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Project Manager, Contract Manufacturing

Debut Biotech · San Diego, CA · On-site

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About Debut Biotech

Debut Biotech develops biotechnology-based beauty ingredients and formulations in a vertically integrated manner, beginning with AI-powered discovery and continuing through biosynthesis, biomanufacturing, downstream processing, and finished formulations. Backed by KdT Ventures.

About the role

Debut is the unconventional innovation lab spearheading the next generation of big business. Only Debut has a scalable, integrated, climate-positive creation model powered by biotechnology that puts human wellbeing at the center of everything we do, setting the new standard for profitable business and a new pace for an ever-changing world.

What they're looking for

  • Own the project lifecycle from technology transfer to contract manufacturing partners through final product delivery, serving as the primary point of accountability across sales, R&D, and CM partners
  • Own commercial and financial coordination with contract manufacturing partners, including preliminary and final production pricing, quote review, cost changes, rework costs, PO alignment, payment dependencies
  • Receive finalized formulations and technical packages from R&D and confirm production readiness with contract manufacturing partners
  • Lead technology transfer to contract manufacturers, including scale-up trials, process validation, and pilot batch approval
  • Manage the end-to-end CM relationship: partner selection and qualification, Minimum Order Quantity (MOQ), and lead-time negotiation, purchase orders, and production scheduling
  • Own Bill of Materials (BOM) documentation, version control, and raw material sourcing and traceability through manufacturing
More about this role

Debut is the unconventional innovation lab spearheading the next generation of big business. Only Debut has a scalable, integrated, climate-positive creation model powered by biotechnology that puts human wellbeing at the center of everything we do—setting the new standard for profitable business and a new pace for an ever-changing world. Our hybrid biotechnology approaches unlock latent markets, providing access to sustainably produced, natural ingredients with health benefits that cannot be obtained through other methods. We are committed to traversing the entire process, from ingredient discovery to the scaling of these products, for consumer markets. If you are passionate, enjoy fast-paced innovation and collaborative teams, then Debut is for you.

Summary

Debut is the unconventional innovation lab spearheading the next generation of big business. Only Debut has a scalable, integrated, climate-positive creation model powered by biotechnology that puts human wellbeing at the center of everything we do, setting the new standard for profitable business and a new pace for an ever-changing world. Our hybrid biotechnology approaches unlock latent markets, providing access to...

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