Jobs at Lonza

Leads the full HR function for Lonza’s Vacaville site, developing people strategies aligned with business goals. Oversees the employee lifecycle, talent management, organizational design, change management, employee relations, compensation, development, succession planning, compliance, HR budgets, analytics, and DEI initiatives. Advises senior leadership, leads and develops the HR team, and supports a high-performance culture. The role requires substantial senior HR leadership experience in GMP manufacturing, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, CDMO, or life sciences environments.

Drive global Procure-to-Pay excellence across multiple sites through SAP ERP and SAP Ariba configuration, procurement master data governance, supplier onboarding, buying-channel optimization, KPI ownership, and process automation. Partner with procurement, finance, IT, and supply chain stakeholders to operationalize sourcing strategies, improve compliance and efficiency, support digital catalogs and e-invoicing, and train users on procurement best practices.

Manage global supply chain master data, including material masters, bills of materials, and recipes in SAP. Partner with cross-functional teams to ensure data accuracy, governance, GMP compliance, and process standardization. Support workflows, mass data loads, system changes, and continuous improvement initiatives while serving as an SAP supply chain master data subject-matter expert.

Leads global Record-to-Report process improvements within Finance, optimizing efficiency, controls, governance, reporting, and stakeholder experience. Analyzes operational and financial data, manages transformation initiatives, establishes process standards, identifies control gaps, and delivers training and best practices. Requires strong accounting expertise, professional certification, continuous improvement experience, analytical ability, stakeholder management, and technical aptitude in SQL, automation, and workflow solutions.

Build, test, maintain, and troubleshoot Workday integrations, Extend applications, and automation solutions. Monitor integration health, manage certificates, perform integration and regression testing, document technical results, maintain runbooks, and support controlled releases under SLAs. Collaborate with global APAC and EMEA teams on technical handovers while supporting HR automation and AI initiatives.

Own the strategy, roadmap, backlog, delivery, and continuous evolution of Lonza Capsugel’s global customer portal. Lead customer and stakeholder discovery, agile product delivery, UAT, release readiness, systems integration, vendor management, and executive alignment. Translate business and customer needs into scalable digital solutions integrated with CRM, ERP, PIM, identity, analytics, and eCommerce platforms while managing priorities, risks, dependencies, adoption targets, and measurable business outcomes.

Leads corporate and business-platform strategy through market research, competitive intelligence, financial modeling, investment assessment, and M&A analysis. Advises senior leaders, develops strategic recommendations, supports capital allocation, prepares executive and board presentations, and collaborates with Finance, Corporate Development, Innovation, and business-platform teams. The role serves as a strategic thought partner to the Chief Strategy Officer and other senior decision-makers.

Monitor Drug Product revenue and cost performance, analyze deferred revenue and work in progress, support month-end close, reconciliations and audits, and develop financial reports and dashboards. The role partners with manufacturing sites, program managers, Finance teams, and leadership to identify risks, trends, process improvements, and automation opportunities while maintaining accurate data across SAP, Planview, and related systems.

Leads the global end-to-end Supply Chain organization for Lonza’s Integrated Biologics platform. Responsibilities include supply chain strategy, demand and supply planning, S&OP, production planning, logistics, warehousing, inventory, network and capacity planning, customer delivery, resilience, transformation, and digital enablement. The role partners with Operations, Quality, Commercial, Finance, Procurement, MSAT, and other functions while leading site and global supply chain teams across an international manufacturing network.

Leads global infrastructure operations across approximately 15–17 sites, managing service providers, operational performance, incident and change management, service governance, infrastructure reliability, compliance, executive reporting, and continuous improvement. The role oversees cloud, datacenter, Microsoft 365, identity, endpoint, network, backup, and disaster recovery services while supporting regulated pharmaceutical, manufacturing, R&D, and commercial environments.

Leads global digital marketing strategy and execution for ACHIEV, a B2B e-commerce and customer portal. Responsibilities include multi-channel campaigns, marketing automation, content strategy, SEO, customer lifecycle programs, KPI reporting, optimization, agency management, and cross-functional collaboration to drive acquisition, activation, retention, and revenue growth.

Oversee international import/export logistics and trade compliance for life sciences manufacturing. Review transactions, customs documentation, and declarations; monitor shipments; coordinate carriers, brokers, freight forwarders, and 3PL partners; assess trade and supply chain risks; manage provider performance; maintain work instructions; educate stakeholders on SAP and regulatory requirements; and analyze logistics data to improve compliance, efficiency, cost, and operational resilience.

Drives procurement digital transformation through advanced analytics, data modeling, Power BI reporting, systems improvement, automation, sustainability data management, and global process governance. The role develops predictive models for spend, savings, supplier risk, forecasting, and anomaly detection; evaluates SAP and supplier-management technologies; leads transformation projects; and partners with Procurement, Sustainability, IT, Data, and Finance to improve decision-making, compliance, adoption, and process efficiency.

Design, build, and operate automated, production-ready data pipelines integrating historians, MES, ELN and instrument data into governed, analytics-ready datasets. Implement data quality, lineage, validation and monitoring, deliver time-aligned schemas for BI and advanced analytics, and collaborate with MSAT, Process Development, Automation, QA, IT and global data teams to align models and ensure reliability in regulated manufacturing environments.

Lead end-to-end execution of transition waves for the Lonza Capability Centre, ensuring business continuity. Manage knowledge transfer, readiness assessments, risk and milestone tracking, SOPs and training validation, cross-workstream coordination, and executive reporting to enable Day 1 operational readiness and successful ramp-up.

Own and elevate the Capsugel brand through graphic design across marketing, digital, print, trade show, and customer materials. Translate complex pharmaceutical and scientific content into compelling visual communications, maintain brand systems and guidelines, manage digital assets, coordinate multiple projects, and collaborate with marketing, product, regional teams, agencies, and freelancers. The role requires advanced Adobe Creative Cloud skills, strong print and layout expertise, and experience with regulated B2B or life sciences content.

Manage ServiceNow HR service operations, including ticket triage, prioritization, routing, SLA monitoring, case resolution, escalation, documentation, knowledge management, catalog and workflow administration, reporting, and cross-team coordination. Identify recurring issues and improvement opportunities while ensuring accurate, timely service delivery in a global environment.

Serves as the strategic and operational partner to the Chief Intelligence & Analytics Officer and Head of CEO Office. The role supports executive decision-making, synthesizes complex business and analytics topics, manages governance and integrated roadmaps, coordinates cross-functional initiatives, tracks risks and commitments, and prepares executive, board, and stakeholder communications. It also supports organizational planning, resource prioritization, leadership effectiveness, and confidential CEO Office activities.

Leads the Vacaville site deployment of SAP S/4HANA, coordinating planning, testing, data readiness, training, change management, cutover, go-live, and hypercare. Partners with site and global leadership to drive business readiness, governance, risk management, executive reporting, stakeholder alignment, and adoption across manufacturing, supply chain, quality, compliance, and operational functions.

Leads complex IT application projects from planning through delivery, managing scope, budgets, timelines, risks, dependencies, stakeholders, and cross-functional teams. Facilitates governance meetings, communicates project status, supports organizational change and user adoption, and ensures compliance with IT security, project management, and GxP validation requirements in a regulated life sciences environment.