Deputy General Manager-Global Engineering

1. Enterprise E&M Strategy and Transformation 

• Own and continuously refine the PPL Engineering & Maintenance excellence strategy, maturity model and phased transformation roadmap. 

• Benchmark PPL practices against leading global pharmaceutical companies and translate relevant practices into practical enterprise standards. 

• Partner with site leadership to develop short-, medium- and long-term reliability and asset lifecycle plans aligned with business continuity, compliance and investment priorities. 

• Act as the central technical escalation point for significant engineering reliability and maintenance risks. 

2. Asset Reliability and Lifecycle Management 

• Lead asset health, infrastructure, laboratory equipment and operational technology assessments, ensuring risks are prioritized by criticality and business impact. 

• Drive year-on-year refurbishment, replacement and obsolescence plans for critical process, utility, infrastructure, laboratory and automation assets. 

• Strengthen preventive, predictive, condition-based, reliability-centered and autonomous maintenance practices to move sites from reactive to risk-based maintenance. 

• Ensure robust failure analysis, root cause analysis, CAPA effectiveness, lessons learned and horizontal deployment across sites. 

3. Maintenance Excellence and Standardization 

• Drive adoption and sustained compliance of global foundational guidelines covering asset registers, criticality, planned and unplanned maintenance, spares, lifecycle management, contractor evaluation, competence and performance measurement. 

• Establish consistent governance for PM compliance, MTBF, MTTR, breakdowns, production-impacting failures, maintenance cost, backlog, calibration and other agreed KPIs. 

• Lead critical equipment and spare-parts strategies, including BOM quality, ABC/VED classification, lead-time risk, stocking norms and opportunities for regional or shared inventory. 

• Promote disciplined work management, maintenance planning and scheduling, vendor performance management and continuous improvement. 

4. Digital Engineering and Technology Enablement 

• Provide functional leadership for CMMS deployment and integration, including standardized workflows, master data, work orders, asset history, maintenance backlog, dashboards and spares management. 

• Advance predictive maintenance through IoT sensors, condition monitoring, analytics and scalable use cases. 

• Partner with Digital, IT, Automation, EHS, Quality and site teams on OT assessments, legacy system upgrades, cybersecurity readiness, EMS, MES and Industry 4.0 priorities. 

• Ensure technology choices improve reliability, data integrity, regulatory readiness and user adoption. 

5. Governance, Performance and Investment 

• Operate a strong three-tier governance cadence covering site, regional and global reviews, with clear accountability and timely escalation. 

• Maintain enterprise dashboards and provide concise, data-based updates to senior leadership on progress, risks, benefits and required decisions. 

• Support risk-based capital prioritization and business cases for reliability, obsolescence, compliance and operational resilience investments. 

• Confirm that benefits are sustained through audits, maturity reviews, action tracking and site ownership. 

6. People, Capability and Collaboration 

• Lead and develop the central Engineering and Maintenance team, clarifying roles, priorities and performance expectations. 

• Influence site Engineering Heads and cross-functional leaders , building commitment to common standards and outcomes. 

• Drive technical competency frameworks, iLead or equivalent capability programs, critical-role mapping, succession planning and knowledge-transfer mechanisms. 

• Create and mobilize global SME pools and communities of practice to solve recurring issues and share best practices. 

• Build a “we maintain” culture through partnership between Engineering, Operations and Quality. 

KEY STAKEHOLDERS 

QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE 

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, Instrumentation, Industrial or related Engineering discipline. A relevant master's degree or management qualification is desirable. 

• Typically 15+ years of progressive experience in engineering, maintenance, reliability or technical operations within pharmaceutical, biotechnology or another highly regulated Pharmaceutical manufacturing environment. 

• Demonstrated experience in a central, corporate or global engineering function, with responsibility for multi-site transformation, governance and standardization. 

• Preferred experience in a reputed global pharmaceutical company and exposure to manufacturing sites across multiple countries or regions. 

• Proven leadership of maintenance excellence, asset reliability, lifecycle/obsolescence management, utilities and infrastructure, engineering standards and digital maintenance programs. 

• Working knowledge of GMP expectations, quality systems, EHS requirements and regulatory readiness relevant to pharmaceutical engineering operations. 

• Experience with CMMS/EAM, SAP PM or equivalent platforms, predictive maintenance, IoT/condition monitoring, OT and performance dashboards is strongly preferred.