Pharmacosmos is entering a new phase of a remarkable journey, evolving from a focused product company into a more diversified and globally scaled organisation.
This transformation creates a unique opportunity to join the Executive Management Team as Executive Vice President, Product Supply. In this role, you will report directly to the CEO and be responsible for leading Product Supply, encompassing four key functional areas: Supply Chain, CMC, Production & Warehouse, and Technical Engineering & Facility Management. In close collaboration with the senior leadership team, you will set direction and drive performance and operational excellence across the Product Supply organisation.
Key Responsibilities
- Ensure strategic operations leadership, including effective cross functional collaboration, aligning strategy, operations, and capabilities.
- Lead global Technical Operations: Ownership of production strategy, end-to-end manufacturing, supply chain and external manufacturing partnerships, ensuring reliable product supply and operational excellence.
- Drive pharmaceutical and CMC development: Oversee process development, scale-up and technology transfer in close collaboration with R&D and commercial teams to support innovation and lifecycle expansion.
- Develop scalable operations and supply chain platform: Strengthening resilience, compliance and efficiency while managing contract manufacturers and supporting future growth and potential acquisitions.
- Oversee engineering, facilities and infrastructure: Lead investment decisions, technology implementation, and the development and expansion of the company’s headquarters and production facilities.
- Ensure strong governance, compliance and performance: GMP compliance, risk management, sustainability initiatives and financial oversight of operational budgets and investments.
Qualifications
- PhD, MSc, BSc or MBA in Chemistry, Engineering, Supply Chain Management or related field
- Senior leadership experience across the end-to-end pharmaceutical value chain and CMC in an international setting, with a deep understanding of FDA regulations, GMP and industry standards.
- Track record of setting strategic direction and leading an organisation to secure scalability and readiness for growth.
- Experience in wide-ranging responsibility across pharmaceutical manufacturing, CMC activities, product development, supply chain integration and the implementation of technological advancements.
- Financial acumen in budgeting, P&L impact, cost reduction programmes and capex prioritisation.
- Cross-functional collaborator: Partner effectively with QA, regulatory affairs, commercial teams, and external partners.
- People and talent development: Build high-performing teams, succession planning and leadership development.
What We Offer
- A rare opportunity to shape the future of a growing global pharmaceutical company at a pivotal stage in its evolution, joining the Executive Management Team and influencing the company’s strategic direction.
- A broad leadership mandate spanning pharmaceutical development, manufacturing, supply chain and technical operations, with the opportunity to build a scalable platform that supports global expansion and innovation.
- The chance to leave a lasting operational and strategic footprint, strengthening capabilities, resilience and operational excellence in an organisation entering a new phase of growth and increasing complexity.
- A purpose-driven leadership role where your work ultimately contributes to improving patient outcomes while helping shape tomorrow’s pharmaceutical manufacturing and supply landscape.
Join Us
If you are motivated by strategic and operational leadership in global pharmaceutical manufacturing, collaboration, and the opportunity to shape the development of therapies that make a real difference for patients worldwide, we would love to hear from you. Please send your CV, clearly marked “EVP”, to Genux Executive, who is our partner in this process to recruitment@genux.dk. All enquiries will be treated confidentially. For questions about the role, please contact Ulrik Tinggaard, Managing Partner, Genux Executive (+45 42436321).
About Pharmacosmos
Pharmacosmos A/S is a global leader in carbohydrate chemistry and innovative treatments for iron deficiency and iron deficiency anaemia. Building on our foundational expertise in carbohydrate chemistry and cell cycle biology, we develop innovative treatments for unmet patient needs, with a focus on iron metabolism and blood-related disorders. Founded in 1965 and headquartered in Denmark, our team is made up of more than 700 specialists across the UK, Ireland, the Nordics, Germany, the USA, and China. Learn more about Pharmacosmos at www.pharmacosmos.com.
