Manager I/II, Manufacturing Operations (Day Shift)

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PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF POSITION:

The Manufacturing Operations Manager I/II leads a team of front-line supervisors that execute the cell therapy manufacturing process. Team scope is organized around cell therapy manufacturing unit operations such as media, selection, activation, or harvest which are executed in accordance with Current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP’s) in both a clinical and commercial setting. The Manufacturing Operations Manager II is responsible for managing all aspects of the manufacturing unit operation team including the people (Manager IIs and associates), written procedures, patient and intermediate materials, equipment, and environment of the production area.

REQUIRED COMPETENCIES:  Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant science or engineering discipline and/or equivalent combination of work experience is required.

Experience

• 5-8+ years of relevant biologics or cell therapy manufacturing experience.
• Minimum of 2 years of leadership experience including the supervision of direct reports is required.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Proven proficiency in coaching and developing front line leaders is required.
• Extensive knowledge of SOPs, cGMPs, and the experience to work and manage within a regulated environment.
• Demonstrates aptitude for engineering principles and manufacturing systems.
• Adaptable to a fast paced, complex, and ever-changing business environment.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Key Responsibilities

Establish and/or manage a Manufacturing team at Jump.

This includes:

• Hiring, mentoring, and developing exceptional individual contributors and front-line leaders.
• Aid in driving leadership vision and decision-making alignment across teams’ groups within manufacturing.
• Championing a culture of teamwork and communication across the organization
• Ensuring people have the appropriate level of training for system and processes in manufacturing
• Building effective cross-functional relationships both internally within the Manufacturing Leadership Team and externally across Jump.
• Ensuring a culture that embraces the safety of the work environment and the safety of the patients by compliance with company procedures and policies, and cGMP requirements
• Provides oversight of the execution of manufacturing unit operations. These operations include but are not limited to the use of the following equipment and or systems including manufacturing equipment, process automation systems (i.e., Unicorn and BAS) and supporting business systems (i.e., Oracle, Infinity, BMRAM).

• Establishing department goals, tracking, and reporting KPIs, and driving continuous improvement efforts

• Designing and operating manufacturing systems that are technically sound, promoting effective and efficient operations, and complying with cGMP requirements
• Ensuring the schedules of the people, facility, equipment, materials, and documents are established and maintained to support the capacity/throughput of the facility
• Identifying and mitigating risks in manufacturing operations that could negatively impact delivery of safe and effective therapies to patients
• Championing inspection readiness efforts
• Establishing team policies, organizational structure, shift structure, and career ladders.
• Reviewing and approving documents, including standard operating procedures, batch records, material specifications, and validation protocols / reports
• Ensuring deviations, CAPA, change controls, process transfers, and other business drivers are supported
• Driving right first time (RFT) culture and executes manufacturing u