M6M6 — Vice President
Senior Director/Vice President
Provides executive leadership over multiple plants or the entire manufacturing network.
What this level means
Owns a major function or division; accountable for organization-wide outcomes.
- Scope
- A major function or division
- Autonomy
- Accountable for division strategy and outcomes
- Complexity
- Enterprise priorities and external factors
- Impact
- Division-wide / organization-wide
- Decision rights
- Owns strategy, budget, and org for a division
- Leadership
- Leads the leadership of a division
- Typical experience
- 15–25 yrs
What you'd do
- Define vision for manufacturing capability
- Oversee large budgets and long-term resource planning
- Engage with R&D, CMO partners, and regulators
- Drive innovation in manufacturing processes
- Ensure industry leadership and influence
- Define and communicate manufacturing vision
- Oversee strategic resource planning
- Engage with industry partners
Skills, knowledge & tools
- Executive decision-making
- Visionary leadership
- Industry networking
- Innovation management
- Regulatory engagement
- Executive leadership
- Visionary strategy
- Industry trends
- Innovation in manufacturing
- Regulatory compliance
- Executive Leadership
- Visionary Thinking
- Industry Influence
- Innovation
- Strategic resource management
What good looks like
- 20+ years experience
- Significant executive leadership roles
Common titles
Senior Director/Vice President
What it pays
Market-pay benchmarks for this family × level are being recalibrated across all survey sources and will return shortly.
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