Associate Director, MSAT Downstream

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.

Job Summary

This position is responsible for managing a medium group/ multiple subordinate groups and professionals whose major responsibility is process transfer and support; this management includes providing employee guidance and advising on Lonza policy and procedures, authoring / revising MSAT SOPs and policies, promoting global MSAT interactions and mediating conflicts, providing technical input and guiding company strategy, prioritizing work and assisting in establishing long term group direction and objectives.

What you will get

• Competitive salary and performance-based bonuses

• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance

• Retirement savings plans with company match

• Opportunities for professional development and career growth

• Supportive and inclusive work environment

• Flexible working arrangements where applicable

• Employee recognition programs

What you will do

• The Associate Director, MSAT Downstream, is a senior leader responsible for managing a medium-sized team or multiple sub-groups within the MSAT function. This role provides strategic direction, technical oversight, and operational leadership to ensure successful process transfers, robust manufacturing support, and alignment with regulatory and business objectives. The Associate Director plays a key role in talent development, cross-functional collaboration, and customer engagement.

• Team & Organizational Leadership: Leads and develops a medium-sized team or multiple MSAT sub-groups, ensuring safe, timely, and high-quality execution of work. Coaches and mentors team members, supports succession planning, and fosters a culture of accountability, safety, and continuous improvement. Oversees resource planning, recruitment, and team development to meet evolving business needs.

• Technical & Strategic Leadership: Provides expert guidance on complex technical issues, including process changes, deviations, and new technology assessments. Leads cross-functional teams in implementing innovative solutions and supports regulatory documentation and inspections. Contributes departmental strategy and helps shape long-term direction through technical and business insight.

•  Customer & Cross-Functional Engagement: Independently leads customer interactions at IPT, JPT, JTT, and JSC levels, including ad hoc and emergency discussions. Proactively seeks customer feedback and drives alignment on strategic and technical objectives. Collaborates closely with Quality, Regulatory, Engineering, and Manufacturing to ensure seamless execution of shared goals.

• Operational & Budgetary Oversight: Develops and manages departmental budgets and capital expenditures. Defines and delivers scope of work (SOW) and ensures alignment with business priorities.

• Training & Compliance: Ensures full compliance with cGMP and training requirements.  Monitors team training status and support the development of training materials and programs.  

• Change & Lean Leadership: Drives change initiatives and continuous improvement across the department. Promotes Lean principles and leads efforts to enhance operational efficiency and team performance.

What we are looking for

• 10+ years of experience with a Bachelor’s Degree, 8 years with Master’s, 7 years with PhD with in depth knowledge of large-scale manufacturing, current Good Manufacturing Practices and US/EU regulations and intermediate knowledge of statistical data analysis

• Advanced knowledge of protein structure, scale up, chromatography, UF/DF and virus filtration

• Capable of independent problem solving of at least 99% of all process technical issues

• Recognized as technical expert across department/asset/network

• Ability to present overviews of process technology to internal/external/network and industry

• Demonstrates leadership by mentoring peers and managing teams, driving cross-functional collaboration, and contributing to strategic decision-making in support of continuous improvement and operational excellence

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.