Manufacturing Associate (Contract)

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Somerville, MA
Entry level
Biotech
The Role
The Manufacturing Associate will execute clinical GMP manufacturing operations, manage on-the-floor activities, adhere to GMP procedures, and document processes. Responsibilities include authoring SOPs, managing cross-functional collaboration, and ensuring product quality through compliance with established guidelines.
Summary Generated by Built In

This is a six month contract opportunity with potential for extension or conversion to FTE.

Your experience includes… 

  • BS in Biology or Life Science Discipline with a minimum of 0-2 years of industry experience
  • History of working independently and managing projects in a fast-paced environment
  • Strong attention to detail, a good problem solver, and results oriented
  • Good verbal and written communication skills

You are interested in… 

  • Executing clinical GMP manufacturing operations in a fast-paced environment
  • Learning and using single use systems and technologies
  • Use of cGMPs and good documentation practices
  • Authoring Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), Work Instructions, Master Batch Records, and other supporting batch documentation

About you: 

You are a skilled individual who can execute on-the-floor manufacturing activities while ensuring the quality of the product and adhering to GMP procedures. As a member of the manufacturing team, you support both upstream and downstream steps including enzymatic reactions, UF/DF, chromatography, and filtration. You have experience executing master batch records, adhering to standard operating procedures and other GMP documentation. You promote a safe and clean work environment and demonstrate appropriate escalation methods when necessary. You are a team player and have experience collaborating with cross-functional teams (including but not limited to Quality Assurance, Quality Control, Materials Management, Facilities and Process Development).

Tessera employees are creative and collaborative problem solvers. They have a strong sense of integrity and unwavering commitment to scientific excellence. 


Meet your Manager:

All inquiries regarding the posted position should be directed to the Talent Partner (see below). Interested individuals must apply directly to be considered for the opening. 

Charlsie Heverly -  Associate Director, Manufacturing 

Charlsie has over a decade of extensive manufacturing experience, including on-the floor operations.  She demonstrates a deep understanding of industry standards and best practices with a proven track record of leading clinical and commercial operations in fast-paced environments. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Connecticut and an MS in Regulatory Affairs from Northeastern University. Charlsie leads manufacturing operations and is working to build out the manufacturing facility, support process transfer and enable GMP manufacturing at Tessera’s Boynton Yards facility.

Meet your Talent Partner: 

Annie Edminster - Employee Experience and Talent Lead

Originally from Maine, Annie obtained her Bachelor of Science from Syracuse University. She spent eight years in Biotech, Engineering and Tech agency recruitment, then joined Tessera in 2022. Annie loves watching her new hires grow in their careers and getting to know her colleagues from all over the world! She lives in New Hampshire with her robot-building husband, two feisty daughters, and two Siberian cats.  

Meet our Leadership Team and Board of Directors 



Company Summary:

Tessera Therapeutics is pioneering Gene Writing™— a new biotechnology designed to offer scientists and clinicians the ability to write small and large therapeutic messages into the genome, thereby curing diseases at their source. Gene Writing holds the potential to become a new category in genetic medicine, building upon recent breakthroughs in gene therapy and gene editing while eliminating important limitations in their reach, utilization, and efficacy. Tessera Therapeutics was founded by Flagship Pioneering, a life sciences innovation enterprise that conceives, resources, and develops first-in-category companies to transform human health and sustainability.

More about Tessera Therapeutics:

Tessera is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, marital status, genetics, protected veteran status, citizenship status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic identified by federal, state, or local laws where we operate. Tessera provides reasonable accommodations to qualified applicants and employees with disabilities. To begin an interactive dialogue with Tessera regarding a reasonable accommodation in connection with the hiring process and/or to perform the essential functions of the position for which the applicant has applied, please contact the recruiter or [email protected]

Recruitment & Staffing Agencies:  Tessera Therapeutics does not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than candidates. The submission of unsolicited resumes by recruitment or staffing agencies to Tessera Therapeutics or its employees is strictly prohibited unless contacted directly by Tessera Therapeutics’ internal Talent Acquisition team. Any resume submitted by an agency in the absence of a signed agreement will automatically become the property of Tessera Therapeutics, and Tessera Therapeutics will not owe any referral or other fees with respect thereto.

The Company
HQ: Cambridge, MA
262 Employees
On-site Workplace

What We Do

Our mission is to cure disease by writing the code of life

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