Senior Manager Facilities

BioLife Solutions, Inc.; Bothell (WA); On-site; USD 124,937 - 181,157; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k with generous match

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Cash bonus or stock equity grants based on performance

Job summary

BioLife Solutions, Inc. in Bothell, WA, is looking for a Senior Manager Facilities to oversee operations at its facilities. This role includes ensuring compliance with standards, equipment management, and leading a team to achieve operational goals.

The ideal candidate has a strong background in biotech, extensive project management skills, and experience in team leadership. A competitive benefits package is offered, including medical, dental, vision, and a robust 401k program.

Qualifications

• 7-10 years of Biotech or GMP industry experience in program management.
• 5+ years of people management and development experience.
• Experience overseeing and implementing large projects.

Responsibilities

• Oversee facilities and equipment at Bothell and Woodinville sites.
• Implement compliance standards and policies for operations.
• Manage equipment and facility maintenance programs.

Skills

Leadership and coaching

Interpersonal communication

Project management

Problem-solving

Education

Associate degree or higher

Tools

Microsoft Office

Smartsheet

Job description

BioLife Solutions is repeatedly named one of Washington’s 100 Best Companies to Work For, a list curated by Seattle Business Magazine. We welcome you to apply to join our dynamic, high-energy team. Here you will find a performance-based, family-oriented environment where authentic communication and treating colleagues with respect are required. Our employees receive a competitive benefits package, which includes a 401k matching program.

BioLife Solutions is a leading developer, manufacturer and supplier of class-defining cell and gene therapy bioproduction tools and services. Our solutions facilitate basic and applied research and commercialization of new therapies by maintaining the health of biologic source material and finished products during manufacturing, storage, and distribution. Our solutions offer commercial companies and clinical researchers significant improvement in shelf life and post-preservation viability and function of biologic materials. Our tools portfolio includes our proprietary, serum-free and protein-free, fully defined CryoStor freeze media and HypoThermosol shipping and storage media, and ThawSTAR family of automated, water-free thawing products. For more information, please visit: www.biolifesolutions.com

The Senior Manager Facilities is responsible for overseeing facilities and equipment at our WA sites (Bothell and Woodinville). This position ensures all programs are in compliance with standards and policies and are appropriate for use as the business grows. This position supports new product/equipment or system introduction and process improvement activities through robust validation and qualification design and execution. The Senior Manager Facilities oversees the Facilities department and provides leadership, management and coaching to team members.

Duties And Responsibilities

• Equipment Management
  • Owns and oversees equipment/facilities qualification and preventive maintenance programs, ensuring compliance to all SOPs and Standards.
  • Ensures all equipment is calibrated, maintained and operational in accordance with the manufacturing schedule.
  • Take proactive action to ensure BioLife Solution’s operations continually use the most suitable equipment and facilities support systems available.
• Facility Management
  • Full on-site oversight of facilities operations and services in leased and owned offices, inclusive of critical lab spaces and cleanroom environments.
  • Oversight responsibilities could expand as other facilities are added to the business.
  • Ensures continual operation of cGMP cleanrooms.
  • Ensures appropriate triage and execution of all facilities related tasks in alignment with KPI targets.
  • Manages cGMP facility pest control program.
  • Manages cGMP and non-cGMP cleaning program (non-clean room space).
  • Manages facility access control program.
  • Manages facility waste stream program.
  • Maintains relationship with Building Management.
  • Tracks all building maintenance requests to completion.
  • Coordinates office requirements for space planning, furniture, or cubicle assignment.
  • Develops and reports functional KPIs and associated performance goals.
• Leads, manages and coaches team members
• Hires and trains members of the team.
• Oversees the daily work of department team members.
• Maintains team member performance and terminations in accordance with company policy.
• Quality Compliance
  • Ensures the program is compliant with applicable quality requirements.
  • Determines quality improvement parameters by identifying statistical methods relevant to manufacturing processes. Owns implementation of quality improvements as assigned, in partnership with Quality Assurance and Manufacturing.
  • Performs investigations and owns CAPA projects to effective implementation, as assigned.
  • Performs as Facilities SME for all client and regulatory audit and inspections.
• Safety
  • Ensures self and team work in a safe and responsible manner; not putting self or others at risk.
  • Complies with applicable policies & regulations including but not limited to using personal safety gear, observing warning signs, learning about potential hazards, and reporting all unsafe conditions as soon as possible.
  • Is responsible for ensuring a safe workplace in compliance with applicable policies & regulations.
  • Reports and appropriately escalates all safety issues and all injuries within required timelines.
  • Manages building code and regulatory compliance in partnership with Environmental Health & Safety team.
• Other
  • Be a resource for equipment and facility validation for other BioLife platforms.
  • Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; benchmarking state-of-the-art practices; and/or participating in professional societies.
  • Develops functional KPIs and associated performance goals. Achieves those goals.

Other Duties

• Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Reporting Relationships

This position has direct report(s).

Job Requirements

• Proven experience leading, managing and coaching team members.
• Strong interpersonal skills both verbal and written communication.
• Effective decision making and analytical ability to render sound decisions and recommendations based on data, circumstances, options, and consequences.
• Must be a strategic thinker with strong problem-solving skills.
• Proven equipment/facilities related project management skills.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Ability to lift a minimum of 50 lbs.

Job Specifications

• Education Minimum: Associate degree or higher.
• Experience: 7-10 years of Biotech or GMP industry experience in program management.
• Experience: 5+ years of people management and development.
• Experience: 5+ years of facilities and/or equipment maintenance.
• Experience writing or executing validations.
• Experience overseeing and implementing large projects.
• CMRP Certification desired.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office programs (Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.).
• Smartsheet experience desired.
• Must be willing to travel to other sites occasionally.

BioLife Solutions is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status. BioLife Solutions participates in E-Verify. BioLife Solutions provides a substance-free workplace, and all offers of employment will be contingent on opiate drug test and background check.

The US base salary range for this position at full-time is $124,937 – $181,157 per year. Typically, new hires are brought in at or near the midpoint of the range to allow for future growth and advancement within the role. This range represents the full compensation range for this position, with consideration given to experience, skills, and qualifications. Our salary ranges are determined by position, level, location, and market competitive benchmarks. Individual pay within a level is determined by work location (including geographic pay zone region), job related skills, experience, education, and training.

The BioLife Solutions total rewards program includes, but is not limited to medical, dental, vision, 401K with generous match, life and disability insurance as well as time off programs of Vacation and Sick time. Additionally, we believe in our team members sharing the success of our business and therefore we may provide cash bonus or stock equity grants based on company performance as a part of our total rewards package.