Manufacturing Lead - Shift B

AbzenaSan Diego🇺🇸United StatesPosted Jul 6, 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

Step into a pivotal role at Abzena, a respected leader in biologics manufacturing, where you'll gain invaluable experience driving critical production processes and developing your leadership skills. This position is ideal for a driven individual with a background in GMP manufacturing who thrives on operational excellence and wants to contribute to bringing vital medicines to patients. Apply today to join a forward-thinking team and advance your career in a dynamic and impactful industry.

Quick Overview

Salary

$85k - $100k/yr

Seniority

Mid Senior

Employment type

Full Time

Work mode

On Site

Location

San Diego, United States

Posted

3 months ago

Job Description

With extensive experience in developing biologics and bioconjugates, we offer a seamless service delivered by fully integrated teams, from early discovery to commercial manufacturing.

Forward-thinking and committed, we find the best solution and use the right technologies to design, develop and manufacture your products to ensure we get vital medicines to patients quickly and safely.

We are dedicated to quality excellence. We are driven to get better treatments to market, efficiently and responsibly by reducing timelines and delivering the highest quality products and services.

We are Abzena. More than a CDMO, we are a responsible and dedicated partner that takes care of your products from concept to patient.

The Lead, Manufacturing Operations is responsible for serving as the subject matter expert and operational lead within GMP manufacturing operations supporting biologics production. This role provides day-to-day directional leadership, coordination, and training for manufacturing personnel involved in upstream and downstream processing activities, including cell culture expansion, bioreactor operations, harvest, purification, filtration, and bulk drug substance manufacturing. The Lead supports batch execution, training, process troubleshooting, documentation review, and operational readiness activities.

The Lead, Manufacturing Operations will primarily be responsible for manufacturing operations of Train 2. Train 2 is a production line going from vial thaw in initial thaw and expansion to a 500L production reactor, followed by harvest, to finishing operations in downstream.

Example Plan Shifts/Training Schedule:

- First 2 weeks: 8 hour shifts, M-F

- Next 1-2 months: 10 hour shifts, Mon-Thurs

- After 90 days: 12 hour shifts, Thurs-Sat & Alternating Wednesdays

Schedule is subject to change based on needs.