Manager, Downstream Microbial Manufacturing

Our purpose is to bring hope to life by enabling life-changing therapies for patients around the globe creating a healthier and happier tomorrow. Our mission is to work side by side with our customers in order to improve patients lives by bringing new biopharmaceuticals to market.

Lead a production area that delivers life-changing biologics

At AGC Biologics your leadership will directly impact how biologic medicines are produced and delivered to patients worldwide. As Manufacturing Manager within Downstream Microbial Manufacturing you step into a pivotal role where strategy meets execution - ensuring that complex production runs safely efficiently and at the highest quality standards.

This is more than managing operations. Its about creating stability in a dynamic GMP environment enabling teams to perform at their best and continuously improving how we produce therapies that matter.

Where operations leadership and impact come together

You take full ownership of your production area ensuring that performance quality and compliance go hand in hand across all shifts. Your focus is on creating flow - anticipating risks solving challenges before they escalate and keeping production aligned with business priorities.

On a typical week you move between the shop floor and strategic discussions. You work closely with Shift Supervisors supporting them in leading their teams while ensuring consistency across shifts. At the same time you collaborate with Quality Engineering and Supply Chain to maintain readiness resolve issues and strengthen processes.

You play a key role in translating business goals into daily executionensuring that production plans are not just delivered but delivered reliably and sustainably. Whether its supporting audits handling complex deviations or driving improvements your decisions shape both performance and culture.

Success in this role means building a production setup that is robust predictable and continuously improvingwhile developing strong leaders who can carry that performance forward.

A leadership team built on trust and accountability

You will lead a team of Shift Supervisors and be part of a leadership environment where collaboration and ownership are essential. Leadership at AGC Biologics is visible and hands-on - you create clarity set direction and support your leaders in navigating both operational and people-related challenges.

The culture is characterized by high accountability strong cross-functional collaboration and a shared ambition to improve. You are expected to develop your team strengthen leadership capabilities and create an environment where people take pride in delivering high-quality results.

What will help you succeed

You bring strong experience from GMP-regulated manufacturing and are motivated by leading leaders in a complex production environment. You understand how to balance operational performance with people leadership and thrive in a role where you influence both daily execution and long-term improvements.

To succeed you likely have:

• A relevant degree within biotechnology engineering or life sciences
• Significant experience (8 years) from biologics API or GMP manufacturing
• Proven experience leading leaders or senior profiles in production
• Strong understanding of downstream processes and production operations
• Solid knowledge of GMP and quality systems

Experience from multi-shift setups CDMOs or regulatory inspections will further support your success.

Grow your impact in a global biotech organization

AGC Biologics is a global CDMO supporting biotech and pharmaceutical companies in bringing new treatments to this role you gain high visibility and broad collaboration across functions working in an environment where innovation quality and continuous improvement drive everything we do.

You will have the opportunity to grow as a leader shape how production is executed and contribute to building a strong and sustainable manufacturing organization.

Take the next step in your leadership career

We encourage you to apply as soon as possible as we review applications on an ongoing basis.

Please submit your CV through our recruitment system.

Our culture at AGC Biologics is defined by the six core values: Knowledge Trust Quality Ingenuity Accountability and Teamwork. Our core values stem from our team members and are embedded into our DNA. They provide a common language and understanding of how we as an organization are connected across three continents. Our core values serve as a compass and reminder of how we achieve our purpose of bringing hope to life for patients around the globe.

AGC Biologics is a leading global biopharmaceutical Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) with a strong commitment to delivering the highest standard of service as we work side-by-side with our clients and partners every step of the way. We provide world-class development and manufacture of mammalian and microbial-based therapeutic proteins plasmid DNA (pDNA) messenger RNA (mRNA) viral vectors and genetically engineered cells. Our global network spans the U.S. Europe and Asia with cGMP-compliant facilities in Seattle Washington; Boulder and Longmont Colorado; Copenhagen Denmark; Heidelberg Germany; Milan Italy; and Chiba Japan. We currently employ more than 2500 employees worldwide. Our commitment to continuous innovation fosters the technical creativity to solve our clients most complex challenges including specialization in fast-track projects and rare diseases. AGC Biologics is the partner of choice. To learn more visit.Want to keep posted about our growth and learn more about our company Follow us on LinkedIn and give us a quick Like on Facebook!

AGC Biologics offers a highly competitive compensation package and a friendly collaborative culture that values personal initiative and professional achievement. AGC Biologics is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age ancestry color family or medical care leave gender identity or expression genetic information marital status medical condition national origin physical or mental disability political affiliation protected veteran status race religion sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws regulations and ordinances.