Senior Manager Manufacturing Technologies

<p>At Bavarian Nordic, we are committed to saving and improving lives by unlocking the power of the immune system. Our commercial product portfolio includes market-leading vaccines against smallpox, mpox, rabies, tick-borne encephalitis, typhoid fever, cholera, and chikungunya. We excel in R&amp;D innovation, manufacturing, and commercialization, striving to improve health and quality of life for people worldwide, protecting our tomorrow. Join us in our mission to make a difference.</p><p></p><p><b>The role</b><br />We are looking for a Senior Manager for Manufacturing Technologies in our MSAT organization in Kvistgaard who has experience with team management and improvement of core manufacturing technologies. Overall, the role will focus on ensuring standardization and continuously improving our manufacturing technologies, so we have a robust, compliant, and scalable production.</p><p><br />As Senior Manager for the Manufacturing Technology team, you will lead a team of five senior scientific experts and establish Manufacturing Technologies as a center of excellence for core manufacturing capabilities. Your role is to ensure that our manufacturing processes are robust, scalable, inspection‑ready, and futureproof.</p><p><br /><b>Key responsibilities</b><br /> </p><ul><li><p>Define and own technical strategies and standards for critical manufacturing technologies, including:</p><ul><li><p>Particle control strategies</p></li><li><p>Starting materials (e.g. plasmids, cell banks, raw material control)</p></li><li><p>Cleaning validation</p></li><li><p>Filter validation</p></li><li><p>Downstream process optimization<br /> </p></li></ul></li><li><p>Establish Manufacturing Technologies as the go‑to authority for complex manufacturing challenges</p></li><li><p>Support manufacturing sites with scientific problem solving, investigations, and continuous improvement</p></li><li><p>Drive standardization and platform thinking across products and sites</p></li><li><p>Act as a key interface between Manufacturing, Process Development, Quality, and external partners</p></li><li><p>Contribute to tech transfers, scale‑up, lifecycle management, and regulatory readiness</p></li></ul><p></p><p>This is a leadership role with strategic influence — combined with hands‑on operations.<br /><br /><b>What you bring</b><br />You are a confident people leader with a strong scientific mindset, capable of setting direction, developing experienced specialists, and driving impact in a regulated manufacturing environment. Besides this, you also bring<br /> </p><ul><li><p>Solid experience from GMP manufacturing within the pharmaceutical or biopharmaceutical industry, supported by a strong quality and regulatory mindset</p></li><li><p>A conceptual and abstract thinker who enjoys developing platform solutions and sustainable improvements across manufacturing technologies</p></li><li><p>Strong communication and stakeholder‑management skills, with regulatory understanding across areas such as starting materials, filter and cleaning validation, and manufacturing process changes</p></li><li><p>Full proficiency in English is required – Danish is a plus.</p></li></ul><p><br /><b>Why this role</b><br />This is a unique opportunity to step into a hands‑on leadership role at the heart of manufacturing excellence. You won’t be managing from a distance — you’ll be actively involved in shaping technical strategies, solving complex manufacturing challenges, and working closely with your team and key stakeholders to make things happen. The role offers broad visibility and real influence, allowing you to leave a lasting mark on how manufacturing technologies are developed, standardized, and scaled — today and for the future.</p><p></p><p><b>Application</b><br />If you are ready to take on a pivotal role in a growing organization and drive meaningful change in healthcare especially in the vaccine business environment, apply now and join Bavarian Nordic in our mission to improve health outcomes and foster sustainable growth.</p><p></p><p>Please note that for this position, we do not support any relocation packages.</p><p></p><p>We kindly request that headhunters or recruitment agencies refrain from contacting us regarding this position.</p><p></p><p><i>Founded in 1994, we have &#43;30 years of experience developing life-saving vaccines. We are a global leader in smallpox and mpox vaccines. Our commercial product portfolio contains market-leading vaccines against rabies, tick-borne encephalitis, cholera, typhoid, and Ebola. We are headquartered in Denmark and have manufacturing, research, and sales offices across Europe and North America. Our values – our Bavarian Nordic DNA, as we like to call it – are what guide our actions every day. We act as persistent pioneers, embrace change, value being boosted by the team, and believe in protecting lives every day. If that is also a part of your DNA, we invite you to join us at Bavarian Nordic! Bavarian Nordic is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applications will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status</i>.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.bavarian-nordic.com/" target="_blank"><i>www.bavarian-nordic.com</i></a></p><p></p><p>#LI-CK1</p>