Director - Site Validation

Job description

Career Category Engineering Job Description: Director Validation - Level 7A: Amgen Dun Laoghaire - Dublin At Amgen, our mission is to serve patients. At our Dun Laoghaire (ADL) site, we deliver life-changing medicines through advanced sterile fill-finish manufacturing. We are seeking a Director of Site Validation to lead a critical function supporting both commercial operations and significant site expansion. This role is a key member of the ADL Operating Team, as well as the Facilities & Engineering (F&E) Leadership Team and is accountable for leading the end-to-end Validation function. The successful candidate will provide strategic and technical leadership across validation lifecycle activities, ensuring compliance, inspection readiness, and operational excellence. The Director will lead a large, multidisciplinary organisation responsible for aseptic process simulation (media fills), cleaning and equipment validation, and ongoing lifecycle management. In addition, the Validation Director will play a pivotal leadership and oversight role in delivering commissioning and qualification (CQV) activities for major capital projects, including new syringe filling and inspection lines ac...