Senior Director, Plant Operations

About the role

Our Global Operations & Quality team plays a central part in ensuring our products are delivered to patients with cardiovascular disease. The Senior Director, Plant Operations is accountable for end-to-end site performance, leading all manufacturing, engineering, and site support functions to deliver on safety, quality, delivery, and cost objectives.

Responsibilities

• Lead overall plant operations, ensuring safe, compliant, and uninterrupted manufacturing execution
• Own delivery of core metrics: Safety, Quality, Delivery (MPS/PvA), Cost (absorption), Inventory, and Capacity
• Drive execution of production plans, ensuring line capacity, staffing alignment, and schedule adherence
• Establish daily management systems to identify and resolve operational issues rapidly
• Maintain full accountability for site performance, escalation, and recovery execution
• Lead both operations and engineering organizations as one integrated system
• Ensure engineering provides daily manufacturing support and issue resolution, process stability, capability, and compliance, and continuous improvement
• Build technical depth across teams, including operators, technicians, and engineers
• Ensure site readiness to support growth, product transfers, and operational scaling
• Balance short-term execution with long-term capability building
• Lead site-level portfolio of strategic initiatives
• Identify risks early and implement mitigation plans across cross-functional teams
• Drive a Lean / Six Sigma / EPS-based culture of continuous improvement
• Implement and sustain value stream thinking and waste elimination
• Own plant financial performance, including cost management, capital planning, and budget adherence
• Optimize resource allocation across labor, equipment, and materials
• Build and lead a high-performing, engaged organization across operations and engineering
• Establish strong technical training programs for operators and engineers
• Drive a culture of accountability, inclusion, and continuous learning
• Partner with Quality, Supply Chain, Maintenance, and PEGs to ensure alignment
• Champion a zero-injury, safety-first culture
• Maintain readiness for audits, inspections, and regulatory reviews
• Ensure environmental compliance and sustainable operations

Qualifications

A Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Operations, or related field is required, with progressive experience in manufacturing leadership (operations + engineering) and demonstrated success leading plant operations or equivalent functional scope.

Skills

• Strong financial acumen and track record of delivering operational results
• Excellent communication and stakeholder influence at all levels
• Ability to lead in a dynamic, scaling environment
• Expertise in Lean, Six Sigma, and production systems (EPS)
• Strong financial and operational decision-making capability

Preferred Experience

• MBA or Master's degree in Engineering Management
• At least 14 years of related experience
• Experience working in a regulated industry, medical device industry
• Experience working with Metals
• Proven leadership of cross-functional manufacturing organizations