Manager, Biologics Drug Substance External Manufacturing

Celldex Therapeutics•Hampton, NJ

3d•$116,156 - $150,852•Onsite

About The Position

The Manager, Biologics Drug Substance External Manufacturing works cross-functionally with internal and external teams to support drug substance (DS) GMP external clinical and commercial manufacturing, oversee operations on-site at the Contract Development Manufacturing Organization (CDMO), support process technology transfer, process validation (PV), and continuous process verification (CPV) while adhering to Good Manufacturing Practices, company policies and procedures.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences, Pharmacy, Engineering, Chemistry, Microbiology, or related discipline.
4+ years of progressive experience within biotechnology, pharmaceutical, or biologics manufacturing environments.
2+ years of experience in managing or working with biologics CDMOs.
2+ years of experience in working with late-phase biologics programs
Interpersonal skills to effectively manage internal and external communications.
Able to travel 30 % of time.
Proficient in the use MS Outlook, Word, Excel, Project, PowerPoint, Visio.

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree is a plus.

Responsibilities

Support GMP external manufacturing of clinical or commercial biologics DS.
Serve as a person-in-plant (PIP) to monitor manufacturing batches (upstream/downstream processing) operations at the CDMO site.
Review Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) batch records, protocols, and reports. Lead/ support troubleshooting, process risk analysis and manufacturing investigations.
Support process validation for commercialization of biologics drug substance.
Support Continuous Process Verification (CPV) program for commercial biologics manufacturing.
Support technology transfer of pipeline drug candidates to external CDMOs.
Collaborate closely with internal and external cross-functional teams like analytical, formulation, quality assurance and regulatory to support batch release, manufacturing investigations, testing and stability programs.