Group Lead, Process Engineering & Innovation

Manus Bio; Augusta (GA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Manus Bio is seeking a Group Lead — Process Engineering to guide the process engineering function, overseeing a dual mandate of portfolio management and process innovation. This leadership role reports to the SVP, Operations & Innovation and intends to align engineering roadmaps with capacity, yield, and cost targets while driving scale-up of next-generation unit operations.

Responsibilities include owning the project portfolio, delivering an integrated engineering roadmap, optimizing resources,

Qualifications

• B.S. in Chemical Engineering or closely related discipline; M.S. preferred.
• 12+ years of process engineering experience with progressive leadership, including team and/or portfolio / program management.
• Demonstrated expertise in process design, modeling / simulation, and scale-up from pilot to commercial production.
• Proven success managing a portfolio of projects — prioritization, resourcing, budgets, and stage-gate delivery.
• Strong command of unit operations across separations, drying, and dry powder handling, and adjacent processing.
• Experience translating business and commercial priorities into engineering roadmaps and CAPEX plans.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder-management skills at the senior level.

Responsibilities

• Portfolio ownership — Own the process engineering project portfolio: intake, prioritization, resourcing, and stage-gate governance across pilot, scale-up, and capital projects.
• Engineering roadmap — Translate operations, commercial, and innovation priorities into an integrated engineering roadmap with clear milestones, budgets, and deliverables.
• Resourcing & capacity — Manage resource allocation across engineers and projects, balancing near-term delivery against longer-term innovation.
• Performance & reporting — Establish portfolio KPIs and dashboards; report status, risks, and trade-offs to the SVP and leadership.
• CAPEX & economics — Partner with capital engineering, finance, and operations on CAPEX planning, business cases, and project economics.
• Execution standards — Drive consistent project execution, design reviews, and engineering documentation practices across the group.
• Innovation leadership — Lead process innovation across separations, concentration, crystallization, drying, and powder handling — from concept through commercial design.
• Design & modeling — Direct process design and modeling: mass and energy balances, simulation, scale-up, and techno-economic analysis to evaluate new routes and unit operations.
• Data-driven optimization — Champion modeling, simulation, and statistical methods to improve yield, throughput, reliability, and cost.
• Technical packages — Guide development of PFDs, P&IDs, design bases, and equipment specifications for new and improved processes.
• R&D-to-plant transfer — Partner with R&D to mature emerging technologies, de-risk scale-up, and support technology transfer to manufacturing.
• Technology scouting — Identify and evaluate new processing technologies and equipment that expand capability and competitiveness.
• Team development — Build, mentor, and develop a high-performing process engineering team; set technical standards and career pathways.
• Stakeholder partnership — Partner across operations, quality, R&D, automation, maintenance, and commercial teams to align engineering with growth objectives.
• Culture — Foster a culture of safety, technical rigor, and continuous improvement.

Skills

Leadership

Portfolio management

Process design

Modeling

Scale-up

CAPEX planning

Stakeholder mgmt

Cross-functional

Communication

R&D transfer

Education

B.S. in Chemical Engineering

M.S. in Chemical Engineering

Tools

Aspen Plus

DOE methods

DeltaV

Job description

Manus Bio is seeking a Group Lead — Process Engineering to guide the process engineering function, overseeing a dual mandate of portfolio management and process innovation. This leadership role reports to the SVP, Operations & Innovation and intends to align engineering roadmaps with capacity, yield, and cost targets while driving scale-up of next-generation unit operations.

Responsibilities include owning the project portfolio, delivering an integrated engineering roadmap, optimizing resources,