General Manager - CDMO Drug Product

Role Overview

We are collaborating with a global contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) to recruit an experienced General Manager for their drug product division in the United Kingdom, spanning multiple sites. This role involves leading a sizeable operational business unit amid ongoing investment, growth, and strategic transformation.

Key Responsibilities

• Overall accountability for the unit's business results, encompassing sales growth, profit margins, operational delivery, and customer satisfaction.
• Steer a senior leadership team while nurturing a culture of accountability, teamwork, and exceptional performance.
• Devise and implement strategic plans that enhance competitiveness, scalability, and enduring company value.
• Lead operational and organizational change programs to facilitate future expansion.
• Foster robust relationships with key clients, strategic collaborators, and executive stakeholders.
• Discover areas to drive organic expansion, operational efficiency, and financial improvement.
• Contribute to capital investment decisions and formulate long-term business plans.
• Build leadership capabilities and succession plans for sustainable organizational continuity.
• Ensure top-tier quality, adherence to compliance standards, governance, and risk management.

Candidate Profile

• Extensive senior leadership experience with direct profit and loss responsibility.
• Track record of leading large operational entities through expansion, investment, integration, or transformation initiatives.
• Proven ability to enhance business performance while maintaining excellent customer service.
• Strong commercial insight with skill to convert strategy into concrete results.
• Experience working in private equity-backed, public, or multinational company settings.
• History of developing, nurturing, and retaining high-performing leadership teams.
• Excellent stakeholder management capabilities with presence and credibility at executive and board levels.
• Balance of strategic leadership aptitude with operational implementation expertise.