Braden Gourley
Director, Vaccine Operations
- Role
- Director, Operations - Vmf Ipt at Merck
- Location
- Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Braden Gourley
I am a growth-minded Operations Leader with experience across drug substance, drug product, and medical device manufacturing, including direct shop floor operations management and long-term product strategy. I thrive in an environment where I can envision and communicate a future strategy for execution, with special interests in continuous improvement, process simplification, and innovation. I aspire to be an operations leader with increasing responsibility known for my people-first leadership.Specialties: Operations leadership, innovation, continuous improvement, drug substance, drug product, tech transfer, value chain management, supply chain management, employee resource groups.
Experience
Director, Operations - Vmf Ipt
Oct 2025 — Present · Durham, NC, US
IPT Lead of the VMF facility that manufactures the MMR and Varicella drug product.
Education
Penn State University
Bachelor’s Degree, Chemical Engineering
2011 — 2015
Indiana University - Kelley School of Business
Master of Science - MS, Finance
Penn State University
Minor, Engineering Leadership Development
Indiana University - Kelley School of Business
Master of Business Administration - MBA
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