About This Role
In this Sr. Manufacturing Specialist I role, you will be responsible for manufacturing support tasks including technical writing, project management, and process implementation in our ASO (Antisense Oligonucleotide), OSD (Oral Solid Dose) and L&P (Label and Pack) teams. This position requires you to be highly detail oriented with excellent technical writing skills and a continuous improvement mindset.
- Shift Details: Monday-Friday from 8 AM – 5 PM, standard business hours.
- This site-based role supports MFG, primarily during core weekday business hours, but may require infrequent off-hours support.
What You’ll Do
- Serve as the primary receiving-site operational readiness lead for new product and process technology transfer programs.
- Develop, maintain, and drive integrated site readiness plans that align manufacturing startup activities across multiple functions.
- Lead readiness reviews, governance meetings, action tracking, and stakeholder communications to ensure successful execution.
- Identify readiness gaps and proactively escalate barriers that could impact manufacturing startup or operational execution.
- Coordinate critical readiness activities including:
- Change Controls
- Material Readiness
- Equipment Qualification Support
- Manufacturing Documentation Readiness
- Training Readiness
- Floor Support Planning
- Analytical Readiness
- Changeover Readiness
- Lead complex cross-functional projects supporting technology transfer, operational readiness, manufacturing improvements, and manufacturing execution while managing timelines, risks, and stakeholder expectations.
- Author and maintain manufacturing documentation including procedures, work instructions, logbooks, changeover protocols, batch production records, solution lot records, investigations, and technical reports with a high degree of accuracy and compliance.
- High level Project management and project execution - lead projects, facilitating timely execution.
- Initiate, own, and manage complex manufacturing-focused Change Controls, CAPAs, Planned Exceptions, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Lead or support manufacturing investigations, deviation assessments, and root cause analyses using structured problem-solving methodologies to identify causes and implement effective corrective and preventative actions.
- Utilize technical experience, judgement, and precedent to identify, troubleshoot, and resolve straightforward technical and operational problems that arise.
- Proactively identify continuous improvement opportunities, share knowledge cross functionally, and drive site implementation.
- Partner with cross functional groups (e.g. Manufacturing, Manufacturing Sciences, Engineering, Automation, Quality, Planning, and Materials Management) to identify continuous improvement opportunities and drive implementation.
- Initiate and own the operational readiness for technology transfer of products into manufacturing and communicate across functional teams to ensure production schedules are met, collaborating with the technology transfer lead to fully transfer the products to the site.
- Act as subject matter expert for manufacturing processes and equipment while providing technical guidance and operational support during manufacturing execution
Who You Are
You are a highly organized and detail-oriented professional who demonstrates advanced technical process knowledge, technical writing expertise, and a strong understanding of project management and manufacturing operations. You excel at bringing diverse teams together to achieve complex objectives and are comfortable leading initiatives across multiple functions without direct authority. You thrive in fast-paced environments, proactively manage competing priorities, and have a proven ability to drive efficiency, operational readiness, and manufacturing startup activities to successful completion.
You are a collaborative problem solver who can effectively communicate across all organizational levels, identify risks early, understand escalation trigger points, and influence outcomes through strong stakeholder engagement and project leadership.
Required Skills
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university is required.
- Direct experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
- At minimum 3 years of direct experience in a biotech, pharma, or an industry adjacent field.
- Prior experience in biopharmaceutical or biotechnology environments with strong knowledge of cGMP regulations.
- Strong root cause analysis and problem-solving experience with the ability to identify trends, investigate issues, and implement effective corrective actions.
- Experience authoring, reviewing, and maintaining technical documentation, procedures, work instructions, investigations, and manufacturing records.
- Intermediate to advanced skills in Microsoft Office and computer-based quality systems.
- Experience in Continuous Improvement, Operational Excellence, Manufacturing Excellence, or Process Improvement programs.
Preferred Skills
- Lean Manufacturing and/or Six Sigma training or application experience.
- PMP certification or formal project management training.
Additional Information
Base salary offered is determined through an analytical approach utilizing a combination of factors including, but not limited to, relevant skills & experience, job location, and internal equity.
Regular employees are eligible to receive both short term and long-term incentives, including cash bonus and equity incentive opportunities, designed to reward recent achievements and recognize your future potential based on individual, business unit and company performance.
In addition to compensation, Biogen offers a full and highly competitive range of benefits designed to support our employees’ and their families physical, financial, emotional, and social well-being; including, but not limited to:
- Medical, Dental, Vision, & Life insurances
- Fitness & Wellness programs including a fitness reimbursement
- Short- and Long-Term Disability insurance
- A minimum of 15 days of paid vacation and an additional end-of-year shutdown time off (Dec 26-Dec 31)
- Up to 12 company paid holidays + 3 paid days off for Personal Significance
- 80 hours of sick time per calendar year
- Paid Maternity and Parental Leave benefit
- 401(k) program participation with company matched contributions
- Employee stock purchase plan
- Tuition reimbursement of up to $10,000 per calendar year
- Employee Resource Groups participation
Why Biogen?
We are a global team with a commitment to excellence, and a pioneering spirit. As a mid-sized biotechnology company, we provide the stability and resources of a well-established business while fostering an environment where individual contributions make a significant impact. Our team encompasses some of the most talented and passionate achievers who have unparalleled opportunities for learning, growth, and expanding their skills. Above all, we work together to deliver life-changing medicines, with every role playing a vital part in our mission. Caring Deeply. Achieving Excellence. Changing Lives.
At Biogen, we are committed to building on our culture of inclusion and belonging that reflects the communities where we operate and the patients we serve. We know that diverse backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives make us a stronger and more innovative company, and we are focused on building teams where every employee feels empowered and inspired. Read on to learn more about our Biogen.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, race, color, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, religion, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law. Biogen is an E-Verify Employer in the United States.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university, or equivalent direct experience in lieu of a degree
- At least 3 years of direct experience in biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, biopharmaceuticals, or an adjacent industry
- Experience in biopharmaceutical or biotechnology environments
- Strong knowledge of cGMP regulations
- Root cause analysis and structured problem-solving experience, including investigations and corrective actions
- Experience authoring, reviewing, and maintaining technical documentation, procedures, work instructions, investigations, and manufacturing records
- Intermediate to advanced Microsoft Office skills and experience with computer-based quality systems
- Experience with Continuous Improvement, Operational Excellence, Manufacturing Excellence, or Process Improvement programs
- Lean Manufacturing and/or Six Sigma training or application experience
- PMP certification or formal project management training
Biogen Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Biogen and has not been reviewed or approved by Biogen.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is generally positioned as competitive and often perceived as fair across roles, with total compensation framed as strong when bonus and equity are included. Compensation sentiment is described as above-average overall, though it varies by function and business cycle.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Equity programs are repeatedly highlighted as a meaningful part of the total package, including stock programs and an employee stock purchase plan. Equity and bonus elements are portrayed as important contributors to feeling well rewarded beyond base pay.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off benefits are described as distinctive, including a year-end shutdown and a paid sabbatical after extended tenure. Vacation, holidays, sick time, and personal-significance days are also presented as supportive of work-life needs.
Biogen Insights
What We Do
Through cutting-edge science and medicine, Biogen discovers, develops and delivers innovative therapies worldwide for people living with serious neurological and neurodegenerative diseases. Founded in 1978, Biogen is a pioneer in biotechnology and today the Company has the leading portfolio of medicines to treat multiple sclerosis, has introduced the first and only approved treatment for spinal muscular atrophy, and is at the forefront of neurology research for conditions including Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Biogen also manufactures and commercializes biosimilars of advanced biologics. With approximately 7000 people worldwide, we are truly a global organization, headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, which is also home to our research operations. Our international headquarters are based in Zug, Switzerland and we have world-class manufacturing facilities in North Carolina and Denmark. We offer therapies globally through direct affiliate presence in 30 countries and a network of distribution partners in over 50 additional countries. For more information, please visit www.biogen.com. Follow us on social media – Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, YouTube.
