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Jay Variathody

Commander · DISC type D
Head of Engineering, Facilities, and Safety at Cytovance Biologics
📍 Oklahoma City Metropolitan Area, United States

Jay Variathody is the Head of Engineering, Facilities, and Safety at Cytovance Biologics, specializing in pharmaceutical engineering, project management, and automation. His colleagues describe him as a knowledgeable, dependable, and dedicated leader with a talent for meaningful, value-added validation. He holds a certificate in Power and Influence from Harvard Business School Online.

Jay focuses on continuous personal and professional growth, recently completing a course on managing energy for sustainable high performance. He maintains an interest in the work of major technology and engineering corporations like GE and IBM, indicating a focus on large-scale innovation and operational excellence.

Peers consider him the "gold standard champion" for developing and implementing value-added validation processes.

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Experience
9 Years
Current Role
Head of Engineering, Facilities, and Safety
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Oklahoma City Metropolitan Area, United States
Personality Overview

How Jay shows up

Impact-Driven
Very Quick
Decisive

More than the product, they care about the impact of the product. They are not always relationship oriented. They like to move fast and expect the same from others.

Priorities

Topics Jay cares about

Pharmaceutical Engineering
Leads engineering, validation, and automation within GMP environments, with deep expertise in process control, procurement, and life cycle management.
Team Leadership
Praised for being a fair manager who encourages his team's growth. He focuses on identifying and guiding individual aptitudes to build stronger teams.
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Career

Work history

12-2025
Head of Engineering, Facilities, and Safety
Cytovance Biologics
9-2021 - 12-2025
Engineering Manager
Lonza
12-2019 - 9-2021
Head of Engineering (Validation, Automation and Engineering)
Avara Pharmaceutical Services
7-2018 - 12-2019
Validation Manager
Cytovance Biologics
8-2016 - 7-2018
Senior Validation Engineer (Engineering)
Avara Pharmaceutical Services
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
5-2024 - 6-2024
Certificate in Power and Influence for Positive Impact
Harvard Business School Online
Electrical & Electronics Engineering
Bharathiar University
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

D

Dominance (D)

Dominance (D) reflects how goal and task oriented a person is, and their ability to accomplish results irrespective of how demanding the circumstances might be. Those scoring high tend to be motivated by winning, competition, and success.

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