Biologics Downstream Ops Lead — Tech Transfer & CDMO

Travere Therapeutics

Des Moines (IA)

Hybrid

USD 150,000 - 195,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits
Well-being programs
Retirement plan
Paid time off
Life insurance
Disability insurance

Job summary

Travere Therapeutics in San Diego, with remote work options, is seeking an Associate Director, Technical Operations, Biologics Drug Substance Manufacturing. You will provide technical leadership for biologics manufacturing at external CDMOs, focusing on downstream production, and collaborate across Quality, Regulatory, and Technical Operations to enable late-stage development through commercialization.

The role requires deep expertise in microbial fermentation, PPQ, and BLA support, plus

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences or related discipline required; advanced degree preferred.
  • 8+ years of biologics manufacturing, scale-up, and late-stage development experience.

Responsibilities

  • Provide technical oversight for drug substance manufacturing at CDMOs with focus on downstream production.
  • Review/approve manufacturing docs including change notifications, batch records, tech transfer, PC and PPQ reports.
  • Support GMP quality systems: deviations, investigations, CAPAs, change controls, regulatory submissions, inspections.
  • Monitor process data, identify trends, and recommend improvements for robustness and efficiency.
  • Lead tech transfer and process scale-up at CDMOs; partner with Regulatory Affairs for CMC sections of IND/BLA.

Skills

Microbial fermentation
Downstream processing
Process validation
PPQ
QbD
Regulatory submissions
Data analysis
Technical writing
Communication
Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences
Advanced degree preferred (MS/PhD)

Job description

Travere Therapeutics in San Diego, with remote work options, is seeking an Associate Director, Technical Operations, Biologics Drug Substance Manufacturing. You will provide technical leadership for biologics manufacturing at external CDMOs, focusing on downstream production, and collaborate across Quality, Regulatory, and Technical Operations to enable late-stage development through commercialization.

The role requires deep expertise in microbial fermentation, PPQ, and BLA support, plus

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