Job Details

Location: Houston, TX

Posted: October 29, 2025

Job Type: Full Time

Req# 2025-4950

Manufacturing

Position Summary

The Manager of Sterile Manufacturing ensures efficient, compliant production of sterile medications, leading operations from supply to release while maintaining regulatory standards. This role drives process improvements, mentors team members, and fosters collaboration to support Empower's mission of expanding access to quality, affordable medications.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Manages sterile manufacturing operations, including material processing, equipment sterilization, aseptic filtration, filling, and cleaning, while overseeing the injectable value stream from supply to release and ensuring compliance with Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and United States Pharmacopeia (USP) standards.
• Leads daily operations, monitors inventory with Supply Chain, prepares production reports, and drives cost, budgeting, and efficiency improvements through sound technical and management practices.
• Conducts deviation investigations, implements corrective actions, drives continuous process improvements, and collaborates with Quality Assurance, Quality Control, and Facilities to resolve manufacturing issues.
• Develops and ensures compliance with Standard Operating Procedures, trains teams on current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) and safety, and supports validation of processes and equipment.
• Mentors and evaluates team members, manages schedules, fosters a collaborative culture, and partners with leadership to address staffing needs and recruitment efforts.

While performing the responsibilities of the job, the employee is required to talk and hear. The employee is often required to remain in a stationary position for a significant amount of the workday and frequently use their hands and fingers to handle or feel in order to access, input, and retrieve information from the computer and other office productivity devices. The employee is regularly required to move about the office and around the corporate campus. The employee is regularly required to stand, walk, reach with arms and hands, climb or balance, and to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.

Knowledge and Skills

• Demonstrates strong understanding of aseptic pharmaceutical practices, FDA regulations, and cGMP, with the ability to work in an aseptic area and meet cleanroom qualification requirements, including daily gowning and media fill tests.
• Possesses in-depth technical expertise with equipment such as autoclaves, depyrogenation ovens, peristaltic pumps, and laminar airflow workbenches, along with proficiency in USP 797/800 standards and Microsoft Office 365.

Key Competencies

• Customer Focus: Ability to build strong customer relationships and deliver customer centric solutions.
• Optimizes Work Processes: Know the most effective and efficient processes to get things done, with a focus on continuous improvement.
• Collaborates: Builds partnerships and works collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.
• Resourcefulness: Secures and deploys resources effectively and efficiently.
• Manages Complexity: Makes sense of complex, high quality, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems.
• Ensures Accountability: Holds self and others accountable to meet commitments and objectives.
• Situational Adaptability: Adapts approach and demeanor in real time to match shifting demands of different situations.
• Communicates Effectively: Develops and delivers multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.

Values

• People: Our people define who we are as a company, and we believe that understanding and addressing the needs of our team, clients, and community is fundamental to fostering a culture of support and growth.
• Quality: Quality stands at the core of our mission, reflecting our commitment to excellence in every medication we produce.
• Service: We are here to serve others. Every interaction with our patients, providers, employees and other stakeholders comes from a place of service.
• Innovation: By continuously exploring new methodologies and embracing technology, we ensure that every solution we offer is at the forefront of pharmaceutical care.

Experience and Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of management/supervisory experience in an aseptic production environment is required.
• Bachelor of Science in Life Sciences or closely related discipline required.
• Demonstrated experience leveraging AI in daily work to drive efficiency, solve problems, and enhance decision-making-adept at integrating AI-powered solutions into all workflows.

Benefits

We offer comprehensive benefits to support your health, well-being, and future, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, 401(k) matching, wellness perks, IV therapy, and compounded medications. Learn more: