Manager Virus Production

Do you want to play a central and important role in Bavarian Nordic´s manufacturing strategy by setting directions and ensuring smooth daily operation in our production facility?

Do you want to be a part of a newly established facility where you can influence ways of working? Are you driven by quality and the desire to lead people on our transformative journey? And do you have the flair and curiosity to standardize and optimize the work along with your colleagues?

Then we have an exciting opportunity for you!

Boost our team

Our newly established Drug Substance Facility in Kvistgaard will soon start production ramp-up, and we therefore need to strengthen our leadership. As Production Manager, you will become a part of the vaccine production leadership team.

You will be reporting to the Senior Manager, Vaccine Production, and be part of a team with 4 managers where we will work closely together to create and maintain a world-class production with a clear focus ramp-up and continuous improvements.

As Production Manager, you will become responsible for the day-to-day shopfloor management of 15-20 operators. We rely upon your ability to navigate through changes and unpredictability; hence flexibility and a solution-oriented approach is key. Your tasks will include:

• Day-to-Day management
• Ensure successful ramp-up
• Identify and implement improvement potential
• Develop and maintain a high GMP compliance

As a part of the production leadership team, you will also support across the production area for other GMP-related tasks.

Are you our next Pioneer?

Our ideal new employee has experience with production planning and process flow and can tick off the following:

• Have demonstrated the ability to lead in a production environment
• Experience with GMP compliance or similar high-quality production
• Experience with biosafety (BSL) is preferable
• Proficiency in oral and written English and Danish
• 3-5 years of leadership experience in a production or production support function
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in engineering, chemistry, biotechnology, pharmaceutics, or similar

As a person, you are a positive and proactive team player, who is motivated by the dynamics which follow establishing our new facility. You have good communication and collaboration skills and thrive facing challenges and unpredictability you have a solution-oriented, curious, and can-do attitude.

Does this appeal to you?

We look forward to receiving your CV as soon as possible as we are interviewing on an ongoing basis and cannot wait to get to know you!  

Please contact Søren Friis, Senior Manager Virus at +45 21 36 81 91 if you have any questions concerning the position.