Senior Manager, CAR T Manufacturing Records and Procedures

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The senior manager is responsible to manage and provide oversight of a team. Primary responsibilities are to attend IRB, CRB, CCRB, and MEB and own actions presented as applicable, support deviations and triage calls for Investigations as required, implement appropriate quality record actions, and author, review and approve technical and procedural documents. The senior manager provides leadership and guidance to their managers and technical writers while maintaining a culture of safety, compliance, innovation and continuous improvement within the Value Stream Support Operations function.

Shift Available:

• Monday - Friday, Onsite Day Shift, 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Responsibilities:

• Maintain balanced and unbiased functional relationships, championing a culture of exceptional teamwork and communication across the organization.

• Identifying and where possible mitigating risks in manufacturing operations that could negatively impact delivery of safe and effective therapies to patients.

• Develop their team through scheduled coaching sessions.

• Instill proper problem identification behaviors.

• Acknowledge ideas and/or issues with feedback on path forward.

• Coordinate across the value stream to align with appropriate goals and objectives.

• Ability to breakdown larger goals to goals that can be influenced.

• Escalate issues at the appropriate level of urgency.

• Participate, lead, or coach Go & See (Gemba) activities in their areas for current state understanding, process confirmation, waste reduction, increased flow, continuous improvement idea generation, coaching, or employee engagement.

• Lead, coach or participate in Improvement & Coaching Kata at Tier Board Meetings, at the department’s work area, or with individual team members to creatively experiment and deliver practical improvements to gaps to target.

• Support their team by removing bottlenecks to problem-solving efforts and/or escalating problems or communicating resolutions through Tiered Management process.

• Communicate expectations for the usage of Improvement/Coaching Kata, Go & See.

• Engaged and aligned in communicating and driving performance, issues, accountability and solving problems using the designed tiered management processes.

• Create and continuously improve their Leader Standard Work for daily, weekly, quarterly, yearly critical tasks, run the business & improve the business activities.

• Take personal responsibility to work safely and ensure colleagues do the same.

• Be the champion for continuous improvement.

• Be purposefully present in the work area.

• Develop a deep ownership and understanding of one’s work area.

• Establish performance measures and targets to drive improvements.

• Participate in reviews of performance, generate improvement ideas and take action.

• Use visual management so no problem is hidden.

• Build a culture of finding root causes and take action to prevent them from recurring.

• Know the value stream for the product/service you are providing to your customers.

• Use actual results to identify waste, reduce variation and improve productivity.

Knowledge & Skills:

• Extensive knowledge of EHS and cGMPs and the know–how to work and manage within a regulated environment.

• Demonstrates aptitude for biotechnology principles and manufacturing systems.

• Demonstrated proficiency in selection of team and effectively managing personnel issues.

• Adaptable to a fast paced, complex and ever-changing business environment.

• Knowledge of lean manufacturing principles required. Green belt certified is a preference.

• Excellent communication skills.

Basic Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in related field is preferred, or equivalent in work experience, and the ability to think and lead strategically. Advanced degree preferred.

• 5+ years of relevant pharmaceutical manufacturing experience.

• Minimum of 3 years leadership experiences including the management of direct reports required.

• Minimum of 3 years technical writing experience is required.

Working Conditions:

• On site presence is based on business need and will be communicated by Associate Director, Value Stream Manufacturing Technical Support.

• Work is performed in a typical office environment, with standard office equipment available and used.

• Occasional work, meetings and investigations in a cleanroom environment that requires gowning.

The starting compensation for this job is a range from $127,780 to $154,800 plus incentive cash and stock opportunities (based on eligibility). 

The starting pay rate takes into account characteristics of the job, such as required skills and where the job is performed. 
Final, individual compensation will be decided based on demonstrated experience. 

Eligibility for specific benefits listed on our careers site may vary based on the job and location. For more on benefits, please visit our BMS Careers Site.

Benefit offerings are subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans then in effect and may include the following: Medical, 
pharmacy, dental and vision care. Wellbeing support such as the BMS Living Life Better program and employee assistance programs (EAP). 
Financial well-being resources and a 401(K). Financial protection benefits such as short- and long-term disability, life insurance, supplemental health insurance, business travel protection and survivor support. Work-life programs include paid national holidays and optional holidays, Global Shutdown days between Christmas and New Year’s holiday, up to 120 hours of paid vacation, up to two (2) paid days to volunteer, sick time off, and summer hours flexibility. Parental, caregiver, bereavement, and military leave. Family care services such as adoption and surrogacy reimbursement, fertility/infertility benefits, support for traveling mothers, and child, elder and pet care resources. Other perks like tuition reimbursement and a recognition program.

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On-site Protocol

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Site-essential roles require 100% of shifts onsite at your assigned facility. Site-by-design roles may be eligible for a hybrid work model with at least 50% onsite at your assigned facility. For these roles, onsite presence is considered an essential job function and is critical to collaboration, innovation, productivity, and a positive Company culture. For field-based and remote-by-design roles the ability to physically travel to visit customers, patients or business partners and to attend meetings on behalf of BMS as directed is an essential job function.

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