Manufacturing Scale-Up Director

Panther Life Sciences Corporation; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Health insurance

Life and disability insurance

In-person events

Office kitchen

Lunch twice a week

World-class team

Paid time off

Job summary

Panther Life Sciences is building a scalable manufacturing engine for cosmetics and medical devices. The Director of Manufacturing Operations will own the end-to-end transition from R&D to commercial production, building processes, selecting CMOs, and establishing robust systems to scale from thousands to millions of units.

You will lead tech transfer, cost modeling, and FP&A for operations while partnering with cross-functional teams in formulation, device development, and quality to ensure

Qualifications

• Proven experience scaling a product from R&D to commercial manufacturing in a regulated environment.
• Experience overseeing manufacturing operations for a Class II or III medical device or equivalent regulated product.
• Hands-on experience scaling production volumes significantly (e.g., 10x or more).
• Direct experience working with CMO partners including selection, onboarding, and tech transfer.
• Experience managing supply chain, logistics, inventory, and fulfillment operations.
• Familiarity with Quality Management Systems (QMS) in regulated environments.
• Demonstrated ability to lead technology transfer and process scale-up.
• Experience with manufacturing cost modeling and financial planning (FP&A).
• Direct people management experience.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary relationship owner and day-to-day point of contact for CMO partners.
• Lead technology transfer from R&D to clinical and commercial manufacturing.
• Oversee late-stage clinical and commercial production across product lines.
• Drive manufacturing performance metrics including yield, throughput, and product quality.
• Support CMO selection and onboarding, including process validation and scale-up.
• Build and manage supply chain, logistics, fulfillment, and inventory operations.
• Own material sourcing and supplier relationships.
• Identify critical dependencies and build supplier redundancy to mitigate risk.
• Build the manufacturing line from the ground up with a path from ~10K to ~1M units per month.
• Drive automation, process optimization, and line redesign as production scales.
• Own manufacturing cost modeling and financial planning (FP&A) for operations.
• Develop sourcing strategy and budget frameworks in partnership with finance and leadership.
• Establish systems and processes to support future team growth and internal manufacturing capabilities.
• Ensure manufacturing quality, regulatory compliance, and adherence to QMS.
• Partner cross-functionally with leadership, formulation, device, and quality teams.
• Contribute to customer satisfaction through reliable product delivery and issue resolution.

Skills

Scale manufacturing

Tech transfer

CMO partnerships

Quality & QMS

Cost modeling

Supply chain ops

Team leadership

Automation & process optimization

Job description

Panther Life Sciences is building a scalable manufacturing engine for cosmetics and medical devices. The Director of Manufacturing Operations will own the end-to-end transition from R&D to commercial production, building processes, selecting CMOs, and establishing robust systems to scale from thousands to millions of units.

You will lead tech transfer, cost modeling, and FP&A for operations while partnering with cross-functional teams in formulation, device development, and quality to ensure