Head Automation Design

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Job Description

Objective:

You will report to the Head Engineering GCC and lead Automation Design within the Global Capability Center in Bengaluru. You will build team capability and deliver consistent automation engineering services for pharmaceutical manufacturing projects, meeting quality, regulatory, safety, cybersecurity, sustainability, and business requirements.

Accountabilities:

Lead and develop Automation Design teams and Design Leads across the Global Capability Center

Build workforce plans, capability development plans, succession plans, and talent strategies

Support recruitment, onboarding, engagement, and retention of engineering talent

Create a culture of collaboration, accountability, innovation, and continuous learning

Oversee automation design performance across all projects and programs

Ensure adequate resource capacity and balanced workload across the team

Support project delivery from concept, front-end engineering design, and detailed design through construction support, commissioning, qualification, and validation

Ensure compliance with good manufacturing practice requirements, Takeda standards, environmental health and safety requirements, cybersecurity requirements, and applicable industry regulations

Align engineering practices with Good Automated Manufacturing Practice 5, International Society of Automation 88, International Society of Automation 95, International Electrotechnical Commission standards, and engineering best practices

Lead quality assurance, technical reviews, risk management, and lessons learned activities

Support audits, inspections, quality investigations, and regulatory readiness work

Set and lead automation design improvement and innovation priorities

Promote digital engineering, smart manufacturing, automation standardization, artificial intelligence-enabled tools, and data-driven decision making

Support energy optimization, operational efficiency, and sustainability initiatives through automation solutions

Drive standardization and reuse of engineering solutions across projects

Serve as the primary Global Capability Center contact for Automation Design

Collaborate with Global Design Engineering, project teams, manufacturing sites, Digital Factory teams, operational technology teams, and discipline authorities

Support automation modernization initiatives that improve manufacturing performance

Education, Behavioural Competencies and Skills:

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Automation Engineering, Control Systems Engineering, Instrumentation Engineering, or a related discipline

Master’s degree preferred

15 or more years of experience in automation, electrical, instrumentation, and control engineering in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or other regulated industries

Experience across concept, front-end engineering design, detailed design, construction support, commissioning, qualification, and validation

Experience leading multidisciplinary engineering organizations and complex project portfolios

Experience in engineering consulting, engineering procurement and construction management, or owner-side project organizations is preferred

Strong people leadership, organizational development, and talent management experience

Experience in change leadership and continuous improvement

Ability to collaborate across teams and influence stakeholders

Process automation experience with programmable logic controllers, distributed control systems, supervisory control and data acquisition systems, and batch systems

Experience with building management systems and environmental monitoring systems

Knowledge of electrical design, instrumentation engineering, automation architecture, and system integration

Knowledge of Good Automated Manufacturing Practice 5, International Society of Automation 88, International Society of Automation 95, Code of Federal Regulations Title 21 Part 11, data integrity, and good manufacturing practice requirements

Knowledge of commissioning, qualification, validation, and lifecycle management principles

Experience with digital engineering and smart manufacturing technologies

Willingness to travel internationally and collaborate across time zones

Locations

IND - Bengaluru

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time