; its objectives, duties/responsibilities and the skills, experience and competencies needed to succeed.

Your objectives

As the Head of Production – Viral Vaccines, you will be measured against the following objectives:

• Ensure efficient and compliant production of viral vaccines in alignment with GMP standards.
• Drive continuous process optimisation and strategic production planning.
• Develop, motivate and lead a cross-functional team to achieve operational excellence.

What you will do

As the Head of Production – Viral Vaccines, your duties and responsibilities will include:

• Lead and manage a team of approximately 30 employees across USP, DSP, Central Services, and Environmental Monitoring.
• Oversee daily production operations to ensure efficiency, quality and compliance with regulatory standards.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Technical Services & Manufacturing Science (TSMS), and Quality functions.
• Implement and maintain standardised production processes and GMP-compliant systems.
• Develop strategies for production capacity planning and resource allocation.
• Drive process improvements and cost efficiencies.
• Foster a culture of safety, accountability and continuous improvement.

What you will bring

These are the skills and experience you will need to succeed as the Head of Production – Viral Vaccines:

• Degree in biology, biotechnology, process engineering, chemistry, or a related field.
• Minimum 2 years of leadership experience in a production environment; ideally 5+ years.
• Proven success managing teams within GMP or FDA-regulated settings.
• Strong organisational, problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• Excellent communication and leadership abilities.
• Fluent in German with very good English skills.
• High motivation, flexibility and a structured, results-oriented work style.

What you will get

These are the perks and benefits that will complement your generous base salary:

• Health Benefits

How to apply

To apply for the Head of Production – Viral Vaccines, click the ‘Apply’ button below or contact the Executive Search Consultant – Peter Vedde – on +44 (0)

Please Note

• This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent in this position. Employee(s) will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorised to give instructions or assignments.
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Fraser Dove International is a specialist executive search firm operating exclusively in the life science industry. Passionate about people, we take pride in helping exceptional life science organisations source the talent they need to design, manufacture and distribute life-changing drugs, treatments and devices which transform and save patient lives.

Company information

• Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Manufacturing, Production, and Engineering
• Industries: Pharmaceutical Manufacturing, Biotechnology Research, and Food and Beverage Manufacturing

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