Associate Director, QC Microbiology (Biotech)

 

Today, Lonza is a global leader in life sciences operating across five continents. While we work in science, there's no magic formula to how we do it. Our greatest scientific solution is talented people working together, devising ideas that help businesses to help people. In exchange, we let our people own their careers. Their ideas, big and small, genuinely improve the world. And that's the kind of work we want to be part of.

Join our dynamic team at Lonza AG in New Hampshire as an ambitious Associate Director of Quality Control Microbiology! Lead a world-class QC Microbiology Operations team and drive the success of our Large Scale Allogenic manufacturing QC laboratory.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate cGMP activities in customer-dedicated areas, ensuring detailed execution and compliance.
• Implement central initiatives to promote quality awareness and cGMP compliance.
• Collaborate with leaders across functions to drive quality performance and alignment.
• Lead the QC laboratory, supporting monitoring of raw materials, clean rooms, utilities, microbiological identifications, in-process and final product samples, and related investigations.
• Lead the technical team through method qualification of microbial assays and equipment, troubleshooting, investigations, and technical oversight.
• Deploy resources for facility and utility commissioning and modifications.
• Define and continuously improve the site's environmental monitoring program to eliminate contaminations.
• Collaborate closely with the Site Sterility Assurance Lead and global collaborators to improve microbial methods and contamination control programs.
• Collaborate with Global Engineering during the construction phase of QC labs to develop design, instrument requirements, and workflows.
• Assign resources and priorities, ensure adequate training, mentor and develop staff, evaluate performance, and support overflow tasks across Quality Control.
• Participate in strategic decision making as a member of the Senior Quality organization to uphold outstanding quality standards for the Portsmouth - LSA site.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or equivalent experience in Microbiology, Biology, or a related field.
• Validated experience in Quality Control Microbiology within a cGMP environment.
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to efficiently implement central initiatives.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills.
• In-depth knowledge of microbiological methods, contamination control, and environmental monitoring programs.
• Experience handling QC laboratories and leading technical teams.
• Ability to resolve priorities, deploy resources effectively, and achieve outstanding results.

Every day, Lonza's products and services have a positive impact on millions of people. For us, this is not only a great privilege, but also a great responsibility. How we achieve our business results is just as important as the achievements themselves. At Lonza, we respect and protect our people and our environment. Any success we achieve is no success at all if not achieved ethically.

People come to Lonza for the challenge and creativity of solving complex problems and developing new ideas in life sciences. In return, we offer the satisfaction that comes with improving lives all around the world. The satisfaction that comes with making a meaningful difference.

Lonza is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a qualified individual with disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.