Director, Sustainable Manufacturing

Location: Rockville
Posted on: June 23, 2025

Job Description:

Description Who is USP? The U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) is an independent scientific organization that collaborates with the worlds leading health and science experts to develop rigorous quality standards for medicines, dietary supplements, and food ingredients. At USP, we believe that scientific excellence is driven by a commitment to fairness, integrity, and global collaboration. This belief is embedded in our core value of Passion for Quality and is demonstrated through the contributions of more than 1,300 professionals across twenty global locations, working to strengthen the supply of safe, high-quality medicines worldwide. At USP, we value inclusive scientific collaboration and recognize that attracting diverse expertise strengthens our ability to develop trusted public health standards. We foster an organizational culture that supports equitable access to mentorship, professional development, and leadership opportunities. Our partnerships, standards, and research reflect our belief that ensuring broad participation in scientific leadership results in stronger, more impactful outcomes for global health. USP is proud to be an equal employment opportunity employer (EEOE) and is committed to ensuring fair, merit-based selection processes that enable the best scientific mindsregardless of backgroundto contribute to advancing public health solutions worldwide. We provide reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities and uphold policies that create an inclusive and collaborative work environment. Brief Job Overview The USP Advanced Manufacturing Technologies (AMT) team seeks to continuously move medicine manufacturing into the future through practical applications and solutions in advanced manufacturing and analytical technologies that increase medicine quality, strengthen supply chain resiliency, and improve the efficiency and sustainability of manufacturing. The AMT team helps make drugs in new ways, test the quality of drugs in new ways, and build more efficient, sustainable, and competitive industries both in the US and around the globe. To do this work, the AMT team brings together expertise in chemistry, biologics, engineering, data science, economics, business, and regulatory sciences. The Director for Sustainable Manufacturing brings actionable environmental sustainability expertise to the AMT team and the broader Global Health and Manufacturing Services Division. In this role, the incumbent is responsible for coordinating, planning, and executing programs focused on development and deployment of advanced manufacturing and analytical technologies to reduce carbon footprints, reduce manufacturing costs and waste, and enhance resilience and sustainability of regional manufacturing. The incumbents inaugural, donor-funded work will play a critical role in advancing a climate-smart product strategy, representing a foundational investment at the nexus of regional health product manufacturing and climate action in Africa. Finally, the incumbent will develop collaborative partnerships with external organizations to advance the work of USP in the sustainable manufacturing sector through deployment of AMTs. This is a Fixed Term assignment for 4 Years How will YOU create impact here at USP? As part of our mission to advance scientific rigor and public health standards, you will play a vital role in increasing global access to high-quality medicines through public standards and related programs. USP prioritizes scientific integrity, regulatory excellence, and evidence-based decision-making to ensure health systems worldwide can rely on strong, tested, and globally relevant quality standards. Additionally, USPs People and Culture division, in partnership with the Equity Office, invests in leadership and workforce development to equip all employees with the skills to create high-performing, inclusive teams. This includes training in equitable management practices and tools to promote engaged, collaborative, and results-driven work environments. The Director for Sustainable Manufacturing has the following responsibilities: Donor-funded program execution . Provide leadership for the management and implementation of climate and environmental impact activities for donor-funded projects in coordination with the Project Director. Provide subject matter expertise on the development, evaluation, and monitoring of the environmental impact of pharmaceutical manufacturing. Generate valuable insights into the technical, financial, and regulatory feasibility of climate-smart approaches. Assess stakeholder readiness, market barriers, and enabling conditions for specific projects and to inform the broader climate and health agenda. Assess carbon lifecycle emissions and decarbonization levels for target products and manufacturers to support low-carbon active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) and finished pharmaceutical product manufacturing. Conduct climate vulnerability assessments for target products and manufacturers while identifying solutions to enhance climate resilience. Leverage expertise to support API process optimization and technology transfer for target medicines to reduce costs, carbon emissions, and areas of environmental impact. Conduct programs to advance sustainable packaging materials to reduce their carbon footprint, minimize waste, and contribute to a circular economy in drug manufacturing. Build business cases to enable investments in climate-smart regional manufacturing. Develop and execute a strategic plan for building USPs capabilities in sustainable manufacturing through use of advanced manufacturing and advanced analytical testing systems. Engage externally to understand the needs and challenges of industry, donors, and government stakeholders as it relates to sustainable manufacturing. Execute on a technical key opinion leader strategy through in-person and online channels. Develop and disseminate specialized knowledge and expert viewpoints on the intersection of environmental sustainability and advanced manufacturing of medicines. Builds and maintains relationships valuable clients and funders, focusing on long-term partnerships that drive expansion of AMT-enabled sustainable manufacturing. Who is USP Looking For? The successful candidate will have a demonstrated understanding of our mission, commitment to excellence through inclusive and equitable behaviors and practices, ability to quickly build credibility with stakeholders, along with the following competencies and experience: Bachelors degree and fifteen (15) years of related experience; masters degree and ten (10) years of related experience; or Ph.D. (or equivalent advanced degree) and five (5) years of related experience. Experience in developing and executing on a long-term strategic growth plan. Demonstrated success in evaluating a drug manufacturing process to generate insights into the technical, financial, and regulatory feasibility of new manufacturing modalities. Strong critical thinking, business acumen, and scientific literacy. Communications skills both written and oral. Ability to develop and deliver scientific data to both technical and non-technical audiences. Desire to affect change and drive public health impact. Ability and willingness to travel domestically and internationally 25% of the time . Additional Desired Preferences Preferred degrees in chemistry, chemical engineering, environmental engineering, and/or environmental science, and/or business. Working knowledge of an advanced pharmaceutical manufacturing technology (e.g., flow chemistry, continuous manufacturing, etc.). Experience working with donors and partners in low-to-middle income regions Fluency in French, Portuguese, or Spanish. Supervisory Responsibilities None, this is an individual contributor role. Benefits USP provides the benefits to protect yourself and your family today and tomorrow. From company-paid time off and comprehensive healthcare options to retirement savings, you can have peace of mind that your personal and financial well-being is protected. Compensation Base Salary Range: USD $161,000.00 $214,500.00 annually. Target Annual Bonus: % Varies based on level of role. Individual compensation packages are based on various factors unique to each candidates skill set, experience, qualifications, equity, and other job-related reasons. Note: USP does not accept unsolicited resumes from 3rd party recruitment agencies and is not responsible for fees from recruiters or other agencies except under specific written agreement with USP. Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights (https://www.eeoc.gov/poster) notice from the Department of Labor. Job Category Technical Programs Job Type Full-Time

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