Director of Manufacturing

** By joining Bio-Techne, you’ll join a company with a powerful and positive purpose of enabling cutting-edge research in Life Sciences and Clinical Diagnostics. Bio-Techne, and all of its brands, provides tools for researchers to further treat and prevent disease worldwide.
** Pay Range:$ - $
** Key Responsibilities*
* · Lead day-to-day operations for protein analysis reagent manufacturing, including bottling, labeling, and final kit packaging, spanning multiple product lines across the entire site.
· Partner across functions to streamline processes, reduce variability, and improve delivery performance.
· Build and coach a high-performing team focused on accountability, collaboration, and continuous learning.
· Bring structure and discipline to operations—leveraging SOPs, KPIs, tier meetings, and visual management systems.
· Champion process improvements using lean manufacturing, or other data-driven methodologies.
· Manage capacity planning, budgeting, and staffing to support growth and operational scale.
· Ensure compliance with internal quality systems and applicable industry standards (ISO 9001, ISO 13485).
· Collaborate with leadership on strategy, infrastructure planning, and organizational priorities.

** Experience*
* · 7+ years of leadership experience in manufacturing operations, ideally within biotech, life sciences, or similarly complex environments
· Strong understanding of downstream processing, with exposure to automation preferred
· Proven ability to lead and grow diverse operations teams while fostering a high-performance, engaged culture
· Demonstrated success in attracting, developing, and retaining top talent  
· Skilled in operational systems, production metrics, and structured problem-solving, with experience managing multiple complex product lines  
· Track record of driving continuous improvement through KPIs and data-driven decision making
· Experience leading in regulated settings (RUO; IVD or GMP exposure is a plus)
· Financial acumen in budgeting, expense management, and forecasting  
· History of successfully introducing new technologies into manufacturing and scaling processes effectively
· Comfortable managing change and guiding cultural evolution within dynamic organizations
· Strong communicator with high integrity, emotional intelligence, and a collaborative, cross-functional mindset
· Excellent project management, organizational, and change leadership skills    
** Education
* * Bachelor's degree required (engineering, chemistry, biology, or business preferred);
Advanced degree or MBA is a plus.  
** Why Join Bio-Techne:*** ### We offer competitive insurance benefits starting on day one: medical, dental, vision, life, short-term disability, long-term disability, pet, and legal and d.* ### We invest in our employees’ financial futures through 401k plans, an employee stock purchase plan (ESPP), Health Saving Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Account (FSA), and Dependent Care FSA.* ### We empower our employees develop their careers through mentorship, promotional opportunities, training and development, tuition reimbursement, internship programs, and more.
* ### We offer employee resource groups, volunteer paid time off, employee events, and charity drives to build a culture of caring and belonging.* ### We offer an accrued leave policy with paid holidays, paid time off, and paid parental leave.* ### We foster a culture of empowerment and innovation, where employees feel valued and encouraged to bring their new ideas to the table.
** Bio-Techne is an E-Verify Employer in the United States.
**** All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
**** To protect the interests of all, Bio-Techne will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than a candidate application. Any unsolicited resumes sent to Bio-Techne will be considered Bio-Techne property.*
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