AstraZeneca

Lead Cell Therapy Specialist

AstraZeneca$90K — $120K *
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • High School Diploma with 5+ years of relevant experience, or a Bachelor's degree with 3+ years of relevant experience.
  • Experience in a cGMP manufacturing environment.
  • Proficient in aseptic techniques and cleanroom behaviors.
  • Demonstrated leadership skills on the manufacturing floor.
  • Strong understanding of SOPs and quality systems.
  • Ability to recognize and escalate deviations from accepted practices.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Detail-oriented with accountability in a regulated, fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and coordinate daily manufacturing execution activities.
  • Provide real-time mentorship, coaching, and troubleshooting support during production.
  • Maintain schedule adherence and support shift handovers.
  • Identify and escalate risks proactively during operations.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams in Manufacturing, Quality, and more.
  • Support training, deviation investigations, and CAPAs.
  • Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives for operational readiness.

Benefits

  • Qualified retirement programs.
  • Paid time off including vacations and holidays.
  • Health, dental, and vision coverage as per applicable plans.
Full Job Description
In this role, you will lead and coordinate daily manufacturing execution, ensuring personnel, materials, equipment, documentation, and cleanroom areas are ready before operations begin. You will driveright first time execution by providing real-time technical mentorship, coaching, and troubleshooting support during production runs. This position also plays a significant role in maintaining schedule adherence, supporting shift handovers, advancing risks in real time, and partnering cross-functionally with Manufacturing, Quality, MSAT, Process Development, Supply Chain, and Facilities and Engineering. You’ll also support training, deviation investigations, CAPAs, process documentation updates, and continuous improvement efforts that help strengthen operational readiness and future commercial success.
 

Minimum Requirements
  • Education and experience: High School Diploma with at least5 years of relevant cell therapy, pharmaceutical, biotech, or GMP manufacturing experience, or a Bachelor’s degree with at least 3 years of relevant experience
  • GMP experience: Experience working in acGMP manufacturing environment
  • Technical skills: Experience withaseptic technique, cleanroom behavior, cell culture operations, and single-use technologies
  • Leadership capability: Proven ability to lead work on the manufacturing floor and guide team members during execution
  • Documentation and quality knowledge: Strong understanding ofSOPs, batch records, production records, and quality systems
  • Problem escalation: Ability to recognize deviations from accepted practice and advance appropriately
  • Communication: Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Work style: Strong attention to detail, accountability, and ability to thrive in a regulated, fast-paced, and changing manufacturing environment
  • Collaboration: Skilled at working effectively across Manufacturing, Quality, MSAT, Process Development, Supply Chain, and Facilities and Engineering

Working Conditions

  • Cleanroom environment: Ability to work in a cleanroom environment requiring gowning
  • Physical demands:Ability to stand for extended periods and perform repetitive movements, reaching, bending, and careful handling of materials or equipment
  • Lifting and handling: Required to carry and lift up to30 pounds daily and push or pull up to 50 pounds daily
  • Specialized environments: May work around strong magnets, niche manufacturing equipment, human blood products, biological materials, vapor phase liquid nitrogen, or cryogenic materials
  • Schedule flexibility: Ability to work assigned shifts, weekends, holidays, and overtime as the need arises by the manufacturing schedule
  • Compliance expectations: Must follow all safety, contamination control, gowning, documentation, andcGMP requirements

Preferred Background

  • Cell therapy expertise: Priority experience incell therapy manufacturing
  • Manufacturing readiness: Experience supportingtechnology transfer and GMP clinical or commercial manufacturing operations
  • Training and coaching: Experience training or mentor team members in GMP processes
  • Quality systems support: Experience supporting deviation investigations,CAPAs, change controls, SOP revisions, or batch record improvements
  • Systems familiarity: Experience with paper and electronic batch records, manufacturing execution systems, inventory systems, or quality management systems
  • Decision-making: Proven ability to make timely decisions, manage competing priorities, and know when to intensify
  • Independence: Able to work with minimal direction while setting daily priorities for self and others


Ready to make an impact in sophisticated cell therapy manufacturing? Apply today and help lead the execution, quality, and teamwork that bring innovative therapies closer to patients.

The annual base pay (or hourly rate of compensation) for this position ranges from $XX to $XX. Our positions offer eligibility for various incentives—an opportunity to receive short-term incentive bonuses, equity-based awards for salaried roles and commissions for sales roles. Benefits offered include qualified retirement programs, paid time off (i.e., vacation, holiday, and leaves), as well as health, dental, and vision coverage in accordance with the terms of the applicable plans.

Date Posted

18-Jun-2026

Closing Date

24-Jun-2026

About AstraZeneca

AstraZeneca is a British-Swedish multinational pharmaceutical company that specializes in the research, development, and manufacturing of prescription drugs. The company was formed in 1999 through the merger of Astra AB and Zeneca Group plc. AstraZeneca's products are used to treat a wide range of medical conditions, including cancer, cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease, and diabetes. The company has operations in over 100 countries and employs more than 76,000 people worldwide. AstraZeneca is committed to developing innovative medicines that improve the health and well-being of people around the world.
Learn more about AstraZeneca
Size
83,100 employees
Market Cap
$211.5 billion
Industry
Net Income
$3.1 billion
Founded
1999
5 Year Trend
+10.2%
Revenue
$26.6 billion
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