VP, Engineering & Facilities

About the role

We are seeking a Vice President of Engineering & Facilities to define and scale the engineering systems, infrastructure, and technical capabilities that power our compounding and pharmacy fulfillment network.

Responsibilities

• Define and lead the enterprise engineering strategy across compounding, pharmacy, and fulfillment operations.
• Establish engineering standards and scalable operating models that can be replicated across sites.
• Architect end-to-end workflows and technical systems connecting production, dispensing, packaging, storage, and delivery.
• Provide technical leadership across mechanical, electrical, facilities, automation, manufacturing, and industrial engineering disciplines.
• Lead the design, expansion, commissioning, and ongoing support of regulated manufacturing and pharmacy facilities, including cleanrooms and controlled environments.
• Ensure facility designs appropriately address personnel flow, material flow, airflow, HVAC, electrical systems, process utilities, equipment placement, maintainability, and future capacity.
• Own and optimize large-scale capital investment planning, including facility builds, automation, equipment, utilities, and infrastructure programs of $100M or more.
• Provide technical oversight of architects, engineering firms, contractors, equipment vendors, and external subject-matter experts; ask the right questions, challenge assumptions, and monitor performance against technical and regulatory expectations.
• Establish clear governance, reporting, risk management, and execution rigor for capital projects.
• Partner closely with Quality, Pharmacy, and Operations to ensure engineering designs and systems meet applicable cGMP, FDA, Board of Pharmacy, and USP requirements, including USP , , and .
• Translate regulatory and quality-system requirements into practical, scalable engineering standards and operating systems.
• Build inspection readiness into facility, equipment, maintenance, utility, and change-control processes.
• Promote a strong quality mindset while balancing compliance, speed, operational performance, and business growth.
• Improve throughput, accuracy, reliability, capacity, and cost through system design, automation, engineering improvements, and data-driven decision-making.
• Develop enterprise approaches to preventive and predictive maintenance, asset lifecycle management, spare-parts strategy, and equipment reliability.
• Identify and close critical gaps across systems, workflows, infrastructure, and performance visibility.
• Build and lead a high-performing, multi-disciplinary engineering and facilities organization across a multi-site network.
• Develop leaders, establish clear accountability, and strengthen technical capabilities across regulated environments.
• Create organizational structure, succession plans, operating rhythms, and decision-making mechanisms that support rapid growth.
• Lead through ambiguity and change while maintaining pace, alignment, and disciplined execution.

Requirements

• 12+ years of progressive engineering leadership experience in facilities engineering, manufacturing engineering, technical services, operations engineering, or a related discipline.
• Proven experience building and scaling engineering organizations and leading through senior technical and people leaders across multiple sites.
• Strong facilities and infrastructure experience, including cleanrooms or similarly controlled environments, HVAC, electrical systems, utilities, equipment installation, and facility expansion.
• Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Facilities Engineering, or comparable multidisciplinary technical experience; ability to credibly lead and challenge specialists across these disciplines.
• Demonstrated ownership of large-scale capital programs, including facility builds, automation, equipment, and infrastructure investments.
• Foundational knowledge of GMP, USP, quality systems, validation, change control, and inspection-ready operations sufficient to partner effectively with Quality and regulated operations teams.
• Experience in pharmaceutical manufacturing, medical devices, biotechnology, 503A/503B compounding, semiconductors, aerospace, automotive, electronics, or another high-precision and highly controlled manufacturing environment.
• Experience overseeing external engineering firms, contractors, architects, and equipment vendors in complex technical projects.
• Track record of improving reliability, throughput, quality, capacity, and cost through engineering and system-level improvements.
• Strong executive communication, cross-functional influence, and ability to operate at both strategic and execution levels.
• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related technical field required; advanced degree preferred.

Preferred Experience

• Direct experience with sterile manufacturing, aseptic processing, pharmacy compounding, 503A/503B operations, or USP , , and .
• Experience designing, commissioning, qualifying, or operating cleanrooms and regulated facility systems.
• Experience with automation, controls, robotics, and high-throughput manufacturing or fulfillment systems.
• Leverage Lean Six Sigma or related continuous-improvement certification.