Director, Commercial Operations

Viatris · San Antonio, TX

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Level: Director+
Team: Production
Degree: Required
Experience asked: 10+ years
Industry: Pharma & life sciences
Posted: 30+ days ago

The role in 30 seconds

A director-level production role at Viatris (pharma & life sciences) in San Antonio, TX.

They ask for: 10+ years · degree required
Tools it names: Lean, Kaizen, Value stream mapping, MSA / Gage R&R, FDA / GMP

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From the plant jobs report · week of October 19, 2026

Production Engineer roles in Texas: typical posted base $107k–$153k.

Median of the low and high ends of 16 live postings that list pay, out of 85 production engineer openings in Texas, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.

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How this role compares

Against 84 other live production postings in Texas.

Base pay: Not listed in this posting
Experience asked: More than usual (10+ vs 5+)

Skills these teams ask for most

✓ Team leadership 44%
✓ Lean 36%
Root cause 29%
New product launch 22%
Six Sigma 22%

✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.

Stands out: this posting asks for Kaizen, Value stream mapping, MSA / Gage R&R, FDA / GMP, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.

It asks for 10+ years. If you're close, apply anyway: requirements are a wish list. Talk to someone doing this work there first.

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This plant: Viatris in San Antonio

1 other open role at this site.

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Full description from ViatrisAs posted on their careers site.Show

DPT Laboratories, Ltd.

Viatris is a global healthcare company uniquely positioned to bridge the traditional divide between generics and brands, combining the best of both to more holistically address healthcare needs globally. With a mission to empower people worldwide to live healthier at every stage of life, we provide access at scale, currently supplying high-quality medicines to approximately 1 billion patients around the world annually and touching all of life's moments, from birth to the end of life, acute conditions to chronic diseases.

We have been included on number of award lists that demonstrate the impact we are making.

Every day, we rise to the challenge to make a difference and here’s how the Director, Commercial Operations role will make an impact:

for this role include

•Lead end-to-end commercial execution for CDMO opportunities, including proposals, PSDs, SOWs, pricing, contracts, and commercial change orders.
•Partner with Business Development and customers to clarify project scope, requirements, assumptions, pricing, commercial terms, and changes while supporting a consistent and professional customer experience.
•Lead cross-functional coordination with technical, operational, quality, regulatory, supply chain, finance, legal, and program management teams to gather and integrate required inputs.
•Translate complex technical and operational information into clear, accurate, and commercially sound customer-facing documentation and communications.
•Manage proposal and SOW/PSD development, including timelines, deliverables, approvals, document control, revisions, and submission readiness.
•Coordinate pricing development and commercial reviews, ensuring alignment among scope, cost assumptions, pricing, customer requirements, capacity, risk, and approved commercial terms.
•Coordinate contract and MSA review activities with appropriate functional stakeholders and ensure alignment between contractual commitments, pricing, scope, and customer requirements.
•Lead the evaluation and coordination of customer scope changes and commercial change orders, ensuring incremental work is appropriately scoped, priced, approved, documented, and communicated.
•Maintain visibility into commercial milestones, proposal commitments, change orders, billing triggers, risks, dependencies, and revenue-related activities in partnership with Finance, Program Management, Operations, and Business Development.
•Identify scope gaps, inconsistencies, risks, and unresolved issues and drive timely resolution or escalation through established governance channels.
•Serve as the primary internal commercial liaison between Business Development and operational functions, facilitating cross-functional reviews, decision-making, and accountability.
•Develop and improve scalable commercial processes, workflows, templates, controls, systems, and reporting to improve responsiveness, compliance, and operational efficiency.
•Support Revenue Operations governance, leadership reporting, continuous improvement, and the development of Commercial Operations capabilities and team members.
•Performs other duties as assigned.

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for this role are

•Bachelor’s degree in business administration, finance, engineering, life sciences, supply chain, or a related field required. MBA or advance degree preferred.
•10+ years of progressive experience in Commercial Operations, Proposal Management, Business Operations, Contract Management, Revenue Operations, Program Management, Finance, or Business Development within the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, CDMO, CMO, CRO, or life sciences industry.
•5+ years’ experience in a supervisory and management level capacity is required. In addition, must have held a number of positions with increasing levels of responsibility.
•Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to address issues appropriately with senior management, peers and subordinates in an exceedingly diverse environment.
•Well defined business development and negotiation skills.
•Computer literacy, including expertise with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and other relevant software.
•Superior problem-solving abilities, intellectual curiosity and a propensity for dealing with complex issues in a practical, cost-effective manner.
•Strong understanding of pharmaceutical development, manufacturing, technology transfer, analytical services, packaging, and GMP environments; CDMO experience strongly preferred.
•Strong commercial and financial acumen with the ability to assess scope, pricing, risk, and business impact.
•Proficiency with CRM, ERP, contract management, workflow, and reporting systems.
•Demonstrated leadership skills and interpersonal effectiveness.
•Knowledge and experience in lean manufacturing/operational excellence, standardization, is preferred.
•Experience leading and/or supporting Kaizen events, VSM and problem-solving initiatives.

At Viatris, we offer competitive salaries, benefits and an inclusive environment where you can use your experiences, perspectives and skills to help make an impact on the lives of others.