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PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF POSITION:

The Manufacturing Operations Manager I/II leads a team of front-line supervisors that execute the cell therapy manufacturing process. Team scope is organized around cell therapy manufacturing unit operations such as media, selection, activation, or harvest which are executed in accordance with Current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP’s) in both a clinical and commercial setting. The Manufacturing Operations Manager II is responsible for managing all aspects of the manufacturing unit operation team including the people (Manager IIs and associates), written procedures, patient and intermediate materials, equipment, and environment of the production area.

REQUIRED COMPETENCIES:  Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant science or engineering discipline and/or equivalent combination of work experience is required.

Experience

• 5-8+ years of relevant biologics or cell therapy manufacturing experience.
• Minimum of 2 years of leadership experience including the supervision of direct reports is required.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Proven proficiency in coaching and developing front line leaders is required.
• Extensive knowledge of SOPs, cGMPs, and the experience to work and manage within a regulated environment.
• Demonstrates aptitude for engineering principles and manufacturing systems.
• Adaptable to a fast paced, complex, and ever-changing business environment.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Key Responsibilities

Establish and/or manage a Manufacturing team at Jump.

This includes:

• Hiring, mentoring, and developing exceptional individual contributors and front-line leaders.
• Aid in driving leadership vision and decision-making alignment across teams’ groups within manufacturing.
• Championing a culture of teamwork and communication across the organization
• Ensuring people have the appropriate level of training for system and processes in manufacturing
• Building effective cross-functional relationships both internally within the Manufacturing Leadership Team and externally across Jump.
• Ensuring a culture that embraces the safety of the work environment and the safety of the patients by compliance with company procedures and policies, and cGMP requirements
• Provides oversight of the execution of manufacturing unit operations. These operations include but are not limited to the use of the following equipment and or systems including manufacturing equipment, process automation systems (i.e., Unicorn and BAS) and supporting business systems (i.e., Oracle, Infinity, BMRAM).

• Establishing department goals, tracking, and reporting KPIs, and driving continuous improvement efforts

• Designing and operating manufacturing systems that are technically sound, promoting effective and efficient operations, and complying with cGMP requirements
• Ensuring the schedules of the people, facility, equipment, materials, and documents are established and maintained to support the capacity/throughput of the facility
• Identifying and mitigating risks in manufacturing operations that could negatively impact delivery of safe and effective therapies to patients
• Championing inspection readiness efforts
• Establishing team policies, organizational structure, shift structure, and career ladders.
• Reviewing and approving documents, including standard operating procedures, batch records, material specifications, and validation protocols / reports
• Ensuring deviations, CAPA, change controls, process transfers, and other business drivers are supported
• Driving right first time (RFT) culture and executes manufacturing unit operations by providing direct training, guidance, and problem solving.
• Ensuring that projects, change controls, process transfers and other business drivers are collectively supported within peer group.
• Ensuring that communications delivered to staff member levels are accurate, consistent, and fit to vision within the functional area supervisory group.

Shift Schedule:

Sunday - Wednesday 5:00 AM - 5:30PM, alternate Wednesday

The starting compensation for this job is a range from $92,000 - $129,000​, plus incentive cash and stock opportunities (based on eligibility).

The starting pay takes into account characteristics of the job, such as required skills and where the job is performed. Final, individual compensation is decided based on demonstrated experience.

For more on benefits, please visit our BMS Careers site.

Eligibility for specific benefits listed in our careers site may vary based on the job and location.

Benefit offerings are subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans then in effect and may include the following: Medical, pharmacy, dental and vision care. Wellbeing support such as the BMS Living Life Better program and employee assistance programs (EAP). Financial well-being resources and a 401(K). Financial protection benefits such as short- and long-term disability, life insurance, supplemental health insurance, business travel protection and survivor support. Work-life programs include paid national holidays and optional holidays, Global Shutdown Days between Christmas and New Year’s holiday, up to 120 hours of paid vacation, up to two (2) paid days to volunteer, sick time off, and summer hours flexibility. Parental, caregiver, bereavement, and military leave. Family care services such as adoption and surrogacy reimbursement, fertility/infertility benefits, support for traveling mothers, and child, elder and pet care resources. Other perks like tuition reimbursement and a recognition program.

WORKING CONDITIONS (US Only):

• Must be able to work in a cleanroom environment that requires gowning.
• Must be able to stand for extended periods of time.
• Work in areas that may have strong magnets.
• Work in areas where handling human blood products (Biosafety Level 2) may be required.
• May work in areas with exposure to vapor phase liquid nitrogen.
• If required, must be able to work nights, weekends, mandatory bi-weekly overtime, and holidays in a 12-hour shift structure.

If you come across a role that intrigues you but doesn’t perfectly line up with your resume, we encourage you to apply anyway. You could be one step away from work that will transform your life and career.

Uniquely Interesting Work, Life-changing Careers
With a single vision as inspiring as “Transforming patients’ lives through science™ ”, every BMS employee plays an integral role in work that goes far beyond ordinary. Each of us is empowered to apply our individual talents and unique perspectives in an inclusive culture, promoting diversity in clinical trials, while our shared values of passion, innovation, urgency, accountability, inclusion and integrity bring out the highest potential of each of our colleagues.

On-site Protocol

BMS has a diverse occupancy structure that determines where an employee is required to conduct their work. This structure includes site-essential, site-by-design, field-based and remote-by-design jobs. The occupancy type that you are assigned is determined by the nature and responsibilities of your role:

Site-essential roles require 100% of shifts onsite at your assigned facility. Site-by-design roles may be eligible for a hybrid work model with at least 50% onsite at your assigned facility. For these roles, onsite presence is considered an essential job function and is critical to collaboration, innovation, productivity, and a positive Company culture. For field-based and remote-by-design roles the ability to physically travel to visit customers, patients or business partners and to attend meetings on behalf of BMS as directed is an essential job function.

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