Your Key Responsibilities :
Your responsibilities include, but not limited to :
Technical Support to internal Manufacturing Sites and CMO s :
- As a Technical Expert to the assigned manufacturing site internally or CMO, ensure and improve product process capability, to keep the knowledge of process up to date and to maintain the product in constant state of validation.
- Implement Science- and Risk-based approaches to ensure that product quality can be sustainably reproduced.
- Ensure the availability of all relevant Technical Documentation such as protocols, reports, Risk Assessments, Concept papers, Scientific Justifications based on significant body of information generated regarding the product & the process ahead of the planned activities at the respective sites
Product / Technical Stewardship for assigned sites :
Act as Technical Expert to maintain the oversight and knowledge for entire manufacturing process throughout the entire commercial lifecycle at given internal Mfg site / external suppliers.Ensure a proper understanding of manufacturing process and influencing factors (i.e. CQAs, CMAs and CPP) to ensure product quality and process robustness at the commercialization site.Analyze product-specific manufacturing data from OPV Reports / CPV Reports / APQRs and other relevant sources where needed and agree on state of controlAssess impact of technical changes, assess technical feasibility and determine scope / design of technical batches, challenge technical risk and business benefit of proposed technical changes.Contribute to the registration strategy and ensure alignment of (regulatory) timelines for technical changes, transfers, launches and / or major deviations.Lead / support the assigned sites on the root cause investigation of product and process failures.Effectively liaise with the CMO s to initiate and lead / support product / process remediation / improvement activities, involving cross-functional teams and with clear interfaces to Quality, Operations, Engineering and Technical Development.Maintain Division and / or cross-division networks to share lessons learned and best practices related with process and technologies.Validation Support - for product(s) / Sites assigned :
Responsible for the validation oversight and for maintaining the product in constant state of validation.Challenge defined control strategy based on CQA and where necessary on CPP, CMA. prior to validation and for defined improvement projectsReview respective Quality Risk Analysis (QRA) prior to validation for technical changes.Ensure that technical batches generate sufficient process knowledge by thoroughly testing critical variables and use the output to verify critical process parameters.Review validation protocol and report as appropriate.Provide all necessary information to generate the validation documentation.Support Validation Lead and Experts to assess need and plan validations, assess revalidation need.Launch & Transfer Support - for product(s) / Sites assigned :
Participate in external supplier / product evaluation and selection process. Responsible for gathering technical information on manufacturing process capability at the site / external supplier.Provide the necessary data for the technical activities involved in Tech Transfer of a product through the appropriate documentation, focusing on existing knowledge. Support technical activities at the giving / receiving site as needed.Define product acceptance criteria for the transfer, agree on acceptable performance with receiving organization and monitor routine manufacturing performance following transferEnsure successful and well-documented transfers and launches of products with external manufacturing involvement.Active support for Product Launch and Transfer governance processesInterface to Development for the product(s) / Sites assigned :
Ensure that new products and processes are well developed for the commercial scale and the entire product lifecycle at the commercialization siteProvide input to formal stage gates during development and up to first OPV / APR / PQR as part of the development process to ensure early integration and to ultimately meet manufacturing requirementsSupport development of comprehensive control strategy early on in the development to ensure that validation requirements meet regulatory requirements and other critical metrics (e.g., quality, safety, environmental, cycle times, etc.).Manufacturing & Operational Excellence - for defined product(s) / Sites assigned :
Define and execute design and control optimization projects where needed.Provide SME expertise to perform process characterization of pharmaceutical processes to increase robustness and sustainability.Training :
Own the Training Curriculum for its Job Description and direct reports.What you ll bring to the role :
Minimum Requirements :
Education (minimum / desirable) :
Bachelors / Masters. in Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Technology, Chemistry or equivalent scientific degree.Desirable MSc. or PhD.Languages :
Fluent in English & Local Language of the respective Country.
Relevant Experiences :
Minimum 8 years of experience in pharmaceutical (chemical) manufacturing.Experience in a global / matrix environment in the pharmaceutical industryComprehensive know how in pharmaceutical (chemical) technologyProject Management experienceDrug Development experienceSound experience of data handling and applied statisticsSkills Required
Project Management, drug development, Data Handling, Technical Support