Senior Manager, Quality Laboratory Value Stream

Cytiva; Pensacola (FL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care programs

Paid time off

401(k) plan

Job summary

Cytiva is seeking a Senior Manager for Quality Laboratory Value Stream in Pensacola, Florida. This on-site leadership role focuses on overseeing Quality Control operations, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards, and fostering team development. The ideal candidate will have over 10 years of experience, including 7+ years in laboratory operations and a proven ability to lead teams in regulated environments. Cytiva offers a comprehensive benefits package, including healthcare and paid time off.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in regulated manufacturing or laboratory environment.
• 7+ years in Laboratory Operations, Quality, or Manufacturing.
• 5+ years of people leadership experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Quality Control organization at the Pensacola, Florida site.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and organizational objectives.
• Drive process improvements and change management activities.

Skills

Laboratory Operations

Quality Management

Leadership

Regulatory Knowledge

Analytical Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Science or related field

Tools

SAP

Oracle

Job description

Bring more to life. Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?

At Cytiva, one of Danaher’s 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we’re all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact.

You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. By harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life.

Working at Cytiva means being at the forefront of providing new solutions to transform human health. Our incredible customers undertake life‑saving activities ranging from fundamental biological research to developing innovative vaccines, new medicines, and cell and gene therapies.

At Cytiva you will be able to continuously improve yourself and us – working on challenges that truly matter with people that care for each other, our customers, and their patients. Take your next step to an altogether life‑changing career.

Learn about the Danaher Business System which makes everything possible.

As the Senior Manager, Quality Laboratory Value Stream, you will collaborate closely with cross‑functional leaders and associates to ensure effective identification, execution, monitoring, and continuous improvement of Quality Laboratory and Batch Review operations, aligned with regulatory requirements, organizational objectives, and customer expectations.

This position reports to the Senior Manager, Site Quality and leads the Quality Control organization at the Pensacola, Florida site. This is an on‑site role. At Cytiva, our vision is to advance future therapeutics from discovery to delivery.

What You Will Do

• Quality Leadership & Compliance: Lead the Pensacola Quality Control organization, ensuring raw materials, intermediates, and finished goods meet clearly defined, compliant acceptance and rejection criteria while delivering on safety, quality, cost, and on‑time performance expectations.
• Quality Management System (QMS): Own and strengthen the effective application of the Cytiva QMS, ensuring procedures, records, and digital systems enable compliant operations, audit readiness, and continuous improvement through CAPA, risk‑based thinking, and Danaher Business System (DBS) methodologies.
• Strategic Partnership & Advocacy: Partner with site and global leadership to drive process improvements, lead change management activities, advocate for laboratory‑specific needs, and ensure quality considerations are fully integrated into product development, technology transfer, and operational changes.
• Team Development & Performance: Build, lead, and sustain a high‑performing laboratory organization by fostering a culture of engagement, accountability, psychological and physical safety, capability development, and continuous improvement.
• Operational Excellence: Optimize laboratory flow and capacity by managing staffing and shift coverage, improving lead times, ensuring equipment qualification and maintenance, establishing back‑ups for critical instrumentation and consumables, and owning laboratory capital expenditure planning and budget management.
• Reporting, Risk & Representation: Lead laboratory investigations, define and monitor key performance indicators, assess and mitigate operational and compliance risks, and represent the Pensacola laboratory in global best‑practice forums, ensuring learnings are captured and applied to strengthen future design and reliability outcomes.

Who You Are

• Hold a Bachelor’s degree in Science or a related field, or equivalent experience (10+ years) within a regulated manufacturing or laboratory environment.
• Bring 7+ years of experience in Laboratory Operations, Quality, or Manufacturing within Life Sciences, Biotechnology, Medical Devices, Biopharma, or other FDA/EPA‑regulated industries.
• Have 5+ years of people leadership experience, including direct management of laboratory or manufacturing teams.
• Regulatory & Quality Expertise: Demonstrate strong knowledge of ISO 9001, ISO 13485, FDA regulations, cGMPs CFR requirements, and core quality processes such as validation, CAPA, audits, complaint handling, and risk management; experience with ISO 14644 and/or ISO 17025 is preferred.
• Analytical & Process Capability: Apply quality statistics, Lean and Six Sigma tools, SPC, Gage R&R, and root cause analysis to drive data‑based decisions and optimize laboratory resources.
• Leadership & Communication: Proven ability to coach and mentor leaders, manage performance, plan succession, and communicate effectively across all organizational levels.
• Strategic & Operational Mindset: Strong organizational and time‑management skills with the ability to balance strategic priorities, assess opportunity cost, and drive disciplined execution with a passion for making a measurable impact.

Travel, Motor Vehicle Record & Physical / Environment Requirements

• Ability to travel up to 15% to other Cytiva manufacturing locations domestically and internationally, as required.
• Ability to work in a laboratory and manufacturing environment, including accessing equipment 5–6 feet off the ground and lifting or moving parcels weighing 20–35 lbs.

It Would Be a Plus If You Also Possess Previous Experience In

• Analytical chemistry and/or microbiology in an ISO 17025‑accredited laboratory environment.
• Contamination control, sterilization, sanitation, or E‑beam processes, including ISO 14644 cleanroom operations.
• Enterprise systems such as SAP, Oracle, Veeva, or Magic, supporting laboratory or quality operations.

Benefits

Cytiva, a Danaher operating company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it’s a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job. Check out our benefits at Danaher Benefits Info.

This job is also eligible for bonus/incentive pay.

We offer comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company’s sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.

Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real‑life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.

For more information, visit www.danaher.com.

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