BioCrossroads - Senior Vice President, Biosciences Manufacturing Innovation & Reshoring

POSITION: SVP, Biosciences Manufacturing Innovation & Reshoring

STATUS: Exempt

INITIATIVE: Bio Crossroads

REPORTS TO: President and CEO, Bio Crossroads

DIRECT REPORTS: Yes

Travel: Statewide and Nationally, with some international travel

Bio Crossroads is the catalyst for Indiana’s life sciences ecosystem. We connect industry, academia, entrepreneurs, investors, and philanthropy to accelerate innovation, strengthen manufacturing and supply chains, expand talent pipelines, and deepen statewide collaboration that drives economic growth and advances global healthcare. As an initiative of the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership (CICP), Bio Crossroads convenes partners, supports commercialization and startup growth, amplifies Indiana’s competitiveness through thought leadership and data, and helps position the state as a global hub for life sciences.

Led by CICP, powered by its branded initiatives, Bio Crossroads and Agri Novus Indiana, Indiana is implementing a bold, statewide effort to establish itself as a national and global center of excellence for life sciences manufacturing innovation, with a particular focus on enabling the reshoring and scaling of advanced bioscience manufacturing for human, animal, and plant health products.

The Senior Vice President is responsible for shaping, advancing, and sustaining this initiative—aligning industry, academia, government, workforce, and capital to strengthen the state’s global competitiveness and long-term resilience for next-generation life science manufacturing.

This leader will refine and execute a long‑term vision that strengthens supply chain resilience, accelerates technology development and adoption, expands workforce capacity, and positions Indiana as the preferred destination for innovators, researchers, and life sciences manufacturers seeking to reshore, expand, or innovate in the U.S.

Reporting to Bio Crossroads’ CEO and President and working in close partnership with the CICP’s CEO, the Senior Vice President provides executive leadership, strategic direction, and accountability for the initiative’s vision, priorities, and outcomes. This role serves as a primary architect and steward of Indiana’s life sciences manufacturing innovation strategy, ensuring alignment between long‑term ambition and near‑term execution.

This is a once‑in‑a‑generation opportunity to shape the future of U.S. life sciences manufacturing. The role offers the chance to build something enduring — strengthening national resilience, accelerating innovation, and creating high‑quality jobs—while positioning Indiana at the forefront of the reshoring movement.

• Refine, execute, and continuously evolve a statewide strategy to establish Indiana as a center of excellence for life sciences manufacturing innovation and reshoring.
• Refine industry-informed grand challenges and subsectors (e.g., biomanufacturing, analytical chemistry, robotics, macromolecular chemistry, cell & gene therapy, advanced therapeutics, digital/AI‑enabled manufacturing, etc.).
• Translate national reshoring, supply chain resilience, and industrial policy trends into actionable state‑level initiatives.
• Serve as a senior strategic advisor to the CEO and organizational leadership on life sciences manufacturing innovation, reshoring, and supply chain resilience.

• Convene and align industry leaders, startups, research institutions, contract manufacturers, workforce organizations, utilities, and real estate partners around shared priorities, coordinated strategies, and sustained engagement.
• Build deep partnerships with Indiana universities and research institutions to accelerate technology transfer, pilot‑scale manufacturing, and translational research.
• Collaborate with federal and state agencies and other partners to secure Indiana’s role in federally funded manufacturing and innovation programs.
• Develop and maintain trusted, senior‑level relationships across industry, academia, government, and capital markets to advance Indiana’s long‑term sector strategy.

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