Director of Engineering

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.
 

Our global portfolio includes best-in-class, iconic brand-name products as well as global key brands; generics, including branded and complex generics; and other offerings across a wide range of therapeutic areas. We are committed to helping create healthier communities worldwide through education, outreach and better access to treatment.

For those driven to live their lives with purpose, Viatris helps employees realise their full potential by creating a collaborative culture that fosters courage and resilience. Viatris is more than just a place to work. This is a place to make a difference in the world.

The Role & What You Will Be Doing

The Director of Engineering will be responsible for all activities relating to the day-to-day manufacturing of pharmaceutical products at the Viatris facilities in Inverin and Casla, Galway, Ireland. In collaboration with the other members of the site leadership team, the Director of Engineering will be part of the senior management team that is responsible for culture, corporate citizenship, strategic planning, and ensuring long term viability of the site. This position has high accountability for decision making and supply chain reliability and will work cross-functionally to ensure the products meet standards for quality, inventory levels are satisfactory, and budget goals are achieved. This position will also be responsible for long term capacity planning.

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

• Define and implement engineering strategies aligned with business goals

• Lead large-scale capital projects, including new facility construction, expansions, and equipment upgrades, including the management of the CapEx budget and manage external contractors/consultancy agreements

• Oversee process development, technology transfer, and automation initiatives to enhance manufacturing efficiency

• Ensure compliance with HPRA, FDA, GMP, cGMP, ISO, and other global regulatory standards.

• Oversee the development and maintenance validation and qualification protocols (IQ, OQ, PQ) for pharmaceutical manufacturing

• Partner with Quality, EHS and Regulatory teams to ensure product safety and compliance

• Collaborate with Operational Excellence teams to optimize HVAC, cleanrooms, water treatment, and aseptic processing systems to maintain sterile environments

• Drive sustainability initiatives, reducing waste and improving energy efficiency in operations

• Lead multi-disciplinary engineering teams across multiple sites and global operations

• Develop talent through mentorship, training programs, and succession planning

• Oversee engineering budgets, ensuring cost control and ROI on capital expenditures

• Identify and mitigate risks in production, supply chain, and facility operations

• Develop, Implement, and promote a Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) strategy using Failure Mode Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA/FMEA) assessments in conjunction with department management, the Engineering dept reliability engineer and the Production department utilizing tools such as Trend’s analysis & Control charts & Data review

About Your Skills & Experience

For this role, we’re looking for a candidate who has an effective combination of the following qualifications, skills and experiences:

• Bachelor's or Master’s in Engineering (Mechanical, Chemical, Biomedical, Industrial, or related field).

• PMP, Six Sigma Black Belt, Lean Manufacturing certified preferred

• 15+ years in sterile manufacturing in senior leadership roles

• Regulatory Knowledge: Strong understanding of Annex I, US, and EMA GMP regulations, with practical experience in regulatory audits.

• Aseptic Process Expertise, proven experience in contamination control strategies, including cleaning and disinfection validation.

• Leadership Skills: Strong ability to mentor and develop teams

• Risk assessment & problem solving capabilities

• Communication & Collaboration: Excellent ability to articulate requirements and collaborate cross-functionally to drive compliance and process improvements

At Viatris, we are dedicated to building a truly diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t fully align with every requirement, we still encourage you to apply. You may just be the right candidate for this or other roles.

Benefits at Viatris

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. Some of our benefits include the following on top of a competitive salary:

• Excellent career progression opportunities

• Work-life balance initiatives

• Bonus scheme

• Health insurance

• Pension

Diversity & Inclusion at Viatris

At Viatris, diversity and inclusion are essential to our mission. The diversity we foster in all aspects of our business can be one of our greatest strengths in redefining healthcare not as it is, but as it should be. If you would like to know more about what diversity, equity and inclusion means to us, please visit https://www.viatris.com/en/Careers/Diversity-and-Inclusion

Sustainability at Viatris

Corporate social responsibility is fundamental to the Viatris mission. We work to advance responsible and sustainable operations and leverage our collective expertise to empower people to live healthier at every stage of life, recognizing that our actions affect the stakeholders and communities we serve. To learn more about our efforts, please visit https://www.viatris.com/en/about-us/corporate-responsibility

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. 

Viatris is an Equal Opportunity Employer.