Associate Director, Third Party Manufacturing

The External Business Relations role will be a strategic interface within PDST to drive technical interfaces, business strategy development, outsources services management, relationship management with business stakeholders. The EBR will • Serve as a primary advocate and the relationship linkage between PDST and outsourcing partners. • Provide consulting and drive for consistency PDST and external manufacturing partners • Provides highly-valued strategic consulting / support and guidance for major initiatives. • Evaluate, qualify and drive the expansion of technology capabilities needed to enable business continuity. • Advocate for the business’ technology needs and collaborates with internal and external teams to deliver value for the business • Advocate on behalf of business stakeholders to ensure outsources services meet their business priorities and needs • Partners with all levels of the organization to clarify objectives, estimate costs / benefits, decide on partnership options and resolve risks and issues • Represents PDST by promoting vision, value, services, and capabilities.   Responsibilities: • Works with internal and/or external stakeholders as a technical leader to align solutions with business needs. • Drives definition of technology objectives and recommends industry-leading solutions to support business needs.  Identifies technology solutions to support business growth and productivity. • Analyzes emerging technologies and work with business and PDST Leadership to translate implications of the new trends into an effective technology vision and strategy. • Establishes and maintains a strategic relationship with appropriate level key stakeholders.  Leads stakeholder (internal and, when appropriate, external) business planning and strategy meetings. • Participates in short- and long-term strategic planning sessions with stakeholders to improve business relationships. • Accountable for the maintenance and enhancement of relationships with external partners. • Ensures the business need is addressed by the technical challenges through collaboration with the project teams. • Promotes business knowledge of PDST process, roles, and procedures to ensure the best possible outcome. • Responsible for compliance with applicable Corporate, Divisional and PDST Policies and procedures. • Bachelor's Degree with 14+ years experience; Master's Degree with 12+ years experience; PhD with 6+ years experience in Science based discipline. • Related manufacturing experience within Parenteral/Aseptic processes. • Ability to develop effective and compelling visualizations of key business and technology concepts. • Project planning experience. • Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and business teams • Strong organizational capabilities with ability to manage multiple priorities • Strong technical, analytical and critical thinking skills Preferred Qualifications: • Knowledge of pharmaceutical contract manufacturing • Knowledge of pharmaceutical contract Development • Leadership of cross-functional teams; experience working within global environment in multiple time zones. Knowledge of outsourcing methodologies and operating models and working with professional services firms. Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law: ​ • The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This r