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Vice President of Operations
UK on site | Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
Lead a strategically important UK manufacturing site through its next phase of growth and transformation.
Allerton Bishop is delighted to be leading the search to appoint a Vice President of Operations on behalf of a leading global pharmaceutical manufacturer operating a complex, sterile manufacturing facility in the UK.
This is a high-profile, senior leadership appointment with full responsibility for site performance and the continued development of the organisation, its people, and culture. The facility operates within a highly regulated GMP environment, manufacturing complex pharmaceutical products through sophisticated manufacturing processes and technologies.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide overall leadership of a complex, sterile pharmaceutical manufacturing site.
- Develop and execute the site strategy in partnership with the COO and wider executive leadership team.
- Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing, multidisciplinary site leadership team.
- Drive manufacturing performance across Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, and People.
- Build a culture of operational excellence, accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
- Lead significant site investment, expansion, and transformation programmes, ensuring successful delivery against strategic objectives.
- Ensure the site maintains the highest standards of GMP, Quality, EHS, and regulatory compliance.
- Provide senior site leadership during regulatory inspections, including interactions with the MHRA, FDA, and other international regulatory authorities.
- Develop organisational capability and manufacturing capacity to support future growth and increasingly complex production requirements.
- Manage site budgets, forecasting, capital planning, and operational performance.
- Work effectively within a global organisation, influencing senior stakeholders and ensuring alignment between site and corporate priorities.
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Candidate Profile
We are looking for an established pharmaceutical manufacturing leader with the credibility to lead a sophisticated site organisation while continuing to develop its people, culture, and operational capability.
- Significant Site Head, Site Director, VP Operations, or senior Operations leadership experience within the pharmaceutical industry.
- A strong track record within complex sterile, aseptic, biologics, vaccines, or advanced therapy manufacturing environments.
- Experience leading large, multidisciplinary organisations within highly regulated GMP manufacturing facilities.
- Demonstrable success developing leadership teams and creating high-performing, engaged manufacturing cultures.
- Experience of site transformation, manufacturing scale-up, operational improvement, or major capital investment programmes.
- Strong understanding of GMP manufacturing, Quality, Engineering, Supply Chain, and operational excellence.
- Excellent communication, influencing, and stakeholder-management skills.
- The ability to combine strategic leadership with visible, credible, and engaging site-level leadership.
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Confidential Search
Due to the strategic nature of this appointment, the search is being conducted in strict confidence by Allerton Bishop. Further information regarding the organisation, facility, and opportunity will be shared with suitable candidates following an initial confidential discussion.
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