Manager, Manufacturing

at  AGC Biologics

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.
Manager for Microbial Production Coordination Team at AGC Biologics
Are you passionate about coordination and collaboration? Do you have leadership experience? Do you thrive in creating a clear direction through complex challenges, leading a team of skilled scientists? Do you want to be part of a company helping customers bring biological products to market? Then join a dynamic and international company where everyone is responsible for delivering right on time as one team!
About the role

As manager for Microbial Production Coordination, you will lead a team of scientists focusing on daily coordination and support to our state-of-the-art microbial manufacturing facility, to safeguard our current deliveries and improve our future operation. The Microbial Production Coordination team is responsible for:

• Monitor production related activities and secure daily scheduling of tasks.
• Ordering of disposables and buffers.
• Maintain and develop our ERP system, a new ERP system will be rolled out in 2025.
• Plan and handle cleaning verifications.
• Daily batch documentation review.
• Equipment availability, planning maintenance, upgrade and purchase of new equipment.
• Support training of technicians operating on the production line.

To lift these responsibilities, you and your team work in close collaboration with several other parts of the organization such as Mammalian Manufacturing, QA, QC, SCM, Engineering and Manufacturing Product Support, and work side-by-side with the Filling team and the Microbial Upstream and Downstream Operations teams. Together, these teams form the Microbial Manufacturing Department, responsible for manufacturing of Drug Bulk Intermediate (DBI) / Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) for pre-clinical, clinical and commercial use. As Manager for Production Coordination, you will be part of the Microbial Manufacturing leadership team, where key focus areas are excellence in daily operation, high reliability, and optimization to prepare for our future. You will report to the Director of Microbial Manufacturing.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Lead, motivate, and coach your team, setting a clear direction for the daily planning and coordination of work.
• Foster strong coordination and collaboration across teams, to ensure all activities are continuously aligned with manufacturing goals and operational needs.
• Recruit and onboard new team members.
• GMP compliance and safe work environment. Ensure housekeeping standards and represent the department during audits/inspections.
• Secure proper training is in place and conduct process confirmations on the shop floor.

Qualifications
The ideal candidate has strong leadership- and team management skills, and a demonstrated ability to collaborate cross-functionally within manufacturing and related departments. You engage effectively with stakeholders at all levels and communicate clearly and effectively.

You are flexible and motivated, and excel in high-pressure periods, maintaining an organized and results-driven approach. In addition, you have several of the below competencies/experiences:

• 5+ years’ experience from the biopharmaceutical industry, working in a GMP environment.
• 3+ years’ leadership experience, preferably in manufacturing.
• Understanding of microbial upstream and downstream manufacturing.
• Technical or academic degree within bioprocessing or similar.

Join a dynamic and international organization.
AGC Biologics is a Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) with facilities in Denmark, Italy, Germany, Japan and USA and with customers from all over the world. We have more than 50 nationalities employed in Denmark, and the daily language is English. At AGC, you will get great opportunities to work with a wide array of tasks and challenges. AGC offers an informal working environment where high energy and enthusiasm is part of the daily work life. We respect each other and our individual differences. At AGC, we have a flexible attitude, and we help each other to reach deadlines as a team.
Contact and application
For any further questions, you are more than welcome to contact Ragnhild Korfits Frank, Director Microbial Manufacturing at rkfrank@agcbio.com
Please be aware that we only take into consideration the applications sent via our career page and, not via email. We will process the applications as they arrive.
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 2,500 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 www.agcbio.com. Want to keep posted about our growth and learn more about our company? Follow us on
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As manager for Microbial Production Coordination, you will lead a team of scientists focusing on daily coordination and support to our state-of-the-art microbial manufacturing facility, to safeguard our current deliveries and improve our future operation. The Microbial Production Coordination team is responsible for:

• Monitor production related activities and secure daily scheduling of tasks.
• Ordering of disposables and buffers.
• Maintain and develop our ERP system, a new ERP system will be rolled out in 2025.
• Plan and handle cleaning verifications.
• Daily batch documentation review.
• Equipment availability, planning maintenance, upgrade and purchase of new equipment.
• Support training of technicians operating on the production line

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Lead, motivate, and coach your team, setting a clear direction for the daily planning and coordination of work.
• Foster strong coordination and collaboration across teams, to ensure all activities are continuously aligned with manufacturing goals and operational needs.
• Recruit and onboard new team members.
• GMP compliance and safe work environment. Ensure housekeeping standards and represent the department during audits/inspections.
• Secure proper training is in place and conduct process confirmations on the shop floor