About the role
<div class="content-intro"><h3><strong>Join our Mission to Protect Humankind!</strong></h3> <div>Vaxcyte is a clinical-stage vaccine innovation company engineering high-fidelity vaccines to protect humankind from the consequences of bacterial diseases, which have serious and costly health consequences when left unchecked. Working to eradicate or treat bacterial infections such as invasive pneumococcal disease, Group A Strep, and Shigella is just the beginning. Our path to success is clear and well-defined, and Vaxcyte is set up to go the distance.&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><strong>WHAT</strong>&nbsp;we do is every bit as important as&nbsp;<strong>HOW</strong>&nbsp;we do it!&nbsp;Our work together is guided by four enduring core values:</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>*RETHINK CONVENTION: We bring creative and intellectual diversity to every facet of the work we do in order to innovate and re-innovate the way vaccines are delivered.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>*AIM HIGH: We embody our collectively audacious goal to courageously make the most complex biologics ever attempted to protect humankind.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>*LEAD WITH HEART: Everyone leads at Vaxcyte with a kindness-first, inclusive approach to collaboration and vigorous debate that advances our business objectives.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>*MODEL EXCELLENCE:&nbsp; The magnitude of our challenge requires our shared commitment to demonstrating integrity, accountability, equality and clarity across communications and decision making.</div></div><p><strong>Summary:</strong></p> <p>We are seeking an experienced and dynamic leader to join Vaxcyte as Vice President, Manufacturing Operations &amp; Managing Director for Vaxcyte Switzerland GmbH. This role will lead a high-performing operations organization in Switzerland, supporting late-stage development, commercial readiness, and long-term growth.&nbsp;The role will oversee critical capital projects, scale clinical and commercial supply capabilities, and provide strategic and operational leadership across a network of Contract Manufacturing Organizations (CMOs) in Europe to ensure reliable, compliant product supply.&nbsp;This position is accountable for both strategic and operational leadership of GMP activities. Strategically, the role will evolve the manufacturing network, strengthen key external partnerships, and ensure alignment with corporate objectives. Operationally, it will drive site performance, scale capabilities, and deliver program milestones. The role oversees Engineering &amp; Facilities, Manufacturing, Sourcing, and Supply Chain, with dotted-line leadership for MSAT and Quality Control in Visp.</p> <p>Partnering