Site Head of Contracting
Simtra BioPharma Solutions · Bloomington, IN
- Level
- Director+
- Team
- Manufacturing
- Degree
- Required (or equivalent experience)
- Experience asked
- 5+ years
- Industry
- Pharma & life sciences
- Posted
- 2 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A director-level manufacturing role at Simtra BioPharma Solutions (pharma & life sciences) in Bloomington, IN. Pharmaceutical, biotechnology, life sciences, or CDMO experience.
- They ask for
- 5+ years · degree required (or equivalent experience)
- Tools it names
- FDA / GMP, Supplier quality
- Day to day
- some off-shift / weekend coverage
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From the plant jobs report · week of November 9, 2026
Manufacturing Engineer roles in Indiana: typical posted base $97k–$135k.
Median of the low and high ends of 12 live postings that list pay, out of 62 manufacturing engineer openings in Indiana, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
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How this role compares
Against 61 other live manufacturing postings in Indiana.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- Typical (5+ years)
Typical $96k–$132k, from 11 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Lean 52%
- Tooling 44%
- Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) 37%
- New product launch 37%
- Team leadership 34%
- Root cause 29%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for FDA / GMP, Supplier quality, Union environment, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
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This plant: Simtra BioPharma Solutions in Bloomington
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Full description from Simtra BioPharma SolutionsAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
The role
The Site Head of Contracting serves as the senior contracting leader for the Bloomington manufacturing site, providing strategic oversight of customer contracts, quality agreements, supplier contracts, and contracting operations. The role partners closely with site leadership and business functions to support growth, ensure contractual and regulatory compliance, manage risk, and drive operational excellence in a highly regulated pharmaceutical manufacturing environment.
The
responsibilities
- ◆Site Leadership & Business Partnership
- ◆Lead contracting activities supporting the Bloomington site.
- ◆Serve as the primary contracting advisor to site leadership.
- ◆Align site priorities with enterprise contracting strategy and governance.
- ◆Manage resources, workload allocation, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- ◆Commercial Contracting
- ◆Lead negotiation of complex customer agreements, including CDMO master services agreements, development agreements, manufacturing agreements, commercial supply agreements, amendments, and statements of work.
- ◆Support business development, program management, and operational teams in securing and growing customer relationships.
- ◆Quality & Supplier Contracting
- ◆Support quality agreement strategy and execution, including Quality Technical Agreements (QTAs) and Supplier Quality Agreements (SQAs).
- ◆Ensure clear allocation of GMP, quality, and regulatory responsibilities.
- ◆Lead supplier contracting efforts supporting procurement and supply chain operations.
- ◆Support critical supplier negotiations and sourcing initiatives.
- ◆Governance
- ◆Ensure adherence to contracting policies, approval authorities, and governance standards.
- ◆Partner with Legal, Quality, Procurement, Finance, and Operations to identify and mitigate risk.
- ◆Team Leadership
- ◆Lead and develop contracting professionals.
- ◆Establish performance goals, build organizational capability, and promote best practices across the contracting organization.
Required qualifications
- ✓Licensed attorney in good standing, with a JD or equivalent law degree, master’s degree in legal studies, business, or contract management experience.
- ✓5+ years of commercial contracting, legal, procurement, or contract management experience.
- ✓Demonstrated success negotiating complex commercial agreements.
- ✓Leadership experience managing cross-functional teams and stakeholder relationships.
- ✓Experience operating within a regulated industry.
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Simtra BioPharma Solutions (Simtra) is a world-class Contract Development Manufacturing Organization, partnering with pharmaceutical and biotech companies to bring their sterile injectable products to market. With facilities in Bloomington, Indiana, US and Halle/Westfalen, Germany, we offer a wide range of delivery systems including pre-filled syringes, liquid/lyophilized vials, diluents for reconstitution, powder-filled vials and sterile crystallization.
Our product types include biologics and small molecules, cytotoxics, highly potent compounds, diluents for reconstitution and vaccines – which are all directly injected into patients worldwide. As such, there is a strong emphasis on quality and continuous improvement at Simtra. We hold ourselves to the highest quality and regulatory standards.
While our primary focus is cGMP manufacturing, we offer many support services including formulation and development, lyophilization optimization, global regulatory support and secondary packaging. Our teams are driven to help clients scale, innovate and bring life-changing medicines to patients worldwide.
Why join Team Simtra? Because we
Make it HAPPEN – We bring a growth mindset to every opportunity, developing new skillsets and exceeding our expectations and those of our customers.
Make it TOGETHER – We work as one, respecting each voice and tapping into our unique strengths across teams—so we can solve problems in new ways.
Make it RIGHT – We hold ourselves to a high standard of excellence, fulfilling our commitments to the customer, their patients, and our team members.
Make it COUNT – We take pride in our day-to-day work, knowing the impact we make – taking on challenges big and small to improve patient health.
Preferred
- +Pharmaceutical, biotechnology, life sciences, or CDMO experience.
- +Knowledge of GMP
In return, you’ll be eligible for [1]
- •Day One Benefits
- •Medical & Dental Coverage
- •Flexible Spending Accounts
- •Life and AD&D Insurance
- •Supplemental Life Insurance
- •Spouse Life Insurance
- •Child Life Insurance
- •401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with Company Match
- •Time Off Program
- •Paid Holidays
- •Paid Time Off
- •Paid Parental Leave and more
- •Adoption Reimbursement Program
- •Education Assistance Program
- •Employee Assistance Program
- •Community and Volunteer Service Program
- •Employee Ownership Plan
- •Additional Benefits
- •Short and Long-Term Disability Insurance
- •Voluntary Insurance Benefits
- •Vision Coverage
- •Accident
- •Critical Illness
- •Hospital Indemnity Insurance
- •Identity Theft Protection
- •Legal and more
- •Onsite Campus Amenities
- •Workout Facility
- •Cafeteria
- •Credit Union
[1] Current benefit offerings are in effect through 12/31/26
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