Associate Director, Manufacturing Business Operations & Strategy

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Associate Director, Manufacturing Business Operations & Strategy

Associate Director, Manufacturing Business Operations & Strategy

Description

Aurion Biotech is seeking an Associate Director, Manufacturing Business Operations & Strategy to provide strategic, technical, operational, and business leadership across the Manufacturing organization as Aurion advances through late-stage development, BLA submission, commercialization, commercial launch, and lifecycle management.

Serving as Head of Manufacturing Business Operations & Strategy, this person will serve as the strategic and operational integrator for Manufacturing, partnering across External Manufacturing, MSAT, Supply Chain, Quality, Regulatory, Finance, Legal, and external manufacturing partners. The successful candidate will combine technical understanding of biologics or cell therapy manufacturing with commercial operations experience, strategic thinking, and business acumen. This individual will develop creative manufacturing strategies and scenarios for how, where, when, and with what resources manufacturing activities are executed to achieve technical, regulatory, supply, and business objectives.

• Own the Manufacturing team book of work, detailed timelines/smart sheets, integrating technical milestones, dependencies, budgets, and external commitments to drive portfolio prioritization and execution.
• Lead Manufacturing SOW, contract, budget, PO, and invoice management, translating technical strategies into clear scopes, deliverables, schedules, financial commitments, and business arrangements.
• Support Manufacturing leadership (ExM and MSAT) and technical leads to develop integrated late-stage, commercialization, commercial manufacturing, and operational project timelines and dependencies at site.
• Develop creative, risk-based manufacturing scenarios and contingency plans that optimize activities, resources, investments, and network capabilities while protecting supply and preserving future optionality.
• Lead commercialization and manufacturing network planning across sites, including capacity, sourcing, redundancy, business continuity, cross-site integration, CDMO strategy, and major lifecycle transitions.
• Other duties as assigned

With offices in Seattle, Boston, and Tokyo, Aurion Biotech is a clinical-stage biotech company, whose mission is to restore vision to millions of patients with life-changing regenerative therapies. The Company’s first candidate is for the treatment of corneal edema secondary to endothelial dysfunction, and one of the first clinically validated cell therapies for corneal care; it was recently granted regulatory approval from Japan’s PMDA.

Aurion Biotech is the recipient of the prestigious Prix Galien award for best start-up in biotech. The Company is preparing for clinical trials in the U.S. We are growing rapidly and seek to hire highly motivated candidates from diverse backgrounds, cultures, and experiences, who share our values:

• Stewardship
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  We make the world a better place for our patients, our communities, our clinicians, and our colleagues. We act responsibly as individuals, as employees, and as a company.
• Transformation
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  We embrace our challenges, our successes, and our failures. We are curious, we take risks, and we collaborate.
• Grit
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  We break down walls and strive to achieve the impossible. We are persistent and resilient, and we deliver on our commitments.

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