Head of Global Asset Reliability Program

About the role

Lead Zentiva’s global Asset Reliability Program, defining strategy and driving sustainable reliability across the pharmaceutical manufacturing network to ensure high‑quality, affordable medicines reach patients.

Key responsibilities

• Define and deploy the global Asset Reliability Strategy, standards and methodologies.
• Establish governance and KPI reporting to monitor program effectiveness.
• Lead reliability‑centered maintenance (RCM), risk‑based maintenance (RBM), predictive maintenance (PdM) and condition monitoring initiatives.
• Conduct criticality assessments, reliability studies and asset care programs to maximize uptime.
• Collaborate with Engineering and Capital Projects on asset maintainability, lifecycle cost and obsolescence planning.
• Promote Life Cycle Costing (LCC) and TPM/Autonomous Maintenance principles across sites.

Required profile

• University degree in Engineering or related technical discipline.
• Minimum 15 years of pharmaceutical industry experience, with deep knowledge of GMP and manufacturing equipment.
• Proven track record implementing Asset Reliability Programs and leading cross‑functional projects.
• Fluent English and strong stakeholder influence skills.

Required skills

• Reliability‑centered maintenance (RCM)
• Risk‑based maintenance (RBM)
• Predictive maintenance (PdM)
• Condition monitoring technologies
• Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) and Autonomous Maintenance
• Life Cycle Costing (LCC) methodologies
• Asset reliability methodologies and best practices
• Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) compliance