Manager, Facilities & Engineering
TLDR
Lead operational strategies for facilities and engineering, ensuring site readiness, safety, and efficiency while driving continuous improvement across two locations.
About the role
As the Manager of Facilities & Engineering and Site Operations Lead for the Cambridge site, you will serve as a site Facilities and Engineering leader responsible for driving strategic facility, asset, and site wide operational programs across two locations. You will provide clear direction, influence decisions, and ensure that all facilities, engineering, and teams work cohesively to support day-to-day operations and corporate objectives.
In partnership with the Facilities and Engineering leadership, you will translate organizational priorities into actionable plans, communicate expectations clearly to stakeholders, and cultivate a high trust, high performance environment. This role requires a leader who is proactive, systems minded, and able to align cross functional teams and external partners around shared goals.
What you’ll do
Operational Leadership
- Lead the development and execution of facility, equipment, and operational strategies that advance site readiness, reliability, safety, compliance, and efficiency.
- Drive short and long range planning for the site’s assets, capital improvements, the maintenance/calibration program, and operational continuity.
- Oversee implementation and continuous improvement of programs covering the management of facilities, equipment maintenance and calibration, building systems and utilities, and project management and execution.
- Lead the development and execution of Facilities and Engineering initiatives to support scientific objectives and corporate strategies.
- Participate with leadership in the development of site Facilities and Engineering budgets, and management of established budgets.
Communication and Execution
- Manage day to day operations for both facilities, ensuring that work is properly prioritized and performed in accordance with business, safety, and quality requirements.
- Establish and monitor operational metrics, customer service standards, and performance indicators to promote transparency and continuous improvement.
- Act as the primary point of contact for site Facilities and Engineering, ensuring clear, timely, and solution oriented and transparent communication.
- Collaborate on contract negotiations, vendor selection, and provide vendor oversight to ensure operational reliability and cost effective, compliant service delivery.
- Collaborate with other operations functions within Sana (Site Lead, IT, Procurement, Facilities & Engineering, People, Legal) to drive solutions for Cambridge site needs.
- Build strong relationships with internal partners, external vendors, and contractors to ensure business and quality requirements are fulfilled.
- Partner with Environmental Health and Safety and Business Leaders to support emergency response plans and events.
- Facilitate site wide messaging around operational changes, space planning, project impacts, and service disruptions.
- Oversee facility and equipment service contract administration, planning and scheduling, and procurement of parts, tools, and equipment.
What we’re looking for
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field.
- 7+ years of experience leading facilities, engineering, or lab operations in biotechnology or related industries.
- Demonstrated ability to influence stakeholders, and lead through change in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
- Exceptional communication skills—able to simplify complex operational problems to drive clarity and align diverse audiences around shared objectives.
- Proven ability to manage competing priorities while maintaining strong partnerships across scientific, operational, quality, and business teams.
- Deep understanding of facility and utility systems (HVAC, gases, DI water, electrical, etc.), and asset lifecycle management in GxP environments.
- Sound judgment and troubleshooting skills and the capacity to resolve diverse problems effectively and in alignment with business needs
- Experience managing preventive maintenance and calibration programs, capital projects, vendor relationships, and cross‑site operational systems.
- Strong analytical and problem‑solving capabilities, with the ability to provide fit for purpose solutions.
- Embodies Sana’s core values: Lead from every seat, Thrive as a team, Make it happen.
- Demonstrates sound judgment, proactive thinking, and a commitment to a safe, compliant, and collaborative workplace.
What you should know
- The base pay range for this position at commencement of employment is expected to be between $140,000 and $160,000/year; however, base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience
How we work together for patients
- Lead from every seat – we seek to understand, act with honesty, and engage in the crucial conversations
- Thrive as a team – we hire amazing people, are intensely curious, and cultivate inclusion and personal connectivity
- Make it happen – we value vigorous debate, alignment around our decisions, and resilient execution
Get to know us
At Sana, we believe that a workforce with varied backgrounds strengthens us as a company and helps us to achieve our mission to meaningfully change the outcome of many human diseases. This belief is a pillar of our business and is critical to our success. Our goal is that Sana is the place for talented people to bring their authentic selves to work, to have a great career and to deeply, positively impact patients.
Core to our values, we believe there is nothing more important than the health and wellness of you and your family. For benefit eligible employees, we cover a generous portion of the cost for employee health coverage, making high-quality care more accessible and affordable. We offer ample time-off (various paid time off benefits, such as holidays, vacation, sick time, and parental leave), short- and long-term disability, employer paid basic life insurance, additional voluntary life insurance protection, financial wellness programs including financial planning resources, a 401(k) Plan with an immediately vested employer match, Tuition Reimbursement and Student Loan Repayment, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, commuter subsidy and a variety of wellness offerings to support each person individually. For more details on our benefits, visit Sana’s Benefits Portal.
We are committed to providing a workplace free of discrimination and harassment based on race, color, religion, age, gender, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental or sensory disability (including the use of a trained guide dog or service animal by a person with a disability), genetic information, actual or perceived HIV or Hepatitis C infection, medical condition (cancer or a record or history of cancer and genetic characteristics), marital status, sexual orientation, sexual preference, pregnancy (including childbirth and related medical conditions), disability, veteran status, political ideology, social class (including caste/caste identity), taking or requesting statutorily protected leave, status as a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.
To perform this job successfully, you must be able to perform each job responsibility satisfactorily. The job description listed above is representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required for this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions described above.
Sana Biotechnology develops engineered cells as medicines, focusing on innovative therapies for type 1 diabetes, autoimmune diseases, and oncology. Our work is centered around using cutting-edge cell and gene therapies to transform the treatment landscape for these conditions.