Manufacturing Sciences and Technology Manager

Thermo Fisher Scientific • Grand Island, NY

6h • $95,000 - $106,000 • Onsite

About The Position

The Manufacturing Sciences and Technology Manager provides technical and people leadership to support the manufacturing, scale-up, transfer, validation, and lifecycle management of cell culture media products. This role serves as a technical expert for media formulation, raw materials, and process robustness, ensuring reliable, compliant, and efficient GMP manufacturing. This role partners cross-functionally with Manufacturing, Quality, Process Development, Engineering, and Regulatory to ensure robust, compliant, and efficient commercial and clinical production.

Requirements

• Minimum Required Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry, Biochemistry, Engineering or related field (higher education is a plus).
• Experience Required: 6+ years of transferable manufacturing experience within a GMP environment.
• 2+ years of people management or team leadership experience.
• Experience in cell culture media formulation, raw materials or material sciences.
• Hands-on experience with product commercialization, process transfer, validation and commercial manufacturing support.
• Strong understanding of GMP requirements, regulatory and quality systems.
• Excellent troubleshooting skills with the ability to resolve sophisticated technical issues.
• Strong interpersonal skills, risk-based decision making and clear communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Ability to apply Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) principles and knowledge of media manufacturing processes, equipment, instrumentation, and procedures.
• Presence on the manufacturing floor with strict adherence to GMP cleanroom guidelines.
• Willingness to travel as needed (up to 15%), domestic and international.

Responsibilities

• Provide MSAT leadership across the full product lifecycle, including raw material strategy and qualification, manufacturing execution, product testing and other technical support.
• Provide technical oversight for process transfers, scale-up and validation.
• Act as primary technical escalation point for manufacturing deviations, process excursions, and atypical events.
• Lead root cause investigations and define robust, data-driven CAPAs in collaboration with Manufacturing and Quality.
• Serve as a technical representative during customer interactions, audits, and regulatory inspections.
• Drive process optimization, yield improvement, and waste reduction initiatives across media manufacturing operations.
• Support implementation of new technologies, automation, and digital tools related to media manufacturing and raw material management.
• Own material sciences strategy for cell culture media, including raw material characterization, variability assessment, and formulation risk management.
• Evaluate the impact of raw material changes, supplier changes, and alternate sourcing on product quality and process performance.
• Partner with Procurement, Supplier Quality, and Quality Assurance to support supplier qualification, material changes, and investigations.
• Support material comparability studies and justification for regulatory filings and customer communication.

Benefits

• A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs
• Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement
• At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO), 10 paid holidays annually, paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), accident and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy
• Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan
• Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount
• For more information on our benefits, please visit: https://jobs.thermofisher.com/global/en/total-rewards

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees