Senior Manager, Manufacturing Operations

About the company

Oath is a leading microbial sciences company that utilizes natural soil biology to offer innovative solutions to critical planetary challenges—the climate crisis and the shift to sustainable agriculture. The company's solution has moved beyond the lab into real-world deployment, improving farmer livelihoods with teams in Rwanda, Europe, the United States, and expanding. Joining Oath means becoming part of a collaborative network that prioritizes high-quality scientific work alongside trained scientists, talented commercial teams, and a broad partner ecosystem designed to foster growth and capability development.

About the role

The Senior Manager, Manufacturing Operations will help build and operationalize the systems, processes, and standards required to scale Oath’s manufacturing activities. This role involves collaboration across internal teams (production, quality, supply chain, regulatory, and technical) and external vendors to ensure processes are well-documented, controlled, and reliably executed across manufacturing partners.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain manufacturing SOPs, work instructions, specifications, and process documentation.
• Establish and maintain product and raw material specifications and associated documentation.
• Coordinate preparation and maintenance of SDSs, COAs, COCs, batch records, and release documentation.
• Support QC and batch release processes, ensuring required testing and documentation are completed prior to release.
• Drive manufacturing change control and process change management.
• Coordinate activities across manufacturing, quality, regulatory, supply chain, shipping, and planning.
• Support technology transfer and operational readiness with external manufacturing partners and CDMOs.
• Establish, track, and report manufacturing KPIs, including yield, success rate, quality, throughput, and operational performance.
• Identify operational gaps and implement systems and processes that improve manufacturing reliability and scalability.
• Audit Oath vendors for compliance with process and procedures.

Requirements

• BS or MS in biotechnology, biochemical engineering, chemical engineering, microbiology, or a related discipline.
• 7+ years of experience in biotechnology, biomanufacturing, fermentation, or a related manufacturing environment.
• Strong experience with manufacturing documentation, SOPs, specifications, and controlled processes.
• Experience working across manufacturing, quality, supply chain, and technical organizations.
• Experience working with external manufacturers or CDMOs is a plus.
• Familiarity with GoogleSuite, Excel, Slack, and similar tools is a plus.

Location & Schedule

Hybrid role with regular presence at Oath’s Vacaville, California site. Ability to travel 20% of the time (Europe & Africa).

Pay

$140,000 - $160,000/year + equity

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Stock options

At this time, Oath, Inc. is not able to provide visa sponsorship or work authorization support.