Overview
Manufacturing Manager Jobs in Singapore, Singapore at Mesoblast Limited
Title: Manufacturing Manager
Company: Mesoblast Limited
Location: Singapore, Singapore
Manufacturing Manager, External Manufacturing
Singapore | Global Biotechnology Organisation
Join our Singapore team in a hands-on manufacturing leadership role with strategic oversight of CMO performance, quality, timelines, and operational risk. You’ll stay close to day-to-day execution while shaping how external manufacturing is planned, delivered, escalated, and improved across internal teams and Contract Manufacturing Organisations (CMOs).
What you’ll be doing
- Provide hands-on oversight of day-to-day manufacturing operations with CMO partners, ensuring execution stays aligned to quality, supply, and business priorities
- Troubleshoot process issues with engineers and cross-functional teams while identifying broader trends, risks, and opportunities for improvement
- Ensure compliance with GMP, quality, and regulatory requirements
- Lead or support deviations, investigations (OOS), CAPAs, and change control activities with a focus on timely, practical, and compliant resolution
- Contribute to technology transfer, process improvements, and CMO performance initiatives that strengthen manufacturing delivery overtime
- Partner with internal stakeholders across Quality, Supply Chain, and Engineering
- Monitor timelines, track progress, anticipate operational risks, and escalate issues with clear recommendations and ownership
What we’re looking for
- Degree in Biotechnology, Chemical Engineering, Pharmaceutical Science, or a related technical discipline
- 7+ years’ experience in pharma or biotech manufacturing, ideally with direct exposure to external manufacturing, biologics, drug substance, or drug product operations
- Strong working knowledge of GMP, regulated manufacturing environments, deviation investigations, CAPAs, change control, and quality systems
- Experience partnering with CMOs or external manufacturing partners, with confidence influencing outcomes without direct line authority
- A hands-on operator who can troubleshoot technical and operational issues while also identifying trends, risks, and improvement opportunities
- Clear communicator with strong ownership, judgement, and the ability to align Quality, Supply Chain, Engineering, and external partners around practical solutions
- Ability to operate in the detail while thinking strategically about manufacturing performance, partner management, supply reliability, and long-term operational outcomes
Additional requirement
Incumbent is expected to attend CMO site out of hours approximately once per week on average, depending on operational needs
Why join us?
- Take on a visible manufacturing role where your decisions directly influence CMO performance, supply continuity, quality outcomes, and patientimpact
- Work at the intersection of hands-on execution and strategic oversight, helping shape how external manufacturing is planned, managed, andimproved
- Gain exposure to global biotech manufacturing, technology transfer, cross-functional problem solving, and complex regulated operations
- Join a collaborative team where strong technical judgement, ownership, and practical leadership are valued and supported
