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This role owns real-time coordination of active courier runs and carries full, on-the-spot decision-making authority during disruptions - trusted to rebook travel and redirect couriers in the moment to keep product moving toward the treatment center as fast as possible - along with chain-of-custody documentation and vein-to-vein KPI tracking, and partners closely with internal stakeholders and external donor and recipient organizations. As part of a cross-trained team, the Specialist also serves as backup coverage for packaging operations during surge periods. The ideal candidate is proactive, solutions-oriented, and able to work independently in a fast-paced environment, with strong attention to detail, a sense of urgency, and the ability to troubleshoot issues in real time.\nNight Shift Hours Worked:\n6:00pm to 6:30am or\n6:30pm to 7:00am\nWork Week Schedule:\nSunday, Monday, Tuesday + every other Wednesday or\nThursday, Friday, Saturday + every other Wednesday\nPhysical Demands & Work Conditions\nProduction Associates: Must have visual acuity of 20/20 (corrected or uncorrected) and normal color vision to safely perform critical tasks such as visual inspection of materials, equipment, and labeling, including distinguishing color-coded components in a GMP environment.\nMust meet cleanroom gowning requirements, including wearing full gowning (face coverings, gloves, hoods, goggles) for up to 3 consecutive hours at a time, minimal movement in the cleanroom, and working with or around human blood, blood-derived materials, cells, other biological materials, and alcohol-based sprays. Use of cosmetics (makeup, painted nails), jewelry, or facial piercings is not permitted in the cleanroom, and any skin conditions that cause shedding must be disclosed.\nMust be comfortable regularly participating in video-based meetings.\nEssential Duties & Key Responsibilities:\nReal-Time Transport Monitoring\nProvide live tracking of courier flights throughout active runs.\nServe as the point person for monitoring incoming weather systems for the upcoming week or so, flagging potential impacts early and planning effectively to keep runs on schedule, in addition to tracking real-time weather and emergency events that may affect active transport.\nMaintain daily communication with Orca Porters during active runs.\nActively monitor shipments and resolve delays or issues in real time.\nParticipate in on-call coverage during active courier transports to handle non-routine issues.\nManage up to 8 concurrent incoming and outbound transports at a time, seeing every issue that arises across them through to resolution.\nDisruption & Incident Response\nServe as the trusted, in-the-moment decision-maker when a disruption hits: you are fully empowered to independently rebook flights, hotels, and ground transport, re-route the courier, and take whatever action gets the courier and product to the treatment center as fast as possible, without waiting on sign-off.\nRebook delayed flights and hotels, and re-issue itineraries and TSA letters as travel plans change.\nAssess the impact of flight delays on batch and delivery timelines, including triage with manufacturing and scheduling.\nManage third-party delays and issues routed through the courier, and negotiate third-party itineraries.\nLead courier incident management (personnel), clean up incident paperwork, and follow up with TSA and couriers on potential and actual changes.\nCommunicate changes urgently and professionally to all impacted stakeholders.\nChain of Custody, Data & KPIs\nUpload chain-of-custody (CoC) and third-party records; verify temperature data; and track the return of materials.\nUpdate delivery times in OrcaLink and capture vein-to-vein (V2V) times for KPI reporting.\nEnsure all documentation and compliance requirements for pickups and deliveries are met.\nCourier Program & Vendor Coordination\nSchedule couriers for donor cell pickups and deliveries, and coordinate outbound drug product shipments to recipient sites.\nManage flight and travel logistics for couriers, liaising with airlines and travel providers.\nLead third-party courier implementation and troubleshoot transportation issues as they arise.\nReview and approve courier invoices, and track and optimize courier performance.\nConduct commercial site feasibility assessments for new and existing treatment centers, and support dry-run paperwork.\nPartner with clinical schedulers and commercial case managers to troubleshoot and triage non- routine issues during transports.\nCross-Coverage & Continuous Improvement\nServe as cross-trained backup for night packaging operations during surge or coverage gaps, covering coordination-adjacent, non-aseptic tasks: Credo and dry-shipper charging and preparation, asset checkout and batch assignment in TrakSYS, final packing/handover and CoC, shipping-condition confirmation, temperature-data upload, and asset recirculation.\nContinuously evaluate and improve logistics workflows to support operational scalability.\nContribute to training materials and ensure the courier team remains compliant and current.\nAssist with additional logistics and operations-related projects as needed.\nMinimum Experience, Education, Certifications, Licenses:\nBachelor's degree and 2-3 years of relevant logistics experience required. 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