Key skills
Leadership
About this role
Role Overview
- Lead the Technical Operations team in support of the manufacturing of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients, intermediates, and drug product intermediates at external contract manufacturing facilities in the region
- Provide leadership and expertise in technical oversight, portfolio management, continuous improvement, talent development and upskilling organization capabilities
- Ensure technical excellence in routine supply support to contract manufacturers
- Lead the technical efforts required for enhancing competitiveness through targeted process optimization
- Drive organizational capability in Proactive Process Monitoring to enable robust manufacturing operations & early detection of process issues
- Foster a community of sharing, curiosity, learning, and end-to-end mindsets for new technologies, ways of working & new product introductions
- Create a robust technical network of internal and external resources, rapidly deployable to solve complex problems in a cross-functional manner
Requirements
- Bachelors in a technical field (Chemical Engineering, Biochemical Engineering, Chemistry, or Pharmaceutical Sciences) with minimum 10 years of relevant pharmaceutical industry experience; or Master’s with minimum 7 years of relevant experience; or PhD with minimum 5 years of relevant experience
- Leadership experience in one or more roles in Technical Operations, Process Development, Manufacturing, Quality Operations or Engineering
- Demonstrated experience with traditional API processing as well as introducing new technologies and ways of working
- Familiarity with use of biocatalysts, enzyme manufacturing, flow chemistry, processing of highly potent compounds, or sterile/low bioburden DS manufacturing is advantageous
- Individual must ensure strong technical capability is developed for new products as part of acquisition and commercialization, and an appropriate control strategy is realized
- This position involves frequent travel about 25%.
Benefits
- medical, dental, vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family)
- retirement benefits, including 401(k)
- paid holidays
- vacation
- compassionate and sick days