Operational Excellence Leader: NASD

Scorpion Therapeutics; Frederick (CO); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Agilent Technologies is seeking an Operational Excellence Lead for biopharma manufacturing within its Nucleic Acid Solutions Division. This role focuses on building and sustaining production systems for therapeutic oligonucleotides from fermentation through downstream purification.

You will deploy lean and continuous improvement methodologies across the full value stream, lead kaizen events, and drive key metrics such as throughput, yield, cycle time, and quality while mentoring teams and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master in life sciences, engineering, or related field.
• 10+ years GMP manufacturing experience with at least 8+ years in lean process improvement.
• Proven expertise in deploying and sustaining manufacturing systems such as Lean, TPS, or DBS.

Responsibilities

• Deploy lean and continuous improvement methodologies across the full manufacturing value stream.
• Lead kaizen events, develop standardized work, and implement visual management.
• Drive performance metrics related to throughput, yield, cycle time, and quality.
• Utilize shop-floor data systems and digital tools for real-time abnormality detection.
• Mentor site teams in problem-solving and operational discipline.
• Coordinate cross-site benchmarking and best practice sharing.

Skills

Lean process improvement

Kaizen events

Problem solving

Cross-site collaboration

Data-driven decision making

Education

Bachelor’s or Master in life sciences/engineering

Tools

TPS

DBS

GMP systems

Job description

Role

Operational Excellence Lead for biopharma manufacturing within Agilent’s Nucleic Acid Solutions Division, focusing on building and sustaining production systems for therapeutic oligonucleotides from fermentation through downstream purification.

Responsibilities

deploy lean and continuous improvement methodologies across the full manufacturing value stream, lead kaizen events, develop standardized work, and implement visual management; drive performance metrics related to throughput, yield, cycle time, and quality; utilize shop-floor data systems and digital tools for real-time abnormality detection; mentor site teams in problem-solving and operational discipline; coordinate cross-site benchmarking and best practice sharing.

Requirements

Bachelor’s or master’s in life sciences, engineering, or related field; 10+ years GMP manufacturing experience with at least 8+ years in lean process improvement; proven expertise in deploying and sustaining manufacturing systems such as Lean, TPS, or DBS; strong track record of delivering measurable operational improvements.

Preferred

experience in biologics or pharmaceutical tech transfer, process validation, or new product introduction; certifications in Lean, Six Sigma, or related methodologies.

HighValue

biologics, oligonucleotides, GMP, process improvement, tech transfer, multi-site deployment.

WorkSetup

US-based with 50% travel to Colorado sites and broader ATD footprint; full-time schedule with remote work option.