Director of Drug Product Tech Transfer, GTO

Are you an experienced leader, with strong project management skills and great knowledge in tech transfer? Excellent, then use your strategic attitude to help us deliver medicine to patients worldwide – welcome to AstraZeneca!

At AstraZeneca, we put patients first and strive to meet their unmet needs worldwide. Working here means being ambitious, thinking big and working together to make the impossible a reality. Swift to action, confident to lead, willing to collaborate, and curious about what science can do, then you’re our kind of person.

Join our Biologics Global Technical Operations (GTO) team, where we work closely with AstraZeneca’s manufacturing network of internal sites and external manufacturing partners (CMOs), our colleagues in R&D, Quality, Regulatory, Supply Chain, and Commercial. We provide drug product technical leadership to ensure delivery of quality products to our patients and support our product pipeline.

Your role

In this role, you will play a pivotal role in channeling our scientific capabilities and make a positive impact on changing patients’ lives. You will be recognized internally and externally as an authority in your area – an in-demand problem solver for key technical challenges. As a leader of technology transfer projects, you will work in cross-functional teams with colleagues from multiple different global functions and the manufacturing sites, both internal AZ and assigned CMO partners, to commercialize products and processes in time to deliver high-quality products to patients.

As a senior member of the Drug Product tech transfer team, you’ll lead and handle the projects and initiatives with the largest complexity. You set example, and mentor more junior tech transfer leads and SMEs to flourish.

Main task and accountabilities:

• Lead cross functional technology transfer teams with colleagues from Development, Quality/Regulatory, Supply Chain, Operations, and others to transfer biologic drug product and combination product processes from one commercial facility to another

• Support the transfer of products and processes from R&D labs into a commercial facility as a Receiving Unit SME

• Support preparation of regulatory submissions, technical support during inspections and audits, and respond to questions from regulatory bodies as the need arises

• Drive continuous improvements working with other Global Tech Ops functions to ensure robust, reliable, and compliant technology transfer, validation and commercial manufacturing processes using risk-based processes and Lean principles

• Lead and support initiatives toward standardization, digitalization and continuous improvement of business processes and ways of working in technology transfer and validation

Essentials

• Degree in an engineering or scientific subject area, with 10+ years of experience in biopharmaceutical industry, with expertise in manufacturing, process engineering, tech transfer and development/process engineering

• Shown technical experience developing, transferring, and/or manufacturing biological products within a pharmaceutical environment

• A detailed understanding of the principles and concepts for drug product and combination product technology development and lifecycle management

• Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams, with strong project management capabilities and leadership skills

• Strong understanding of biologics manufacturing, quality, and regulatory requirements, including knowledge of relevant compliance systems (e.g. deviation investigation, change control initiation and implementation) as appropriate to own function

• Self-motivated, innovative and can show evidence of strong communication skills and of building good relationships with (local & global) team members, customer, and external partners

When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we unleash bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. In-person working gives us the platform we need to connect, work at pace and challenge perceptions. That’s why we work, on average, a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesn't mean we’re not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our unique and ambitious world.

Why AstraZeneca?

Join our Operations team where we have a big ambition - to deliver more medicines to patients, quicker and more affordably. Backed by the investment, leadership, and a clear plan to get there, we bring personal dedication and out-of-the-box thinking. We are driven by our commitment to deliver accelerated growth for AstraZeneca and to make people's lives better. It pushes us to keep building on our foundations and progressing as we turn our ever-growing and increasingly complex pipeline from molecule to medicine. Be part of evolving how we work with Lean, ground breaking science, digitalization, and sustainable practices.

Ready to make a difference? Apply today!

AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics. We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.