Job Description

BIOVECTRA Inc. is a leading bio-science business in Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia, focused on contract manufacturing and product development of active pharmaceutical ingredients, pharmaceutical intermediates, and bioreagents.
BIOVECTRA Inc. has an immediate opening for a Manager, Technical Operations. This is a full-time permanent position located in Windsor, NS. The candidate will be responsible for:

• Providing leadership development to the technical operations team
• Assigning technical resources to align with business unit priorities and objectives.
• Managing, training, and coaching a team of technical support staff throughout the new product lifecycle projects.
• Identifying training opportunities to create a diverse team that is knowledgeable in the scale up and validation of manufacturing processes.
• Immediate troubleshooting of urgent technical issues in manufacturing
• Documentation/task tracking hourly to evaluate workload, effectiveness, and forecasting for each team member.
• Improving Right First-Time documentation metric to continuously improve the quality of documentation in turn reducing operational errors.
• Preparing weekly progress updates to senior management in dashboard format to report progress, risks, and opportunities.
• Providing direction, influencing production decisions, implementing corrective actions, and ensuring alignment to ensure product will adhere to quality standards and client expectations.
• Communicating information to appropriate client representatives to ensure successful product transfer and commercialization.
• Facilitating alignment of development and operations technical decisions necessary through completion of process performance demo, engineering and validation runs to ensure commercial viability of the manufacturing process.
• Participating in client visits and routine technical communication with clients.
• Administering HR policy to subordinates.
• Adhering to BIOVECTRA\xe2\x80\x99s Health and Safety Policy as outlined in CP0010 Occupational Health and safety Policy, Statements of Principle, and Responsibilities.

The successful candidate for this position should have:

• Bachelor of Science, MSc considered an asset.**
• Five years\xe2\x80\x99 experience in a biotech/pharmaceutical company.**
• Two years\xe2\x80\x99 experience with technical support of drug substance manufacturing or drug substance development experience with technology transfer and manufacturing experience.**
• Broad based understanding of Operations including Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Quality Assurance, and Quality Control.

BIOVECTRA offers a competitive salary and benefit package. Closing Date February 17, 2023 Individual accommodations due to a disability are available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, religion, ethnicity, gender, disability, citizenship status, marital status, actual or perceived sexual orientation. BIOVECTRA is committed to creating an inclusive environment and building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We value diversity and recognize that experience comes in many forms and skills are transferable. Please view this description as a general overview, but not a mandatory comprehensive list. If you feel passionate about our efforts and believe that you have the skills to contribute and lead in this role, apply! We thank all interested parties; however, only those applicants considered for an interview will be contacted. Job Types: Full-time, Permanent