Senior Director, Process Engineering & Maintenance
Company: Fujifilm
Location: Holly Springs
Posted on: October 29, 2025
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Job Description:
As the Senior Director, Process Engineering & Maintenance, this
role is responsible for setting the direction and managing central
workstreams in the start-up of a $2 billion project. This role
leads the process engineering and process maintenance organizations
to ensure the successful start-up and ramp-up to meet client
commitments ensuring the equipment maintains a state of readiness.
Additionally, this role is responsible for designing and
implementing manufacturing processes, equipment, and technology
while building the team and ensuring flawless execution by
leveraging existing experience as a subject matter expert (SME) and
people management capabilities in start-up of Greenfield capital
projects and technical projects. The Senior Director drives
continuous improvement in process design, cost savings, quality,
and resource utilization while incorporating newest technology and
resolving engineering problems for optimization. Company Overview
FUJIFILM Biotechnologies is building the future of bioproduction in
Holly Springs, North Carolina. By end of 2025, we’ll open North
America’s largest end-to-end CDMO biopharmaceutical manufacturing
facility, offering drug substance production, fill-finish, and
packaging under one roof. We’re looking for passionate,
mission-driven people to help us realize this exciting vision and
deliver the next vaccine, cure, or therapy. We offer a dynamic work
environment and we’re proud to cultivate a culture that will fuel
your purpose, energy, and drive—what we call Genki. Ready to shape
the future of medicine? Let’s transform healthcare together! Holly
Springs, North Carolina, combines small-town warmth with proximity
to Raleigh’s thriving tech scene, making it the perfect blend of
community and opportunity. Fujifilm is globally headquartered in
Tokyo with over 70,000 employees across four key business segments
of healthcare, electronics, business innovation, and imaging. We
are guided and united by our Group Purpose of “giving our world
more smiles.” Job Description • Develops strategies to ensure
successful ramp-up of facility, meeting client expectations and
operational excellence. • Builds and leads a high-performing
Process Engineering & Maintenance team fostering a culture of
collaboration, growth, and dedication to achieving successful
facility start-up and ramp-up to client expectations. • Ensures the
optimization, design and implementation of manufacturing processes
and equipment. • Manages technology transfer from customers to
large scale manufacturing. • Builds robust operations and drive
continuous improvement initiatives to optimize performance. •
Ensures project implementation is well received throughout the
organization by effectively communicating updates and changes. •
Develops functional strategies and objectives that align with
organizational goals. • Ensures all specifications and requirements
are review and approved by the SME, responsible engineer (RE), or
Manufacturing. • Enforces adhere to project plans, strategies, and
timeline ensuring successful execution. • Optimizes tasks and
overall workload for the FUJIFILM team and consultants, as needed.
• Encourages a culture that prioritizes continuous learning and
development, including coaching and mentoring to ensure the team is
positioned for long-term success. • Evaluates the teams’
performance and implements measures to improve productivity and
engagement to develop high-potential employees. • Participates in
the recruitment process and retention strategies to attract and
retain talent, as needed. • Performs other duties, as assigned.
Requirements : • Bachelor’s degree in life science or engineering
related field with 12 years of experience in a similar role in a
large biotech / pharma environment; or • Master’s degree in life
sciences or engineering with 8 years of experience in a similar
role in a large biotech / pharma environment • 10 years of people
management, leadership & team management experience • 6 years of
experience in biotech / pharma manufacturing operations •
Experience working in a changing, project-driven organization •
Experience in a CGMP facility or working with FDA regulations
Preferred Qualifications: • Prior experience in a similar role in
large projects from conceptual design phase to operations • 4 years
of experience leading and developing leaders • Experience leading
manufacturing or technical departments Physical Requirements: • May
work in Mechanical/Production spaces that may require hearing
protection and enrollment in a hearing conservation program •
Ability to discern audible cues.
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