Production Lead- LNP

Work Location: Redmond, WA

Reports to: Sr. Production Manager, Product Development and Manufacturing, Life Science Group

Role Description:

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced production lead on LNP to join our team. This position will be responsible for leading functions related to LNP production planning and delivery of customized LNP production jobs within the company. This position requires a high level of competence, strong leadership, and commitment to this role.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work closely with department managers to develop and maintain production and QC schedules to deliver orders on time and efficiently with quality
• Lead the team to develop and optimize the production workflow and upgrade the process to improve the delivery capabilities and customers’ satisfaction.
• Coordinate with Supply Chain and QC teams to ensure material readiness and minimize production delays.
• Lead production capacity planning and resource allocation activities to ensure efficient scheduling, optimal utilization of personnel and equipment, and on-time delivery of customer projects.
• Proactively identifying and resolving common root causes of issues and addressing those to improve the overall quality of production stability.
• Provide operational leadership to production team, including training, coaching, and team members’ leadership development.
• Ensure accurate maintenance, reporting and forecasting of assigned production-related progress, problems and improvement plans on a biweekly basis.
• Support cross functional team communications to develop LNP production platform capability.
• Support tech transfer and process optimization to ensure quality of new product beta testing and launching.
• Maintain proper training and performance documentation.

Qualifications:

• Master or above in Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Synthetic Biology, Microbiology, Biomedical Engineering, or related biomedical field with a minimum of 3-year experience in the pharmaceutical company, biotech or related industries
• 1+ years of managerial experience in biotechnology production sector is required
• Demonstrated initiative and pursuit of successful collaborative projects with interdisciplinary team
• Excellent time management skills with commitment to ensure completion of tasks
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Self-motivated and passionate. Comfortable to work in a fast-paced work environment

Benefit:

• Medical Insurance/ Vision Insurance/ Dental Insurance
• 401(k) & Retirement Savings Plan (RSP)
• Short Term Disability Insurance
• New Child Leave
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Company Holidays per year
• Paid Sick Days (earned based on hours worked)
• Compassionate Leave
• Jury Duty Leave
• Float day
• Personal days

Perks: 

• Free colleague meals during shift
• Onsite massages Charis
• Onsite gyms

Compensation:
Salary range: $70,000 – $85,000 total compensation, including bonus, depending on experience and qualifications.