Associate Director, Manufacturing Support

The Associate Director, Manufacturing Support is a pivotal leadership role within a biopharmaceutical manufacturing facility. This individual is responsible for overseeing activities and processes that enable and support GMP production operations, with a steadfast commitment to achieving superior quality, safety, productivity, and cost efficiency.

Reporting to the Senior Director, Manufacturing, the Associate Director leads and develops a dedicated team of manufacturing support managers and specialists. This role demands a proven leader who can leverage their deep knowledge of manufacturing support, technical expertise, and experience to drive continuous improvement, manage intricate schedules, and ensure robust compliance across all operational facets while maximizing plant capacity.

The Associate Director of Manufacturing Support plays an instrumental role in the following key areas:

• Deviations & Quality Systems: This individual provides technical leadership and oversight for manufacturing quality systems. They lead a team in conducting thorough manufacturing investigations and developing/implementing effective corrective and preventative actions (CAPAs).  A core focus is on continuous improvement, simplicity, and superior human performance in all compliance-related activities.
• Manufacturing Training: The Associate Director is responsible for the development, implementation, and management of comprehensive training programs for production floor staff and the operations support team. This includes overseeing training program content development and delivery, developing onboarding content, integrating effective learning techniques, and collaborating with the Global Training group to align with Learning Management System requirements. They also participate in and influence investigation outcomes for corrective and preventive actions related to training.
• Plant and Finite Scheduling: This role coordinates with site and department leadership to strategically develop and manage both the plant production plan and the finite production schedule. The Associate Director provides essential oversight and guidance in these critical scheduling processes, ensuring optimal resource allocation and production flow.
• Manufacturing Materials Management: The Associate Director provides oversight and guidance in optimizing materials management processes. This involves close collaboration with global material planners, site supply chain, and manufacturing personnel to ensure efficient and compliant material flow to support production.
• Revenue Reporting & Budgeting: This individual tracks and reports monthly revenue generation for the manufacturing department, providing a rolling quarterly revenue forecast. They also play a key role in developing the annual budget by generating production models to demonstrate various capacity plans and creating the annual revenue forecast based on the approved budget.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in a related scientific or engineering discipline with 12+ years’ biopharmaceutical industry experience and/or training; or equivalent.
• 7+ years prior leadership/supervisory experience.
• Demonstrated knowledge of biopharmaceutical manufacturing processes is preferred.
• Experience in single-use platform technology is preferred.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills are required.
• Energetic, motivated, and dynamic individual.
• Must be organized and able to focus in a face-paced, multi-tasked environment and maintain operational efficiency and positive demeanor.

Salary Range: $152,000 - $209,000

Salary range provided per current averages and expectations. The salary and job title for this opening will be based on the selected candidate’s qualifications and experience and may be outside this range. KBI has a robust total rewards strategy which includes an annual bonus structure for all employees, medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid PTO and holidays, 401K matching with 100% vesting in 60 days and employee recognition programs.   

About KBI: 

KBI Biopharma, Inc., a JSR Life Sciences company, is a global contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) providing fully integrated and accelerated drug development and biologics manufacturing services to life science companies. KBI supports its 500+ customers in advancing more than 160 drug candidates from preclinical and clinical stages to market, including the manufacture of ten commercial products. Recognized for quality manufacturing, KBI delivers robust process development and cGMP manufacturing services across its six global locations in the USA and Europe. For more information, visit