Senior Manager, Manufacturing Systems & Operations Readiness (Contractor) — Vaxcyte
NewCHF 83'500 - 126'500
Vaxcyte · Visp (VS)
- Location
- Visp
- Contract
- contract
- Posted
- Yesterday
SalaryCHF 83'500 - 126'500
Role overview
Join our Mission to Protect Humankind!
Vaxcyte is a clinical-stage vaccine innovation company engineering high-fidelity vaccines to protect humankind from the consequences of bacterial diseases, which have serious and costly health consequences when left unchecked.
Working to eradicate or treat bacterial infections such as invasive pneumococcal disease, Group A Strep, and Shigella is just the beginning.
- Join our Mission to Protect Humankind!
- Vaxcyte is a clinical-stage vaccine innovation company engineering high-fidelity vaccines to protect humankind from the consequences of bacterial diseases, which have serious and costly health consequences when left unchecked.
- Work Arrangement: (may be adjusted based on business needs, job responsibilities, or changes to company policy): Hybrid Expected Contract Length: 1 year
- We are an equal opportunity employer.
Main responsibilities
- Work Arrangement: (may be adjusted based on business needs, job responsibilities, or changes to company policy): Hybrid Expected Contract Length: 1 year
- We are an equal opportunity employer.
- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.
Company and context
- As Vaxcyte’s products progress toward late-stage development and commercialization, the Manufacturing organization requires robust digital tools, structured project tracking, and disciplined readiness oversight to support commercial launch preparation and routine GMP manufacturing.
- This position will support the Manufacturing organization by developing, maintaining, and driving Smartsheet-based trackers, dashboards, action logs, and gap-assessment tools that enable clear visibility into commercial readiness, documentation status, manufacturing campaign preparation, risks, dependencies, and cross-functional deliverables.
- Working closely across the Manufacturing team, MSAT, Process Development, Supply Chain, Quality, Regulatory, Project Management, Business Development, and multiple CDMOs/CMOs, this position will help establish structure, transparency, and governance across operational readiness activities.
- The role will be accountable for supporting readiness gap assessments, tracking closure of actions, consolidating input from stakeholders, monitoring document and campaign readiness, supporting organizational maturation, and preparing clear status updates for Manufacturing leadership.
- In addition, the role will provide direct support to the Head of Manufacturing with meeting administration, governance routines, team event coordination, and follow-up management.
- The ideal candidate will combine strong project tracking and digital tool capabilities, particularly Smartsheet, with an understanding of GMP manufacturing operations, commercial readiness, organizational effectiveness, and cross-functional collaboration in a biologics or vaccine manufacturing environment.
- This position will report to the Executive Director Manufacturing of Vaxcyte Switzerland. Ideal Candidate Profile:
- The ideal candidate is a highly structured manufacturing systems and operations enablement professional with experience in GMP biotech or pharma environments, preferably biologics, vaccines, or external manufacturing.
- This person does not need to be a deep technical manufacturing expert, but must understand manufacturing operations, documentation, campaign readiness, and CMO/CDMO interfaces well enough to create clarity, structure, visibility, and follow-through across complex cross-functional work.
- The strongest candidate will be highly skilled in Smartsheet and digital project tracking, able to build dashboards, trackers, action logs, readiness heatmaps, and reporting tools that translate complex information into clear management visibility.
Additional details
- MODEL EXCELLENCE: The magnitude of our challenge requires our shared commitment to demonstrating integrity, accountability, equality and clarity across communications and decision making.
- This position will report to the Executive Director Manufacturing of Vaxcyte Switzerland.
- They will serve as an operational backbone for the Manufacturing organization by bringing digital discipline, governance, operating rhythm, meeting discipline, and proactive support to the Head of Manufacturing while helping the function mature its systems, routines, and ways of working. Essential Functions:
- Ensure tracking tools support compliance with GMP expectations, quality requirements, safety expectations, and relevant internal governance standards.
- Experience coordinating workshops, governance meetings, offsites, team events, or operating model improvements in a growing organization. Reports to: Executive Director, Operations Location: Visp, Switzerland
- Work Arrangement: (may be adjusted based on business needs, job responsibilities, or changes to company policy): Expected Contract Length: 1 year
Notes and original content
- Ideal Candidate
- They will serve as an operational backbone for the Manufacturing organization by bringing digital discipline, governance, operating rhythm, meeting discipline, and proactive support to the Head of Manufacturing while helping the function mature its systems, routines, and ways of working.
- Essential Functions:
- Requirements:
- Experience coordinating workshops, governance meetings, offsites, team events, or operating model improvements in a growing organization.
- Reports to: Executive Director, Operations
- Location: Visp, Switzerland
- Work Arrangement: (may be adjusted based on business needs, job responsibilities, or changes to company policy):
- Expected Contract Length: 1 year
