Senior Director, Supplier Relationship Management
Teva Pharmaceuticals
August 25, 2026
Remote friendly (Parsippany, NJ)
United States
Operations
Responsibilities:
- Own cross-functional end-to-end operations to deliver reliable patient supply, technology transfer, process validation, regulatory approval, commercial launch, market expansion, and lifecycle changes.
- Establish and oversee governance frameworks, business processes, performance metrics, and management review programs.
- Communicate priorities and performance outcomes; align stakeholders.
- Identify business/supplier risks and develop mitigation/contingency strategies; drive resolution of delivery and external partner challenges.
- Partner with MS&T to maintain process capability, control strategy, robustness, and COGS improvement.
- Partner with Quality/Regulatory to ensure sustainable cGMP compliance, inspection readiness, and product quality governance.
- Sponsor complex investigations, cross-site technical improvements, and manufacturing readiness.
- Lead continuous improvement plans for supplier relationships via SRT; translate product/supply/commercial needs into manufacturing strategies and operating plans.
- Develop long-term supplier strategies with BD/Procurement/Sourcing; own integrated engineering, capacity, and capital planning and sponsor major compliance/reliability/growth projects.
- Manage AOP/budget and COGS reduction; evaluate capacity/sourcing/resilience/network needs and serve as external manufacturing SME on due diligence.
- Support License/Supply Agreements; drive Lean/digital/standardization/transformation initiatives; represent external manufacturing operations on internal cross-functional teams; coach team members; build executive relationships.
Qualifications:
- BS in Engineering/Life Sciences/Biotech (or related); MS or MBA preferred.
- 15+ years biologics experience (manufacturing/technical operations/engineering/MSAT/supply chain or related).
- 10+ years leadership in biologics manufacturing, including external manufacturing/CDMO management.
- Demonstrated leadership of complex cross-functional programs/projects (strategy through execution).
Skills/Requirements:
- Strong cGMP knowledge, manufacturing science, technology transfer, process validation, quality systems, commercial supply, and lifecycle management.
- Experience with regulatory filings, inspections, and launch programs.
- Strong financial/business acumen (e.g., COGS, S&OP/IBP, capital investment).
- Excellent collaboration, communication, relationship-building, conflict management, and ability to influence in global matrix settings.
- Strong change management and continuous improvement track record.
- Travel ~25%.
Application instructions:
- Apply through Teva’s internal career site on Twist.
- Own cross-functional end-to-end operations to deliver reliable patient supply, technology transfer, process validation, regulatory approval, commercial launch, market expansion, and lifecycle changes.
- Establish and oversee governance frameworks, business processes, performance metrics, and management review programs.
- Communicate priorities and performance outcomes; align stakeholders.
- Identify business/supplier risks and develop mitigation/contingency strategies; drive resolution of delivery and external partner challenges.
- Partner with MS&T to maintain process capability, control strategy, robustness, and COGS improvement.
- Partner with Quality/Regulatory to ensure sustainable cGMP compliance, inspection readiness, and product quality governance.
- Sponsor complex investigations, cross-site technical improvements, and manufacturing readiness.
- Lead continuous improvement plans for supplier relationships via SRT; translate product/supply/commercial needs into manufacturing strategies and operating plans.
- Develop long-term supplier strategies with BD/Procurement/Sourcing; own integrated engineering, capacity, and capital planning and sponsor major compliance/reliability/growth projects.
- Manage AOP/budget and COGS reduction; evaluate capacity/sourcing/resilience/network needs and serve as external manufacturing SME on due diligence.
- Support License/Supply Agreements; drive Lean/digital/standardization/transformation initiatives; represent external manufacturing operations on internal cross-functional teams; coach team members; build executive relationships.
Qualifications:
- BS in Engineering/Life Sciences/Biotech (or related); MS or MBA preferred.
- 15+ years biologics experience (manufacturing/technical operations/engineering/MSAT/supply chain or related).
- 10+ years leadership in biologics manufacturing, including external manufacturing/CDMO management.
- Demonstrated leadership of complex cross-functional programs/projects (strategy through execution).
Skills/Requirements:
- Strong cGMP knowledge, manufacturing science, technology transfer, process validation, quality systems, commercial supply, and lifecycle management.
- Experience with regulatory filings, inspections, and launch programs.
- Strong financial/business acumen (e.g., COGS, S&OP/IBP, capital investment).
- Excellent collaboration, communication, relationship-building, conflict management, and ability to influence in global matrix settings.
- Strong change management and continuous improvement track record.
- Travel ~25%.
Application instructions:
- Apply through Teva’s internal career site on Twist.