Cellares

Cellares

Director, GMP Systems

South San Francisco, CA · Director

Sponsorship not specified$90k-$250kDetected 147 days ago
ValuationSupply ChainProcurementERPPerformance ManagementGMPLeadership

About the role

  • The role acts as a bridge between business execution and system delivery, bringing structure, governance, and clarity without slowing innovation.
  • Cell Shuttles will be deployed in Cellares' Smart Factories around the world to meet total patient demand for cell therapies at global scale.
  • Partnering with Cellares enables academics, biotechs, and pharma companies to accelerate drug development and scale out manufacturing, lower process failure rates, lower manufacturing costs, and meet global patient demand.

Responsibilities

  • Act as the primary systems partner to Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, Engineering, and Finance leadership
  • Ensure systems support operational execution, compliance, and unit economics
  • Support manufacturing readiness without over-engineering controls prematurely
  • Partner closely with the Integration Architecture & Data Foundation teams to ensure alignment with enterprise architecture and long-term data strategy.
  • Drive root cause resolution for cross-system issues (data, integration, configuration, or process)
  • Establish operational discipline for transports, releases, documentation, and validation support
  • Provide hands-on leadership to drive execution of critical GMP system initiatives
  • Provide day-to-day direction to system integrators and support partners
  • Partner with IT leadership and Procurement on vendor strategy and performance management

Compensation

  • $90k-$250k

Company info

  • We are seeking a Director, GMP Systems, who will be a hands-on technology and operations leader responsible for stabilizing, scaling, and continuously improving Cellares' GMP-critical digital backbone as the company transitions from clinical manufacturing to repeatable, audit-ready, pre-commercial operations.
  • This is a player-coach role.
  • The Director is expected to operate at both strategic and execution levels driving solution decisions, resolving cross-system issues, guiding configuration and data decisions, and directly intervening when necessary to stabilize critical initiatives.
  • Candidates should enjoy working in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment, and be prepared to tackle a broad selection of challenges as the company grows.

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