Senior Automation Manager

Posted Thursday, March 5, 2026 at 5:00 AM

At Kindeva, we make products that save lives, ensuring better health and well-being for patients around the world.

• Collaborative team culture
• Direct impact on patient care

At Kindeva, we make products that save lives, ensuring better health and well-being for patients around the world.

Lead the Future of Pharmaceutical Automation. Join a growing pharmaceutical CDMO where your leadership will establish and standardize automation strategy across three manufacturing sites with varying levels of automation maturity. As the Senior Automation Manager, you will serve as the enterprise automation leader responsible for building a scalable, sustainable automation program that supports operational excellence, regulatory compliance, and long-term organizational growth.

In this role, you will lead automation strategy for new facility stand-up, fill-finish and supporting equipment, automated visual inspection systems, auto-injector and device assembly automation, and packaging and serialization integration. You will oversee full lifecycle system ownership—from specification and implementation through validation and commercialization—while combining deep pharmaceutical automation expertise with strong organizational leadership to develop a high-performing automation function and future automation talent across the enterprise.

• Develop and execute a multi-year automation roadmap across three sites.
• Standardize controls architecture, PLC/HMI platforms, data systems, and automation governance.
• Establish a robust lifecycle management program aligned with GAMP and regulatory expectations.
• Lead modernization initiatives for legacy systems while ensuring minimal operational disruption.

• Lead automation strategy for major expansion projects and new stand-up facility.
• Own development and oversight of URS, FS, DS, FAT/SAT, commissioning, qualification, and PPQ support.
• Drive seamless integration from equipment procurement through validated commercial launch.
• Provide technical oversight during capital justification and vendor selection processes.

• Automated visual inspection (AVI) for syringes and vials.
• Oversee cosmetic and particulate detection technologies.
• Reject the management and data capture system.
• Ensure inspection systems meet global regulatory and data integrity expectations.
• Lead automation oversight for auto-injector and specialty device assembly systems, including:
  • Component feeding and orientation
  • Needle safety system integration
  • Plunger rod insertion and final device assembly
  • Functional device testing (force, timing, deployment verification)
  • Traceability and tamper-evident integration
• Ensure compliance with combination product regulatory requirements.

• Oversee packaging automation platforms, including:
  • Multi-carton configurations
  • Blister packaging
  • Specialty packaging for combination products
  • Auto-injector final pack-out systems
  • Serialization and aggregation (unit through pallet)
• Ensure compliance with DSCSA, EU FMD, and global track-and-trace requirements.
• Integra te packaging and serialization systems with enterprise data platforms.

• Provide automation leadership from concept through commercialization.
• Partner with Validation and Quality to ensure compliant IQ/OQ/PQ execution.
• Drive automation reliability, performance monitoring, and OEE optimization.
• Implement structured change control and digital lifecycle documentation practices.

• Harmonize automation standards across three sites.
• Establish standardized spare parts strategy and obsolescence management.
• Provide escalation leadership for critical automation events.
• Define modernization roadmaps based on risk and operational impact.

• Build and lead a high-performing automation engineering organization.
• Develop structured onboarding and certification pathways.
• Implement cross-training frameworks to ensure operational…