Senior Manager, Manufacturing, Cell Therapy

Qabird; Leiden; On-site; EUR 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Bristol Myers Squibb Netherlands is seeking an experienced Senior Manager, Manufacturing, Cell Therapy to lead a manufacturing unit operations team focused on cell therapy processes in a compliant, cGMP environment. You will sponsor complex projects, drive continuous improvement, and ensure readiness for inspections.

Based at Leiden Bio Science Park with on-site responsibilities, you will manage people, procedures, MES recipes, and equipment, shaping future state operations and cross-functional

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in cGMP cell therapy manufacturing, bioprocessing manufacturing, or relevant experience.
• Minimum 5+ years leading a team.
• Cell therapy manufacturing experience preferred.
• Leading cross-functional teams in dynamic, high throughput environment.

Responsibilities

• Establishing department goals, tracking and reporting KPIs, and driving continuous improvement efforts.
• Head of Emergency Response team, leading the team leads of the Emergency response teams of multiple departments (QC, W&SC, F&E, MFG and offices) during emergencies and drills.
• Authorized to order the evacuation of the building and stop operations.
• First point of contact in case of accidents and emergencies
• Owner of manufacturing unit operations, including equipment ownership, data analytics, procedures, MES recipes, training content owner.
• Lead resources scheduling in a matrix organization • 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.

Skills

cGMP cell therapy

Cell therapy manufacturing

Team leadership

Cross-functional leadership

Bioprocessing manufacturing

Job description

Working with Us

Challenging. Meaningful. Life-changing. Those aren’t words that are usually associated with a job. But working at Bristol Myers Squibb is anything but usual. Here, uniquely interesting work happens every day, in every department. From optimizing a production line to the latest breakthroughs in cell therapy, this is work that transforms the lives of patients, and the careers of those who do it. You’ll get the chance to grow and thrive through opportunities uncommon in scale and scope, alongside high-achieving teams. Take your career farther than you thought possible.

Bristol Myers Squibb recognizes the importance of balance and flexibility in our work environment. We offer a wide variety of competitive benefits, services and programs that provide our employees with the resources to pursue their goals, both at work and in their personal lives. Read more: careers.bms.com/working-with-us

Bristol Myers Squibb Netherlands

Bristol Myers Squibb has been active in the Dutch market for over 50 years, employing people across a range of activities and business units in Utrecht, The Netherlands.

The Netherlands is also home to our first European Cell Therapy facility, located at the Leiden Bio Science Park, the largest life sciences cluster of The Netherlands. This new state of the art facility is focused on commercial manufacturing with capabilities for multi-product Cell Therapy manufacturing. You can become part of this exciting journey. Check out this video if you want to know more about it!

The Netherlands has everything it takes to become the medicines hub of Europe, the so-called Boston by the North Sea. As we continue to expand our footprint by building this new site, we are looking to grow our team.

Would you like to become an important chain in our worldwide network to bring this new personalized treatment to patients suffering from blood cancer? Join us and be a game changer!

For more information about Bristol Myers Squibb Netherlands, visit us at bms.com/nl or careers.bms.com/nl

Position Summary

The Manufacturing Operations Sr. Manager leads a team (or multiple teams) that execute the cell therapy anufacturing process. Team scope is organized around cell therapy manufacturing unit operations such as media, kitting, 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 Sr. Manager is responsible for managing all aspects of the manufacturing unit operation team including the people written procedures, patient and intermediate materials, equipment and environment of the production area. Additionally, the Manufacturing Operations Sr. Manager, sponsors complex projects or systems, and helps develop future state business processes for manufacturing.

Duties/Responsibilities

• Establishing department goals, tracking and reporting KPIs, and driving continuous improvement efforts.
• Head of Emergency Response team, leading the team leads of the Emergency response teams of multiple departments (QC, W&SC, F&E, MFG and offices) during emergencies and drills.
• Authorized to order the evacuation of the building and stop operations.
• First point of contact in case of accidents and emergencies
• Owner of manufacturing unit operations, including equipment ownership, data analytics, procedures, MES recipes, training content owner.
• Lead resources scheduling in a matrix organization • 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.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in cGMP cell therapy manufacturing, bioprocessing manufacturing, or relevant experience.
• Must have minimum of 5+ years leading a team.
• Cell therapy manufacturing experience preferred
• Leading Cross functional teams in dynamic, high throughput environment

# LI-Onsite

Uniquely Interesting Work, Life-changing Careers

With a single vision as inspiring as Transforming patients’ lives through science, every BMS employee plays an integral role in work that goes far beyond ordinary. Each of us is empowered to apply our individual talents and unique perspectives in a supportive culture, promoting global participation in clinical trials, while our shared values of passion, innovation, urgency, accountability, inclusion and integrity bring out the highest potential of each of our colleagues.

On-site Protocol

BMS has an occupancy structure that determines where an employee is required to conduct their work. This structure includes site-essential, site-by-design, field-based and remote-by-design jobs. The occupancy type that you are assigned is determined by the nature and responsibilities of your role:

Site-essential roles require 100% of shifts onsite at your assigned facility. Site-by-design roles may be eligible for a hybrid work model with at least 50% onsite at your assigned facility. For these roles, onsite presence is considered an essential job function and is critical to collaboration, innovation, productivity, and a positive Company culture. For field-based and remote-by-design roles the ability to physically travel to visit customers, patients or business partners and to attend meetings on behalf of BMS as directed is an essential job function.

Supporting People with Disabilities

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R1605013 : Senior Manager, Manufacturing, Cell Therapy