Associate Director, Facilities

AstraZeneca • Rockville, MD

3d • $118,750 - $178,126

About The Position

Lead the Facilities and Maintenance function for the Rockville Manufacturing Center (RMC), a GMP cell therapy manufacturing facility. Provide day-to-day and longer-term leadership for facility operations, maintenance, reliability, calibration support, and associated service delivery. Develop a high-performing, people-focused team and ensure facility and manufacturing equipment are safe, compliant, available, and reliable to support efficient operations and reliable batch supply to patients. Drive customer-focused service, disciplined execution, continuous improvement, and readiness for site growth.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant experience in facilities, mechanical, electrical, engineering, maintenance, or a related technical field.
• Significant relevant experience in facilities or maintenance operations.
• Demonstrated maintenance leadership experience within a GMP pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, or similarly regulated manufacturing environment.
• Strong understanding of GMP requirements, equipment maintenance, reliability, safety, environmental expectations, and regulated documentation.
• Experience leading and developing technical teams.
• Experience with CMMS and maintenance planning.
• Strong problem-solving, communication, stakeholder management, budgeting, and organizational skills.

Nice To Haves

• Cell therapy or biologics manufacturing experience.
• Professional certification such as Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional (CMRP) or a relevant Maryland license or certification.
• Experience with preventive, predictive, risk-based, or reliability-centered maintenance.
• Lean Six Sigma or other continuous improvement experience.
• Experience supporting facility expansion, equipment qualification, and management of outsourced service providers.

Responsibilities

• Provide operational leadership for RMC facilities and maintenance services across manufacturing, laboratories, warehouse, offices, utilities, and other site operations.
• Lead, manage, coach, and develop the Facilities and Maintenance team; establish priorities and accountability and strengthen capability, engagement, performance, workforce planning, and succession readiness.
• Develop and implement facilities and maintenance plans, strategies, procedures, service standards, preventive maintenance programs, and calibration schedules aligned with business priorities, global policies, regulatory expectations, and industry best practices.
• Ensure the reliability, compliance, availability, and efficient operation of facility and manufacturing equipment; oversee maintenance, troubleshooting, repairs, upgrades, and restoration to minimize downtime and protect production schedules.
• Partner with Manufacturing, Quality, Engineering, SHE, Supply Chain, Digital, and other site functions to prioritize work, resolve issues, coordinate shutdowns and interventions, and support reliable batch supply.
• Support equipment installations, qualifications, commissioning, facility expansions, fit-outs, and capital or site growth projects, including maintenance strategies, documentation, spare-parts planning, and operational handover.
• Ensure facilities and maintenance activities and documentation comply with GMP requirements, safety and environmental standards, internal policies, and applicable legal and regulatory requirements; maintain inspection readiness.
• Establish, monitor, and improve performance metrics, service levels, and work-management practices using data, risk-based decision-making, and structured problem-solving.
• Implement preventive, predictive, risk-based, and reliability-centered maintenance approaches; address recurring equipment issues through sustainable corrective and continuous improvement actions.
• Manage the Facilities and Maintenance operating budget, forecasts, spare-parts inventory, service contracts, and external resources.
• Manage outsourced service providers and contractors, including expectations for safety, quality, compliance, service levels, and continuous improvement.
• Support emergency response, crisis management, and business continuity planning for facility and equipment-related events.
• Promote safety, quality, customer service, sustainability, ownership, and continuous improvement through visible leadership, training, employee engagement, and consistent standards.
• Champion Lean ways of working, digital tools, and modern maintenance practices, including effective use of the computerized maintenance management system (CMMS).

Benefits

• Qualified retirement program (401(k) plan).
• Paid vacation and holidays.
• Paid leaves.
• Medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage.
• Short-term incentive bonus opportunity.
• Eligibility to participate in an equity-based long-term incentive program for salaried roles.
• Retirement contribution for hourly roles.
• Commission payment eligibility for sales roles.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director