Description

Who We Are

BioMarin is a leading, global rare disease biotechnology company focused on delivering medicines for people living with genetically defined conditions. Founded in 1997, the San Rafael, California-based company has a proven track record of innovation, with multiple commercial therapies and a strong clinical and preclinical pipeline. Using a distinctive approach to drug discovery and development, BioMarin seeks to unleash the full potential of genetic science by pursuing category-defining medicines that have a profound impact on patients..

About Technical Operations

Our manufacturing and process development teams manage the production of our therapies for clinical trials and commercial markets. These engineers, technicians, scientists and support professionals continually provide quality assurance and ensure we meet all regulatory standards. We have manufacturing facilities in Northern California and in Shanbally, Ireland. Additionally, our supply chain teams procure the goods and services needed to support manufacturing and worldwide distribution.

QC Capacity and Planning Specialist (Senior)

Hybrid (4 Days Per Week Onsite)

Shanbally, Ringaskiddy, Co. Cork

Closing Date: 8th May 2026

Role Overview:

The QC Capacity & Planning Specialist (Senior) is responsible for establishing and owning an integrated planning capability across the QC Shanbally function. This includes leading the optimisation and full utilisation of the BINOCS scheduling system, implementing robust demand and capacity management processes, and enabling data-driven decision-making across people, equipment, testing, and laboratory space.

In addition, the role provides coordination and functional governance of QC projects and initiatives, ensuring a structured approach to project intake, prioritisation, and delivery readiness. Through clear visibility of resource demand, interdependencies, and risk, the role supports informed and timely decision-making while working in close partnership with QC functional, site, and network leaders.

The role plays a critical part in supporting new laboratory expansion, embedding Lean Laboratory principles, aligning with the enterprise and network digital strategy, and operating in alignment with the QC Network Strategy, positioning QC as a strategic enabler of new and future business.

This role does not have direct people management responsibility and operates as a senior individual contributor with significant functional influence across QC.

Key Responsibilities:

Planning System Ownership (BINOCS):

• Own and develop the BINOCS platform to its full capability across QC operations
• Design, implement, and continuously improve scheduling and capacity models
• Standardise planning processes and ensure consistent adoption across QC teams
• Train, coach, and support users; act as site Subject Matter Expert (SME) for BINOCS

Demand & Capacity Management:

• Develop and embed a structured demand versus capacity framework covering people, testing activities, equipment, and laboratory space
• Establish scenario planning capability to support forecasting, what-if analysis, and capacity risk identification
• Proactively identify capacity constraints and support prioritisation and mitigation planning

QC Project Intake, Coordination & Functional Governance:

• Define and operate a structured intake process for QC projects, initiatives, and ad-hoc requests.
• Support prioritisation of QC projects and improvement initiatives based on capacity availability, risk, regulatory impact, and business value.
• Provide project coordination and delivery readiness support, ensuring clarity of scope, timelines, resource demand, and interdependencies.
• Establish and support QC functional project governance, including prioritisation forums, escalation routes, and decision documentation.
• Provide clear visibility of project portfolio status, resource loading, and risks to enable effective leadership decision-making.

Lean Laboratory Enablement:

• Embed Lean Laboratory principles into QC planning and scheduling processes
• Drive flow-based planning, improved throughput, and reduction of non-value-added activities
• Support standard work, visual management, and continuous improvement within QC laboratories
• Challenge legacy operating models and enable scalable, future ready ways of working
• Digital Strategy Alignment (Site, Network & Enterprise)
• Align QC planning and project visibility capabilities with site, network, and enterprise digital strategies.
• Partner with QC Digital, IT, and Quality stakeholders to ensure planning and project data integrate with core digital platforms (e.g. LIMS, analytics, data platforms).
• Leverage digital solutions and data to support predictive planning, improved transparency, and decision support.
• Act as a key contributor to the QC digital roadmap from a capacity, planning, and governance perspective

QC Network Strategy Alignment:

• Ensure site level QC planning approaches are aligned with the broader QC Network Strategy
• Support standardisation and harmonisation of planning principles, metrics, and governance approaches across the QC network
• Enable data-driven capacity insights to support network-level decision-making and load balancing

New Business Integration & Assessment:

• Define and operate a standard intake and assessment process for new QC work requests
• Evaluate new demand against site and network capacity, capability, and future-state constraints
• Provide clear, data-driven recommendations on feasibility, timelines, and required investments
• Ensure QC is proactively represented in site, network, and business planning discussions

Lab Expansion & Future-State Design:

• Support planning and operational readiness for new laboratory facilities
• Define future state QC workflows that maximise efficiency, throughput, visibility, and scalability
• Ensure planning processes and tools are aligned with lab expansion, network growth, and long-term strategy

Visibility, Performance & Governance:

• Develop dashboards and reporting to provide real-time visibility of demand, capacity utilisation, QC project portfolio status, and key risks.
• Define and track KPIs including schedule adherence, capacity utilisation, turnaround time, project delivery performance and resource efficiency
• Act as the single source of truth for QC planning and project portfolio data and support governance and decision forums

Success Measures:

• Ensure planning, prioritisation, and capacity decisions are compliant with GMP requirements and consider regulatory risk and inspection readiness.
• Improved utilisation of QC resources across people, equipment, and laboratory space
• Increased visibility, predictability, and stability of QC workload at site and network level
• Lean, flow-oriented QC operations with reduced waste and improved throughput
• Data-driven, timely decision-making for new business and prioritisation
• Successful integration of planning capabilities into new laboratory and network operations
• Clear recognition of QC as a strategic enabler aligned to digital, network, and business strategy

Required Experience & Skills:

• Experience in QC, manufacturing, operational planning, or similar roles within biopharma.
• Strong understanding of laboratory operations, testing workflows, and resource management.
• Experience with scheduling, planning, analytics, or portfolio management tools (e.g. BINOCS or equivalent).
• Strong coordination, prioritisation, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Data-driven mindset with strong analytical and visualisation capability.
• Demonstrated experience operating within a GMP-regulated environment (FDA, HPRA, EMA).
• Ability to influence, align, and drive decisions across cross-functional teams without direct authority.

Note: This description is not intended to be all-inclusive, or a limitation of the duties of the position. It is intended to describe the general nature of the job that may include other duties as assumed or assigned. 

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.