Who We Are

BioMarin is a global biotechnology company that relentlessly pursues bold science to translate genetic discoveries into new medicines that advance the future of human health.

Since our founding in 1997, we have applied our scientific expertise in understanding the underlying causes of genetic conditions to create transformative medicines, using a number of treatment modalities.

Our manufacturing and process development teams manage the production of our therapies for clinical trials and commercial markets. These engineers, technicians, scientists, and support professionals continually provide quality assurance and ensure we meet all regulatory standards. We have manufacturing facilities in Northern California and in Cork, Ireland. Additionally, our supply chain teams procure the goods and services needed to support manufacturing and worldwide distribution.

About Technical Operations

BioMarin’s Technical Operations group is responsible for creating our drugs for use in clinical trials and for scaling production of those drugs for the commercial market. These engineers, technicians, scientists and support staff build and maintain BioMarin’s cutting-edge manufacturing processes and sites, provide quality assurance and quality control to ensure we meet regulatory standards, and procure the needed goods and services to support manufacturing and coordinating the worldwide movement of our drugs to patients.

 
Director of Drug Product Commercial Support – Shanbally, Ringaskiddy 

Hybrid role 3 days per week onsite

Closing Date: 8 May 2026

Technical Development and Services are hiring for the role of Director of Drug Product Commercial Support with the following remit. 

• Provide technical and scientific leadership to the Global External Operations site and Internal Drug Product Manufacturing site through partnerships with global functions and third-party Commercial Manufacturing Organisation’s (CMO) to introduce and maintain commercially viable and robust products. 
• Driving technical commercial support to the site Process teams and improving process robustness.
• Executing Yield improvement and Value Realisation strategy for the sites across all partners.
• Scope includes both Sterile and Non-sterile Drug Product.

The Team 
Drug Product commercial support team are responsible for being: 

• The primary interface between GEO Manufacturing Operations, the Shanbally Drug Product Manufacturing facility and the wider TDS team, supporting all commercial products.
• Ensure that the manufacturing process perform as developed and validated while ensuring continuous process improvement through the application of scientific and engineering expertise.
• Responsible for technical leadership of the commercial processes internally at Shanbally and at CMOs including process performance monitoring/optimization, continuous improvement, process robustness LCM and impact analysis.

 
The role will combine scientific, engineering, and operational leadership as well as utilising Root Cause Analysis, Statistical Analysis and Experimental Design. Furthermore, this position requires a high degree of familiarity with cGMP and Quality Systems involved with commercial manufacturing processes. 

Duties 
Leadership –

• Lead the Commercial Support team of scientists and engineers responsible for technical oversight of the Drug Product operations.
• Identify, recruit, develop and retain qualified individuals to provide technical support manufacturing.
• Creates and maintains an environment of teamwork and collaboration while developing and motivating a high performing team that models the organisation values and attributes.
• Serve as an influential member of the Formulation and Product Technology (FPT) leadership team, who impacts decision making and takes an active role in promoting initiatives, teamwork, and collaboration across functions.
• Partner with FPT leadership to provide technical expertise and discussion during GMP audits from regulatory authorities.
• Ensure personal understanding of all quality policy/BioMarin system items that are per training curriculums.
• Provide leadership as required in technical investigations and assessment of deviations particularly as related to data generation/gathering and analysis.
• Lead and identify product and process improvement initiatives that deliver value and improve process reliability.
• Partner with FPT Leadership to increase process robustness and reduce Cost of Goods Manufactured (COGM)
• Participate in cross-functional teams, as applicable, to troubleshoot and resolve technical issues using root cause analysis tools.

Commercial Operations – 

• Support the introduction of new products and technology for the Drug Product Network. 
• Provide leadership in technical investigations and assessment of deviations particularly as related to data generation/gathering and analysis. 
• Establish technical relationship with CMOs that supports commercial manufacturing needs.  

Required skills- 

• Experience in the Biopharma industry 
• Experience working in Process Development and/or MSAT organizations  
• 10+ years of professional experience in the pharmaceutical industry, including managerial experience. 
• Demonstrated to lead and develop an effective team of scientists and engineers. 
• A broad understanding of Drug Product both sterile and non-sterile.  
• Experience collaborating effectively with other functional groups to achieve business objectives. 
• Effective decision-making skills – ability to negotiate and balance decisions and priorities across needs of multiple stakeholders. 
• Demonstrated initiative; results oriented, initiative to institute change. 
• Exceptional communication skills required, with an ability to interact with and influence individuals and teams at all levels across the organization and global network. 
• Experience with CAPA, FMEA, RCA tools in a highly regulated manufacturing environment. 
• Experience with small commercialisation and support of peptides and oligosaccharides desirable  

Education- 

• Degree in Engineering, Science or Business Discipline. 
• PhD / master’s in science or engineering Discipline is preferable. 

Travel 20 – 30% 

Note: This description is not intended to be all-inclusive, or a limitation of the duties of the position. It is intended to describe the general nature of the job that may include other duties as assumed or assigned. 

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.