Global Manufacturing Technology Leader - Healthcare Solutions
About The Position
The Global Manufacturing Technology Leader – Healthcare Solutions leads the development and execution of manufacturing technology across DuPont’s global Healthcare manufacturing network. This highly visible leadership role takes products and processes from development through scale-up and technology transfer into successful commercial manufacturing. The role partners with Technology, R&D, Quality, Operations, Supply Chain, and Commercial teams to develop robust, scalable manufacturing solutions that meet quality, regulatory, operational, and customer requirements. It also shapes future manufacturing capabilities by developing technical talent, advancing best practices across sites, and driving continuous improvement. The position reports to the Global Integrated Operations Leader, with functional guidance from the Global Technology Director. The role is site-based within the Healthcare manufacturing footprint, with significant global interaction and collaboration, and requires 30% global travel.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline.
- 15+ years of industry experience, ideally within medical device manufacturing.
- Significant experience in medical device manufacturing technology, process engineering, or industrialization within regulated manufacturing environments.
- Hands-on industry experience with injection molding and/or extrusion.
- Demonstrated leadership in new product scale-up, technology transfer, and manufacturing capability development.
- Strong cross-functional leadership, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.
Nice To Haves
- Advanced degree such as an MS or Ph.D. in Engineering or Science.
- CDMO experience within plastics manufacturing.
- Experience leading global or multi-site manufacturing technology teams.
Responsibilities
- Lead manufacturing technology activities for new product introduction, process scale-up, industrialization, and technology transfer into commercial manufacturing.
- Drive execution of asset and process strategy, including capacity planning, capital deployment, expansions, product transfers, and manufacturing readiness for new programs.
- Ensure manufacturing processes meet critical-to-quality, regulatory, customer, and operational requirements.
- Provide manufacturing expertise during early product development to strengthen design for manufacturability and establish scale-up strategies.
- Lead continuous improvement across the manufacturing network, focusing on safety, quality, delivery, inventory, and productivity.
- Improve yield and process capability, reduce waste, and strengthen manufacturing performance.
- Support qualification and validation of new equipment, tooling, automation, and manufacturing processes.
- Identify manufacturing risks and develop mitigation strategies.
- Partner with Technology Development, R&D, Quality, Operations, Supply Chain, and Commercial teams throughout the product lifecycle.
- Build alignment across functions, sites, and geographies to execute complex manufacturing initiatives.
- Lead, coach, and develop Manufacturing Technology teams.
- Standardize and deploy manufacturing best practices across sites.
- Foster technical rigor, accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
Benefits
- Comprehensive pay and benefits package.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
