Manager, Production; Manufacturing

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Manufacturing role at Curia

Build your future at Curia, where our work has the power to save lives. Curia is a global contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) with over 30 years of experience partnering with pharmaceutical and biotech companies to provide life‑saving treatments to patients. At Curia, we are on a mission to advance our customers’ therapies from curiosity to cure and ultimately to improve patients’ lives.

• Generous benefit options (eligible first day of employment)
• Paid training, vacation and holidays (vacation accrual begins on first day of employment)
• Career advancement opportunities
• Education reimbursement
• 401K program with matching contributions
• Learning platform
• And more!

The Production;
Manufacturing Manager supports the timely manufacturing of parenteral products in an aseptic environment according to Current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP). The Manager is responsible for the management of all manufacturing activities during a shift for a sterile filling business unit. Additionally, the manager ensures compliance with all relevant regulations and procedures, maintains current good documentation practices (cGDP) for all activities, and participates in training and continuous improvement initiatives to enhance production processes and efficiency.

The manager may manage the following departments:
Glass Wash, Aseptic Filling and Capping, and Lyophilization teams;
Support Supervisor (Compounding and Equipment Preparation);
Equipment Mechanic;
Production Control Specialist; and Set‑up Mechanic. All activities for a shift are overseen by this position.

• Directly responsible for managing and coordinating all activities for assigned shift.
• Responsible for compiling all shift information and line status data in an accurate and timely fashion and reporting that information to the support groups as well as the oncoming shift management team.
• Responsible for ensuring and enforcing compliance with cGMPs, site‑specific policies, and procedures.
• Will serve as the representative on shift to all internal support groups and aid the customer service representative with external customers.
• Responsible for maintaining and reporting the performance of current Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
• Responsible for the professional development and mentoring of direct reports.
• Responsible for the succession planning and in‑depth cross‑functional training of all members of the shift.
• Directly accountable for production schedule adherence and material consumption rates.
• Responsible for all safety incidents and quality deviations that occur on shift and responsible for the thorough investigation and timely reporting of such.
• Must become fluent in all functional areas of responsibility. Must share resources with other teams/departments as needed and when available.
• Effective interpersonal relation skills, while maintaining the adaptability to achieve company goals. Verbally expresses ideas and facts in a clear, logical, concise, and accepted grammatical style.
• Read/interpret SOPs to ensure compliance.
• Maintain up‑to‑date trainings.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Associate’s degree in Science, Business, Engineering or related field of study with a minimum of eight (8) years’ experience in a pharmaceutical manufacturing or relevant industry.
• Minimum of four (4) years’ experience in a leadership role.
• Bachelor’s degree in Science, Business, Engineering or related field of study with a minimum of six (6) years’ experience in a pharmaceutical manufacturing or relevant industry, preferred.

Responsible for leading and supporting a team to achieve organizational objectives. This role also involves fostering a positive work environment, providing guidance and support to your team members, and evaluating performance to drive continuous improvement and achieve both departmental and organizational objectives.

The ideal candidate should have the ability to read and interpret various documents, such as safety…