Lonza operates one of the largest Western contract development and manufacturing organizations (CDMO) for pharmaceuticals and biologics, with ~18,500 employees across five continents. The tech stack reflects a manufacturing-heavy operation: SAP dominates finance and materials management (MM, CO/FI, BW), while MES and LIMS handle production and lab workflows. Active adoption of SAP S/4HANA, EWM, Azure, and Benchling signals a multi-year shift toward modern cloud and biotech-specific tooling — a strategic move for a 127-year-old company modernizing legacy manufacturing systems. Hiring velocity is accelerating across manufacturing (346 open roles), engineering (184), and operations, with particular focus on capital projects, process validation, and regulatory compliance automation.
Tech Stack 174 technologies
What Lonza Is Building
◆Challenges
- Ensuring gmp compliance
- Optimizing plant processes
- Compliance with gmp
- Cgmp compliance
- Reducing downtime
- Ensuring plant availability
- Risk mitigation
- Continuous improvement of processes
- Improving qa processes
- Maintaining system reliability
▲Active Projects
- Capital investment projects
- Continuous improvement of regulatory processes
- Dps growth project
- Capa implementation
- Innovation projects
- Process validation
- Mission-critical digital platform for global pharmaceutical audience
- Investment projects in biopharma production facilities
- Technology transfer of customer manufacturing processes
- Automation system development
Hiring Activity
Department
Seniority
Notable leadership hires: Head of EHS, Quality Director, Process Validation Lead, Manufacturing Lead, Logistics Team Lead
