Production manager, DSP - Biovian Oy - Åbo, Finland

3PBIOVIAN is a CDMO company offering comprehensive services to biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies, from early drug development stages to finished products. Our Turku location employs a total of 150 top professionals whose expertise enables our clients' innovative visions to become future medicines, from initial ideas to finished products. Join us as a Production Team Supervisor Do you want to lead a team of top professionals and be involved in bringing biological medicines from concept to production? We are seeking a Manager for our production and development team, whose core expertise is in the purification of recombinant proteins and virus vectors. The team handles downstream processes for client projects, where biological drugs are purified using chromatographic methods. The current purification team is divided into two parallel teams, and you will work closely with the current team leader. As a Manager, you will oversee daily team operations and work arrangements. You will play a key role in ensuring smooth department operations and resolving daily issues. You will participate as an expert based on your previous experience and be responsible for developing department functions and processes. Your duties include writing and reviewing work instructions, plans, and reports for downstream processes, and as GMP process owner, ensuring GMP compliance. Inspection and investigation of finished batches are essential parts of your work. You will collaborate closely with other production teams, the quality department, and project operations, and may participate in customer meetings related to your area of responsibility. To succeed in this role, we expect: - Leadership skills and experience in supervisory roles. - Understanding of the pharmaceutical industry, with experience in recombinant protein and/or virus vector purification and GMP-compliant work. Your educational background may be in biochemistry, chemistry, or biotechnology. - A proactive, diligent, persistent, organized work style with effective problem-solving skills. - Ability to organize process schedules for your team and ensure project timelines are met. - Flexibility and resilience to change, maintaining operational capacity in rapidly changing situations. - Excellent communication and teamwork skills. - Proficiency in Finnish and English, both spoken and written. We offer: - An international company providing insight into the development and contract manufacturing of biological medicines. - A top expert team that solves problems collaboratively. - A workplace where everyone’s voice is heard. - Interesting and responsible tasks related to key production processes. - Comprehensive onboarding to different department functions, as well as training and coaching in leadership. - A comfortable working environment and good employee benefits, including extensive health care, health insurance, and wellness and sports benefits. The position is permanent, primarily based in Turku, Kupittaa. Join us in working on the future of biological medicines and turning ideas into products!