M3M3 — Senior Manager
Manufacturing Manager (Mid-Level)
Manages one full production area or multiple supervisors. Develops production plans and resource allocation.
What this level means
Leads multiple teams or a sub-function; sets goals and owns cross-team execution.
- Scope
- Multiple teams or a sub-function
- Autonomy
- Sets goals within functional strategy
- Complexity
- Multi-team execution and resourcing trade-offs
- Impact
- Sub-function outcomes
- Decision rights
- Owns goals, budget input, and people decisions across teams
- Leadership
- Manages managers and/or several teams
- Typical experience
- 8–12 yrs
What you'd do
- Collaborate with Quality and Engineering to meet metrics
- Responsible for department-level KPIs
- Manage budgets for operations and maintenance
- Develop production plans
- Allocate resources effectively
- Develop and manage production plans
- Coordinate with QA and Engineering
- Manage departmental budgets
Skills, knowledge & tools
- KPI management
- Budgeting
- Resource allocation
- Cross-department collaboration
- Analytical skills
- Production planning
- Budget management
- KPI analysis
- Resource management
- Biopharmaceutical compliance
- Analytical thinking
- Multi-tasking
- Coordination across teams
- Budget management
- Resource planning
What good looks like
- ~8–10 years experience
- Experience interfacing with QA
Common titles
Manufacturing Manager
Where it sits & what it pays
O*NET / SOC: 13-0000 — Business & Financial Operations Occupations(inferred · under review)
Market-pay benchmarks for this family × level are coming — JobFrame anchors pay to the family/level structure rather than the raw title.