Senior Director, Global Manufacturing Programs

USP • Rockville, MD

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About The Position

Senior Technical Director, Global Manufacturing Programs, serves as a strategic technical leader for MedSuRe Africa and other assigned global health manufacturing initiatives. This role provides end-to-end technical leadership, translating organizational and donor-driven strategies into executable program plans, and ensuring consistent delivery against technical, timeline, and stakeholder objectives. As a senior leader, s/he is accountable for overseeing technical execution across multidisciplinary teams. This includes establishing technical direction, aligning work plans and milestones, managing risk, and ensuring quality and coherence across manufacturing, regulatory, market access, and related program components. The role acts as a primary technical advisor to the Head of Global Pharmaceutical Programs, with influence over program strategy, prioritization, and resource allocation. In addition, the Senior Director represents the organization externally, leading or contributing to engagements with donors, partners, and peer institutions, and strengthening strategic relationships that advance programmatic and institutional goals. The position requires a deep technical expertise in pharmaceutical programs and global health, exceptional leadership capabilities, and the ability to drive collaboration across multidisciplinary, geographically dispersed teams. The individual must be able to navigate complex, multi-stakeholder environments with credibility and clarity, represent the organization externally to donors, partners, and peer institutions, and contribute to proposal efforts that advance the department's strategic growth.

Requirements

• Deep technical expertise in pharmaceutical programs and global health.
• Exceptional leadership capabilities.
• Ability to drive collaboration across multidisciplinary, geographically dispersed teams.
• Ability to navigate complex, multi-stakeholder environments with credibility and clarity.
• Ability to represent the organization externally to donors, partners, and peer institutions.
• Ability to contribute to proposal efforts that advance the department's strategic growth.

Responsibilities

• Provides end-to-end technical leadership, translating organizational and donor-driven strategies into executable program plans.
• Ensures consistent delivery against technical, timeline, and stakeholder objectives.
• Oversees technical execution across multidisciplinary teams.
• Establishes technical direction, aligns work plans and milestones, manages risk, and ensures quality and coherence across manufacturing, regulatory, market access, and related program components.
• Acts as a primary technical advisor to the Head of Global Pharmaceutical Programs, with influence over program strategy, prioritization, and resource allocation.
• Represents the organization externally, leading or contributing to engagements with donors, partners, and peer institutions.
• Strengthens strategic relationships that advance programmatic and institutional goals.
• Navigates complex, multi-stakeholder environments with credibility and clarity.
• Contributes to proposal efforts that advance the department's strategic growth.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed