Senior Associate, Cell Therapy Manufacturing
Vericel Corporation
August 14, 2026
On-site
Burlington, MA
Operations
Position Summary
- Responsible for executing process steps to manufacture commercial cell therapy products meeting internal and regulatory requirements.
Responsibilities
- Perform manufacturing procedures in a clean room in accordance with SOPs, cGMPs, and safety regulations.
- Perform aseptic manipulations of cell culture operations.
- Make cell-culture decisions based on observations and written guidelines.
- Document all operations in Electronic Batch Records and log sheets per cGMPs and SOPs.
- Maintain inspection-ready controlled manufacturing areas; sanitize clean-room equipment.
- Record equipment/facility metrology data; report out-of-specification readings.
- Organize small groups/teams to deliver initiatives and projects.
- Manage time and collaborate to meet daily Manufacturing Team tasks.
- Work with rapport across the team; accept feedback/coaching.
- Support team leads through collaboration and leadership.
- Practice safe work habits.
- Assist with reviewing/revising SOPs and electronic records.
- Identify/report deviations; lead GEMBA interviews; contribute to deviation investigations.
- Be fully qualified in MACI or Epicel; cross-train and qualify in at least 5 core competencies (e.g., 3T3, Media Prep, D365 ERP, TrackWise, Veeva).
- Maintain Qualified Trainer status for at least 3 operations.
- Serve as a technical resource; investigate manufacturing issues.
- Collaborate with Production Planners on schedule accuracy.
- Communicate patient lot status with Customer Care.
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s+ (Life Sciences or related) or equivalent: 3+ years Vericel operations (internal) or 4+ years in a cGMP biotech/pharma environment.
- HS Diploma/GED: 4+ years Vericel operations (internal) or 5+ years in a cGMP biotech/pharma environment.
- Excellent written and verbal communication.
- Microsoft Office suite experience.
Preferred Qualifications
- Biotechnology certificate with hands-on laboratory courses.
- Experience in small scale tissue culture processing.
- Experience in regulated environments frequently audited by agencies (e.g., FDA, ISO).
- Responsible for executing process steps to manufacture commercial cell therapy products meeting internal and regulatory requirements.
Responsibilities
- Perform manufacturing procedures in a clean room in accordance with SOPs, cGMPs, and safety regulations.
- Perform aseptic manipulations of cell culture operations.
- Make cell-culture decisions based on observations and written guidelines.
- Document all operations in Electronic Batch Records and log sheets per cGMPs and SOPs.
- Maintain inspection-ready controlled manufacturing areas; sanitize clean-room equipment.
- Record equipment/facility metrology data; report out-of-specification readings.
- Organize small groups/teams to deliver initiatives and projects.
- Manage time and collaborate to meet daily Manufacturing Team tasks.
- Work with rapport across the team; accept feedback/coaching.
- Support team leads through collaboration and leadership.
- Practice safe work habits.
- Assist with reviewing/revising SOPs and electronic records.
- Identify/report deviations; lead GEMBA interviews; contribute to deviation investigations.
- Be fully qualified in MACI or Epicel; cross-train and qualify in at least 5 core competencies (e.g., 3T3, Media Prep, D365 ERP, TrackWise, Veeva).
- Maintain Qualified Trainer status for at least 3 operations.
- Serve as a technical resource; investigate manufacturing issues.
- Collaborate with Production Planners on schedule accuracy.
- Communicate patient lot status with Customer Care.
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s+ (Life Sciences or related) or equivalent: 3+ years Vericel operations (internal) or 4+ years in a cGMP biotech/pharma environment.
- HS Diploma/GED: 4+ years Vericel operations (internal) or 5+ years in a cGMP biotech/pharma environment.
- Excellent written and verbal communication.
- Microsoft Office suite experience.
Preferred Qualifications
- Biotechnology certificate with hands-on laboratory courses.
- Experience in small scale tissue culture processing.
- Experience in regulated environments frequently audited by agencies (e.g., FDA, ISO).