Director, Steriles Operations
Thermo Fisher Scientific · Greenville, NC
- Level
- Director+
- Team
- Production
- Degree
- Required (or equivalent experience)
- Experience asked
- 10+ years
- Industry
- Pharma & life sciences
- Posted
- 24 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A director-level production role at Thermo Fisher Scientific (pharma & life sciences) in Greenville, NC. Lead sterile manufacturing operations to achieve safety, quality, service, and cost objectives while driving performance against key operational metrics.
- They ask for
- 10+ years · degree required (or equivalent experience)
- Tools it names
- FDA / GMP
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From the plant jobs report · week of October 19, 2026
Production Engineer roles in North Carolina: typical posted base $98k–$145k.
Median of the low and high ends of 7 live postings that list pay, out of 35 production engineer openings in North Carolina, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
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How this role compares
Against 34 other live production postings in North Carolina.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- More than usual (10+ vs 8+)
Typical $98k–$145k, from 6 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 8+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Lean 51%
- ✓ Team leadership 40%
- Six Sigma 29%
- EHS / safety 23%
- Root cause 20%
- Automation 20%
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This plant: Thermo Fisher Scientific in Greenville
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Key Responsibilities
- ◆Lead sterile manufacturing operations to achieve safety, quality, service, and cost objectives while driving performance against key operational metrics.
- ◆Develop and execute operational plans aligned with site and divisional strategy, ensuring regulatory compliance and inspection readiness.
- ◆Manage site-level operational budgets, resource planning, and capital needs to support production and growth requirements.
- ◆Lead, coach, and develop managers and supervisors to build organizational capability and a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.
- ◆Partner cross-functionally with Quality, Supply Chain, Engineering, Finance, and Commercial teams to deliver customer commitments and improve operational effectiveness.
Qualifications
- ✓Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Operations Management, Life Sciences, or related field required (or equivalent experience).
- ✓10+ years of progressive operations leadership experience in pharmaceutical or biopharmaceutical manufacturing, including sterile manufacturing in a regulated environment.
- ✓Demonstrated experience managing through managers within a matrixed organization and driving operational performance improvements.
- ✓Strong understanding of cGMP and regulatory requirements, with the ability to analyze complex operational challenges and implement effective solutions.
- ✓Strong leadership, financial acumen, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
About Thermo Fisher Scientific
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO) is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue of approximately $40 billion. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer! Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, increasing productivity in their laboratories, improving patient health through diagnostics or the development and manufacture of life-changing therapies, we are here to support them. Our global team of more than 130,000 colleagues delivers an unrivaled combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience and pharmaceutical services through our industry-leading brands, including Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services, Patheon and PPD. For more information, please visit www.thermofisher.com .
Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.
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Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)
Environmental Conditions
Adherence to all Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) Safety Standards
Job Description
As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.
The Director, Operations – Steriles provides site-level leadership for sterile manufacturing operations within a large, multi-product pharmaceutical facility. This role is accountable for safety, quality, delivery, and cost performance.
The Director translates divisional strategy into operational execution, ensuring compliant, efficient, and customer-focused manufacturing performance. This position leads through managers, supervisors, and partners cross-functionally to achieve site objectives within established financial and governance frameworks.
