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About the Role

Panther Life Sciences is seeking an Associate Director of Manufacturing to build and lead the internal manufacturing operation supporting the commercialization of our SmartPatch platform. This is a rare opportunity to take a novel product platform from pilot scale manufacturing into true commercial production and help define how it will be manufactured at scale.

Responsibilities

Lead Panther’s internal commercial manufacturing operations in Pittsburgh, with accountability for production output, quality, yield, cost, and delivery.
Own the transition of products and processes from pilot and pivotal scale into repeatable, scalable commercial production.
Lead technology transfer in partnership with Formulation and Process Engineering and establish the processes required for successful commercial manufacturing.
Build, lead, and develop the manufacturing team, managing 2+ technicians and growing the organization as production expands.
Own production planning and scheduling to meet commercial and clinical demand as volumes scale to hundreds of thousands and ultimately millions of units.
Oversee daily manufacturing operations, including equipment readiness, maintenance, troubleshooting, and production continuity.
Establish and track key manufacturing metrics, including throughput, yield, quality, downtime, cost, and on time delivery.
Identify bottlenecks and drive improvements in automation, throughput, reliability, quality, and efficiency.
Manage the local supply chain supporting production, including raw materials, components, inventory, packaging, logistics, and fulfillment.
Partner closely with Quality, Regulatory, Process Engineering, Formulation, and Manufacturing Operations to ensure manufacturing readiness and compliance.
Support manufacturing budgets, forecasting, capacity planning, headcount planning, and longer term capital requirements.
Help build the systems, processes, and operating discipline required to scale Panther’s internal manufacturing organization.

Requirements

Experience leading manufacturing operations within cosmetics, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, or another regulated manufacturing environment.
Demonstrated experience taking a product or manufacturing process from pilot or R&D scale through commercial production.
Experience managing commercial production at significant volume, ideally hundreds of thousands of units per quarter or greater.
Experience directly managing a manufacturing team.
Demonstrated ownership of manufacturing performance, including output, throughput, yield, quality, cost, and production schedules.
Experience with technology transfer, manufacturing scale up, and new product or production line introduction.
Experience managing or working closely with supply chain, inventory, logistics, and fulfillment.
Strong operational and financial acumen, including production planning, capacity planning, budgeting, and forecasting.
Experience working within a digital QMS and regulated quality environment.
Strong leadership, attention to detail, adaptability, decisiveness, and accountability.
Direct involvement taking a cosmetic or medical device product from R&D through commercial manufacturing.
Proven success managing internal production at volumes reaching hundreds of thousands or millions of units.
Track record of building a new manufacturing operation, production line, or team.
Demonstrated ability to scale manual or semi automated processes into high throughput automated production.
Familiarity with microdispensing, nanodispensing, precision liquid dispensing, or similar manufacturing technologies.
Leadership of managers or larger manufacturing organizations.
Background supporting clinical manufacturing alongside commercial production.

Skills

Manufacturing Operations
Technology Transfer
Process Engineering
Production Planning
Supply Chain Management
Quality Management
Regulatory Compliance
Budgeting
Forecasting
Capacity Planning
Automation
Microdispensing
Nanodispensing
Precision Liquid Dispensing

Location

Pittsburgh

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Senior Manager
Associate Director

Benefits

Equity in the form of Stock Options
Robust Health Insurance includes Medical, Dental, Vision
Life, AD&D, and Short-Term Disability Insurance
In-person company events
Fully-stock kitchen
In-office lunch twice a week
Working with a world-class team in technology and healthcare on the most innovative solutions
Paid time off and Paid Company Holidays.

About the Company

With its intradermal SmartPatch™, Panther has unlocked the healing powers of the skin by precisely delivering and activating local and systemic treatments where they can be most effective.
Panther is targeting economically attractive markets of increasing clinical and regulatory difficulty, starting with efficacious Cosmetics and Medical Aesthetics, and later, Therapeutics.
Panther’s AI-based platform accelerates product development and personalizes treatment and care, resulting in compelling provider and consumer user experiences.
Panther’s platform, significant IP portfolio and advantaged regulatory strategy provide a defensible moat.
Panther is launching initial products beginning in 2027.
Panther is led and supported by successful serial entrepreneurs and advised by leading medical professionals.

Equal Opportunity

Panther Life Sciences is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace.
We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, pregnancy, marital or partnership status, age, national origin, citizenship, veteran or military status, disability, medical condition, genetic information, caregiver status, or any other characteristic protected by law.