What are the responsibilities and job description for the Manufacturing Manager (Nights) position at Lonza?
Manufacturing Manager (Night Shift) - 2K Bioreactor Team
Location: Portsmouth, NH, USA. The actual location of this job is in Portsmouth, NH, USA. Relocation assistance is available for eligible candidates and their families, if needed.
Help lead the critical night shift operations for our 2K Bioreactor team in Portsmouth, NH. This leadership role drives compliance, owns strategic quality systems, and ensures operational readiness through expert cross-functional collaboration and staff development.
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What you will get:
An agile career and dynamic working culture.
An inclusive and ethical workplace.
Compensation programs that recognize high performance.
Medical, dental and vision insurance.
Shift Differential provided for all hours worked on the night shift schedule.
Our full list of global benefits can be found here: https://www.lonza.com/careers/benefits.
What you will do:
Compliance & Audit Leadership: Serve as the primary representative for the department during audits and inspections, accountable for implementing regulatory commitments and driving facility readiness.
Quality System Ownership: Own the implementation of Safety CAPAs, Change Controls, and drive process improvements, working in collaboration with Engineering, Technical Services, and other support functions.
Deviation Management: Responsible for supporting deviation triage, investigation root cause analysis, and developing comprehensive CAPA plans.
Strategic Project Representation: Represent Manufacturing in key cross-functional projects, including capital projects, tech transfers, kaizen events, and shutdown planning.
Operational Scheduling: Coordinate routine and non-routine suite activities, schedule production activities in collaboration with department heads, and support schedule governance meetings.
People Management & Development: Ensure staff development plans are in place, hold routine development discussions, and establish individual goals in accordance with site objectives.
Drive Change & Improvement: Look beyond current processes to identify and effectively implement value-added change, supporting continuous improvement projects identified through the visual management system.
What we are looking for:
Supervisory Experience: Minimum of 3-5 years of supervisory or management experience in a biotech/pharmaceutical manufacturing environment.
Technical Expertise: Proven experience in the day-to-day technical triage and troubleshooting of complex biotech manufacturing processes (preferably upstream/bioreactors).
Leadership & Engagement: Proven ability to provide constructive feedback, coach team members, and communicate complex information clearly to a variety of stakeholders.
Strategic & Results-Oriented: Demonstrated ability to evaluate costs and risks before making decisions, empower team members, and address performance issues in a timely manner.
Collaboration & Networking: Strong ability to build a collaborative network across functions and roles to promote shared responsibility and achieve organizational goals.
Continuous Improvement: Experience driving change, encouraging innovation, and actively seeking feedback to continually build one's leadership and management skills.
Schedule: Must be able to commit to and lead the Tuesday - Friday, 6:00 PM - 4:00 AM night shift schedule.
About Lonza
At Lonza, our people are our greatest strength. With 30 sites across five continents, our globally connected teams work together every day to manufacture the medicines of tomorrow. Our core values of Collaboration, Accountability, Excellence, Passion and Integrity reflect who we are and how we work together. Everyone’s ideas, big or small, have the potential to improve millions of lives, and that’s the kind of work we want you to be part of.
Innovation thrives when people from all backgrounds bring their unique perspectives to the table. At Lonza, we offer equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you’re ready to help turn our customers’ breakthrough ideas into viable therapies, we look forward to welcoming you on board.
Ready to shape the future of life sciences? Apply now.
