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

  1. Director, Operations - Vmf Ipt

    Merck

    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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