Director of Facilities

AstraZeneca • Frederick, MD

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Director of Facilities provides strategic, operational, and organizational leadership for the site’s Facilities function in support of manufacturing, laboratory, warehouse, and office operations. This role is responsible for directing the operation of site facilities, maintenance, and utilities, as well as project execution to ensure safe, compliant, reliable, cost-effective, and technologically efficient support for site operations. The role is future-focused and accountable for advancing site infrastructure capabilities through master planning, asset lifecycle management, energy optimization, digital enablement, continuous improvement, and organizational capability building. The Director ensures the function has the appropriate structure, talent, training, governance, and oversight needed to meet operational and regulatory expectations without compromising quality.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline
• Significant progressive experience in facilities, engineering, maintenance, utilities, capital projects, or technical operations
• Leadership experience in a GMP-regulated environment supporting manufacturing and/or laboratory operations
• Experience managing capital projects, operating budgets, and contract service providers
• Experience leading teams through managers, supervisors, or senior technical leaders
• Demonstrated knowledge of facilities systems, utility operations, maintenance programs, and engineering support functions
• Strong leadership and change management skills
• Ability to lead Lean and continuous improvement initiatives, including reliability-based maintenance
• Strong technical problem-solving and analytical skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills in a cross-functional environment
• High degree of organizational effectiveness and ability to manage multiple priorities
• Strong strategic thinking and business acumen
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to interact effectively with all levels of management, including senior leadership
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions
• Ability to interpret a wide variety of technical instructions, diagrams, and mathematical information
• Ability to manage both abstract and concrete variables in complex decision-making environments

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree in Engineering, Business, Operations, or related field
• Experience supporting pharmaceutical, biologics, or other highly regulated manufacturing environments
• Experience in site master planning, infrastructure strategy, and asset lifecycle management
• Formal experience with Lean, Six Sigma, reliability-centered maintenance, or operational excellence programs

Responsibilities

• Lead the Facilities function with responsibility for facilities operations, maintenance, utilities, engineering support, and technical services across the site.
• Direct engineering support to existing operations and provide leadership for new capital construction, installation, commissioning, and infrastructure improvement activities.
• Ensure reliable utility and facility operations in support of manufacturing, laboratory, warehouse, and office areas, with accountability for uptime, service responsiveness, compliance, and operational continuity.
• Develop and execute the site facilities strategy in alignment with business objectives, regulatory requirements, and long-range site master planning.
• Support site master planning activities, including infrastructure capacity planning, asset strategies, future expansion readiness, and long-term capital planning.
• Prepare, manage, and oversee capital and operating budgets, including forecasting, prioritization, resource allocation, and financial performance tracking.
• Lead site energy conservation and sustainability efforts, including identification and execution of initiatives that improve energy efficiency, reduce utility consumption, and provide meaningful financial savings.
• Drive Lean, reliability-based maintenance, and continuous improvement initiatives to improve asset performance, reduce downtime, optimize maintenance strategies, and enhance service delivery.
• Establish departmental goals, policies, procedures, and performance standards that support efficient operations and alignment with organizational and company policies.
• Act as a senior advisor to subordinate leaders and staff, helping resolve technical, operational, scheduling, resource, and organizational challenges.
• Ensure appropriate staffing, qualifications, training, and practical experience across the function so that departmental responsibilities are carried out effectively and without compromising quality or oversight.
• Maintain strong governance over processes, personnel, and procedures to ensure appropriate accountability, operational discipline, and support for critical site functions.
• Provide cross-functional leadership and stakeholder management with manufacturing, quality, technical operations, laboratories, EHS, supply chain, finance, procurement, and senior site leadership.
• Represent the department in internal and external meetings, including technical reviews, operational briefings, contractor meetings, and senior leadership discussions.
• Interpret, execute, and recommend modifications to organizational and company policies based on operational needs, business priorities, and future-state goals.
• Influence long-range goals and organizational objectives related to infrastructure, engineering support, operational readiness, and site growth.
• Lead through subordinate managers and functional leaders to achieve departmental and site objectives.
• Establish organizational structures, roles, and supervisory relationships that support performance, accountability, and scalability.
• Build and sustain a high-performing team culture grounded in safety, compliance, collaboration, responsiveness, and continuous improvement.
• Coach and develop leaders and technical staff, including succession planning, talent development, and capability building.
• Drive organizational change and lead transformation initiatives related to systems, processes, technologies, and operating models.
• Promote clear communication and alignment across all levels of the organization, including interactions with senior management.

Benefits

• qualified retirement program [401(k) plan]
• paid vacation and holidays
• paid leaves
• health benefits including medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage
• short-term incentive bonus opportunity
• equity-based long-term incentive program (salaried roles)
• retirement contribution (hourly roles)

What This Job Offers

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