Vice President, Manufacturing Operations & Managing Director — Vaxcyte
CHF 83'500 - 126'500
Vaxcyte · Visp (VS)
- Location
- Visp
- Contract
- full-time
- Posted
- 64 days ago
SalaryCHF 83'500 - 126'500
Role overview
Join our Mission to Protect Humankind!
Vaxcyte is a clinical-stage vaccine innovation company engineering high-fidelity vaccines to protect humankind from the consequences of bacterial diseases, which have serious and costly health consequences when left unchecked.
Working to eradicate or treat bacterial infections such as invasive pneumococcal disease, Group A Strep, and Shigella is just the beginning.
- Join our Mission to Protect Humankind!
- Vaxcyte is a clinical-stage vaccine innovation company engineering high-fidelity vaccines to protect humankind from the consequences of bacterial diseases, which have serious and costly health consequences when left unchecked.
Company and context
- This role will lead a high-performing operations organization in Switzerland, supporting late-stage development, commercial readiness, and long-term growth.
- The role will oversee critical capital projects, scale clinical and commercial supply capabilities, and provide strategic and operational leadership across a network of Contract Manufacturing Organizations (CMOs) in Europe to ensure reliable, compliant product supply.
- This position is accountable for both strategic and operational leadership of GMP activities.
- Strategically, the role will evolve the manufacturing network, strengthen key external partnerships, and ensure alignment with corporate objectives.
- Operationally, it will drive site performance, scale capabilities, and deliver program milestones.
- The role oversees Engineering & Facilities, Manufacturing, Sourcing, and Supply Chain, with dotted-line leadership for MSAT and Quality Control in Visp.
- Partnering closely with Process Development, Quality Assurance, and Regulatory, this role will drive facility performance and network execution while developing a deep understanding of program drivers and translating these into actionable plans across internal teams and CMOs.
- This role is critical to ensure timely, compliant, and uninterrupted supply of Vaxcyte’s therapies.
- Strong GxP knowledge and deep expertise in biologics manufacturing, engineering, and organizational leadership are required. Essential Functions:
- Provide leadership, strategic direction, and risk-based oversight to translate corporate strategy into global manufacturing execution.
Additional details
- MODEL EXCELLENCE: The magnitude of our challenge requires our shared commitment to demonstrating integrity, accountability, equality and clarity across communications and decision making.
- Strong GxP knowledge and deep expertise in biologics manufacturing, engineering, and organizational leadership are required. Essential Functions:
- Champion operational excellence, continuous improvement, and strong GxP complian
- Reports to: Chief Technical Operations Officer Location: Visp, Switzerland
Notes and original content
- Strong GxP knowledge and deep expertise in biologics manufacturing, engineering, and organizational leadership are required.
- Essential Functions:
- Requirements:
- Reports to: Chief Technical Operations Officer
- Location: Visp, Switzerland
