Team Leader, Formulation Manufacturing

2 weeks ago


Madison, Wisconsin, United States Thermo Fisher Scientific Full time

Job Description

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you'll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world's toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.

Location/Division Specific Information

The Team Leader for Antibody Production (Madison, WI) reports to the Sr. Manager of manufacturing and Operations (Madison, WI) and is a key partner in the manufacturing and operations function, giving to an organization of approximately 25+ employees and $7M+ product and service revenue. This position is a member of the operations team responsible for cell-based manufacturing and services. This position is responsible for providing technical expertise, completing projects, and performing work orders.

How will you make an impact?

The Team Leader for antibody production is a critical component for influencing and motivating direct reports to tackle new challenges realize their full potential, and ultimately facilitate a positive and engaging work environment. This individual will have the ability to lead development plans and use cross-functional relationships to realize department objectives in alignment with the organizational goals set. This individual will function as a technical leader and manufacturing scientist for an operations team responsible for cell-based products and services. The position will also be encouraged to perform functional QC on products and apply critical thinking to resolve discrepancies. This individual is a role model leader who drives safety, adheres to the regulations of our Quality Management System, and drives continuous improvement strategies.

Essential Functions:

  • Daily management of the hourly team to accomplish operations objectives.
  • Management of schedule and key metrics for product manufacturing and custom project deliverables.
  • Complete work and ensure that cell provisioning meets customer requirements. Management of cell-based product manufacturing including cell culture, QC process and data analysis, and planning for schedule and materials. Maintain multiple cell lines in a variety of cell backgrounds using aseptic technique.
  • Demonstrate thought leadership. Find opportunities for improvement and minimize errors by applying technical skills and critical thinking.
  • Complete work orders according to protocol and analyze data using data analysis templates and manufacturing batch records.
  • Communication across multiple teams to eliminate barriers and ensure alignment with upstream and downstream business partners.
  • Support new product integration by participating in the planning and validation of new products and equipment.
  • Participate in root cause analysis and drive continuous improvement.
  • Supervise inventory levels of raw materials to support production schedule. Perform lab support functions including reagent preparation and routine equipment maintenance.
  • Maintain complete and detailed documentation including manufacturing batch records, writing SOPs, and updating existing documents as processes change.
  • Respond quickly to changing priorities and can prioritize multiple projects with potentially overlapping deadlines to meet customer expectations.
  • Demonstrate leadership by communicating a solution-minded approach to solving complex problems. Apply critical thinking to design and complete cell-based custom protocols. Use thought leadership to conceptualize and conduct assay protocols to deliver high-quality data to customers.
  • Work independently and prioritize accordingly to achieve tasks. Exhibit good time management skills to prioritize multiple projects across numerous technologies ensuring project completion within the allotted timeframe.
  • Adopt the role of a Technical Coach, demonstrating strong emotional intelligence and leadership as you develop others using your technical subject matter expertise.

How will you get here?

Education

  • Requires a Bachelor's degree in Biology, Chemistry, Biochemistry, or other related field, or equivalent knowledge and experience. An advanced degree is a plus.

Experience

  • Requires 5+ years of laboratory experience with a BS or MS degree, or 2+ years with a PhD.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

  • Strong leadership and decision-making ability.
  • Experience with adherent and suspension cell cultures, preferably mammalian and insect backgrounds in an antibiotic-free environment.
  • Experience with manufacturing in bioreactors and use of Tangential Flow Filtration is helpful.
  • Familiarity with ISO-9001 Quality Management System or similar is helpful.
  • Experience with life sciences industry, high-throughput screening, fluorescence-based assays, and drug discovery is preferred.

Working Conditions

  • Works in office environment and laboratory environment.
  • Interacts with subordinates, peers, superiors, suppliers, and customers daily.


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