Principal Manufacturing Science and Technology (MSAT) Representative

What You'll Be Doing

• Lead the onboarding and process development activities & tasks for the manufacture of new drug products, including the supporting development studies
• Serve as the lead technical expert among a cross functional team
• Lead the cross functional team through technical activities, development studies and PPQ batches
• Create technical transfer documents supporting this goal [Tech. Transfer Plan, process development studies (i.e. mixing studies, filtration studies, purge studies, etc.), demonstration batch records, PPQ master batch record]
• Heavy participation / co-lead with Process Validation Representative on PPQ strategy and protocol development
• Lead during hand-off to the commercial team following PPQ batches
• Provides technical support to daily Manufacturing operations by being visible on the manufacturing floor, resolves issues during manufacturing and leading process improvement activities
• Conduct Non-Conformance Report (NCR) investigations without assistance, as well as creation, ownership and implementation of Corrective Actions/Preventive Actions (CAPA)
• Change Control Management (CCM) owner and impact assessment
• Ownership of fill volume dosing qualifications (FVOQ)
• Critical evaluation of product impact and responsible for advising if product meets release criteria and regulatory requirements
• Participates in new project reviews to determine acceptable fit
• Reviews Master Batch Records of junior colleagues and provides guidance
• Technical representative in regulatory, client and internal audits as product/process Subject Matter Expert (SME), and ownership of audit responses and related CAPAs
• Participates independently in client calls and on-site visits to discuss and set strategy for projects and issue resolutions
• SOP owner & process SME
• Perform filter troubleshooting
• Develops and presents in-depth SME courses on pharmaceutical industry topics
• Mentors new hires in Technical Services and helps with training and on-boarding

What You'll Bring

• BS degree required (preferably in a science or engineering related field)
• 6+ years pharmaceutical manufacturing experience (preferably in a CDMO)
• Requires in depth knowledge of systems and equipment, including: scales, mixing systems and mixing monitoring methods, aseptic formulations, fill volume limit setting, disposable formulation technology, homogeneity testing, control charting, identification and response to trends
• Experience in aseptic processing, sterile filtration, and process validation
• MS Office Suite advanced proficiency
• Experience using Enterprise software (i.e., JDE, BPLM, MiniTab, Trackwise, etc.)

Physical / Safety Requirements

• Require overtime work on occasion, including nights and weekends
• Use of hands and fingers to manipulate office equipment is required
• Position requires sitting for long hours, but may involve walking or standing for periods of time
• Must be able to qualify for Grade A/B area gowning
• Must be able to wear applicable personal protective equipment (PPE)