Senior Manager – Manufacturing Programs - Process Owner Organization

What You Will Do 

• Lead and develop the Process Owner organization responsible for providing technical process stewardship and manufacturing support for Upstream, Downstream, and Services Drug Substance Unit Operations. 

• Provide direct management, coaching, mentoring, and career development for Process Owners. 

• Develop and implement a swing-shift Process Owner organization to provide expanded manufacturing support and floor coverage. 

• Foster a culture of safety, quality, compliance, accountability, collaboration, operational excellence, and continuous improvement. 

• Provide strategic leadership for process ownership, operational readiness, manufacturing change implementation, manufacturing procedures, manufacturing CAPAs, and technical process stewardship. 

• Coordinate with site scheduling to ensure Process Owners provide timely hyper-care support and technical assistance during manufacturing campaigns, startup activities, process changes, first-time executions, and routine operations. 

• Serve as the primary interface between Manufacturing Operations and support organizations including Quality, Engineering, Process Development, C&Q, Supply Chain, and Digital Manufacturing. 

• Oversee execution of dry runs, water runs, engineering runs, and operational readiness activities supporting manufacturing. 

• Own manufacturing-related CAPAs and change controls associated with process, procedural, and operational improvements. 

• Provide leadership and input for electronic batch record (EBR) and manufacturing execution system (MES) implementation activities impacting manufacturing operations. 

• Partner with Technology teams to ensure manufacturing processes are effectively translated into digital workflows and manufacturing execution platforms. 

• Partner with Supply Chain organizations to ensure manufacturing processes, material strategies, and Bill of Materials (BOM) support efficient manufacturing execution. 

• Provide process ownership oversight for BOM creation, maintenance, and updates associated with manufacturing process changes. 

• Ensure creation, revision, maintenance, and periodic review of GMP documentation supporting manufacturing operations. 

• Drive strategic initiatives to improve process reliability, manufacturing efficiency, operator experience, and operational performance. 

• Support inspection readiness activities and represent the Process Owner organization during audits and regulatory inspections as required. 

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What We Expect of You 

Basic Qualifications:

Doctorate degree and 2 years of  biotechnology or pharmaceutical industry experience
OR
Master’s degree and 6 years of biotechnology or pharmaceutical industry experience
OR
Bachelor’s degree and 8 years of  biotechnology or pharmaceutical industry experience
OR
Associate’s degree and 10 years of biotechnology or pharmaceutical industry experience
OR
High school diploma / GED and 12 years of biotechnology or pharmaceutical industry experience

In addition to meeting at least one of the above requirements, you must have a minimum of 2 years experience directly managing people and/or leadership experience leading teams, projects, programs, or directing the allocation or resources.  Your managerial experience may run concurrently with the required technical experience referenced above 

Preferred Qualifications: 

• 8+ years related work experience in biotechnology or pharmaceutical manufacturing with progressively increasing responsibility. 

• Prior people leadership experience managing and developing technical teams. 

• Strong understanding of GMP manufacturing operations supporting Upstream, Downstream, and Services Drug Substance Unit Operations. 

• Experience with process ownership, manufacturing support, and technical process stewardship. 

• Experience supporting digital manufacturing systems, electronic batch records (EBRs), manufacturing execution systems (MES), and associated process implementation activities within a GMP manufacturing environment. 

• Experience authoring, approving, and governing manufacturing SOPs and GMP documentation within Quality Systems (i.e. Veeva, Documentum, etc.).  

• Experience leading manufacturing CAPAs/change controls and implementation activities. 

• Experience supporting operational readiness activities, including dry runs, water runs, process implementation, and startup support. 

• Experience partnering with Supply Chain organizations to support BOM management, material readiness, and manufacturing execution. 

• Excellent organizational, written, verbal communication, and cross-functional leadership skills.