[Remote] Operations Manager, Global External Operations

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. is a leading global rare disease biotechnology company focused on delivering medicines for people living with genetically defined conditions. The GEO Operations Manager will manage day-to-day activities at Contract Manufacturing Organizations (CMOs), ensuring quality product delivery and operational readiness for new CMOs or processing steps.


Responsibilities

  • Execute with the CMO the production plan to deliver an uninterrupted supply of clinical & commercial product
  • Manage the CMO meeting schedule in conjunction with your cross functional colleagues to ensure an engaging and collaborative environment
  • Identify any supply constraints and negotiate/resolve with the CMO any issues to meet the supply plan
  • Manage escalations and communications within the process team/GEO site from an operations perspective
  • Collaborate with a cross functional team to ensure uninterrupted supply of product. This will involve both process team and non-process team colleagues
  • Perform root cause analysis or equivalent to understand issues and implement corrective actions as appropriate
  • Manage material movement between CMO sites with various internal partners
  • Attend at CMO to monitor production campaigns and develop an in-depth knowledge of the manufacturing process and systems at the CMO
  • Manage and maintain with cross functional team a visual metric/dashboard to provide an oversight of the GEO business
  • Coordinate as required BioMarin activities in the evaluation of process changes, change requests and deviations to ensure timely resolution without impacting on supply
  • Act as the focus and conduit for communications between the CMO and with members of BioMarin manufacturing group and other departments to meet the supply plan
  • Lead and/or participate in technology transfers, new product launches, validation activities with the CMO and internal cross functional teams including Process Development, Regulatory Affairs and Quality departments
  • Contribute to the development of formal systems and procedures for the selection of CMO
  • Initiate and implement necessary control systems within budget and to reduce cost of goods
  • With the Corporate Compliance and Quality departments, ensure that the CMO is compliant with cGMPs
  • Support contracts and negotiations with CMO in collaboration with the procurement and EPM teams
  • Represent assigned product, CMO and GEO Ops team at appropriate meetings, e.g. VPT, VST
  • Establish and maintain GEO’s processes and project templates for ORP management
  • Carry out Operations Gap Analysis of new CMOs and establish and lead subsequent mitigation plans
  • Ensure smooth transition of Operations activities from PPQ/Launch Phase into the Commercial Process Team
  • Lead site exit projects as required for GEO

Skills

  • Minimum requirement of 5 years leadership experience in Operations, Supply Chain or Quality
  • BS/BA degree; life sciences, business, or supply chain management
  • Will have an excellent understanding of the processes/unit operations
  • Demonstrated ability in leading/managing cross functional, multi-disciplinary teams
  • Ability to guide and support cross functional teams in the resolution of short-term issues and sustained performance for long-term goals
  • Proven track records in effective decision making
  • A high level of initiative, influencing, coaching as well as excellent organizational skills
  • Experienced in working and managing in a regulated GXP environment
  • Strong stakeholder and relationship management experience
  • Excellent organizational, written and verbal communication, commercial acumen
  • Experience in supply planning or inventory management
  • Experience with CAPA, FMEA, RCA tools in a highly regulated manufacturing environment is desired

Company Overview

  • Founded in 1997, BioMarin is a global biotechnology company dedicated to transforming lives through genetic discovery. It was founded in 1997, and is headquartered in San Rafael, California, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is

  • Company H1B Sponsorship

  • BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 3 in 2026, 34 in 2025, 23 in 2024, 24 in 2023, 26 in 2022, 24 in 2021, 19 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.

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