Director, Production Operations

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.

We proudly offer

• 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!

At Curia, manufacturing excellence is at the heart of everything we do. The Director, Production Operations is a key member of the Springfield leadership team, responsible for managing, planning, directing, and coordinating manufacturing processes across our large scale, pilot plant, and technical services organizations. This leader ensures our operations are safe, compliant, cost-effective, and positioned for growth.

This is a role for a proven leader who brings both strategic vision and operational discipline. The Director contributes to the development of business and functional strategies, communicates them clearly across the site, and translates them into action. Working cross‑functionally with Quality, Regulatory, and other departments, this leader drives high performance in cGMP compliance, schedule adherence, and customer satisfaction.

As much as this role is about operational outcomes, it is also about people. The Director identifies and develops the next generation of leaders within the organization, fostering a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and collaboration that reflects the Curia Way.

• Develop and implement short and long range goals and objectives that align with business growth and profitability targets.
• Set strategic leadership goals for key section heads within the large scale, pilot plant, and technical services organizations.
• Review operational plans to assess manufacturing capacity requirements and make recommendations to improve capacity utilization and support business development planning.
• Develop, implement, and maintain Key Performance Indicators and monitoring systems to drive high levels of performance within the department and across the organization.

• Oversee manufacturing operations to ensure safety, quality, productivity, and efficiency, working collaboratively with the management team to prevent and resolve operational, quality, financial, and facility issues.
• Partner with Quality and Regulatory departments to drive high performance in cGMP compliance and ensure operations meet organizational requirements for quality management, health and safety, legal, and environmental standards.
• Ensure proper planning and effective execution of production activities to minimize downtime and maximize output per the production schedule, working closely with supporting departments to maintain schedule adherence.
• Proactively lead local efforts to prepare for and execute productive customer visits.
• Analyze activities, costs, operations, and forecast data to assess progress toward goals and initiate corrective action as needed to meet business and financial objectives.
• Perform other related duties as may be reasonably assigned in the course of business.

• Perform all documentation in compliance with ALCOA++ principles and site SOPs.
• Adhere to applicable cGMP documents including SOPs, batch records, protocols, change…