Job Description

Associate Director Technology Transfer (f/m/d), 80-100%, Global Drug Development, Austria & Switzerland

74! The number of medical device and drug-device combination product projects in Novartis. Without a safe, user friendly, high-quality drug delivery system our patients cannot administer their medicine. The global Technical Transfer team needs you to lead and support the launch of one of the most diverse and innovative portfolios in the pharma industry. You enable our organization and your team to timely move our smartly developed and competitive products to the clinical trials by successfully managing the Transfer Team of drug-device combination products!

Your Responsibilities:

Your responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
• Lead the Technical Transfer Group as the Group Head within the Portfolio & Customer Center, responsible for the technical transfers of combination products to primarily clinical or launch and manufacturing sites for assigned projects.
• Liaises efficiently with related global functions, in particular Global Device & Packaging Development, Novartis Technical Operations, Manufacturing Science & Technologies, Global Clinical Supplies, Regulatory and Supply Chain.
• Enable your associates to provide technical manufacturing expertise during development stages of medical device and combination product projects for parenteral administration.
• Support to translate design output requirements of selected drug-device combination products (for example, prefilled syringes in (smart) Autoinjectors or Needle Safety devices) into clinical production site specific process and control parameters for assembly and packaging.
• Manage technical and design transfer of drug-device combination products to selected e.g. clinical sites within and outside of the Novartis network.
• Steer the coordination of final assembly and packaging activities of drug-device combination products to ensure that your team supports the supply of Clinical PhIII, Human Factors Engineering, Design Verification and Shipping Verification samples.
• Support Site Engineering teams in defining and qualifying combination product assembly & packaging equipment.
• Support the Global Device & Packaging Development organization with strategic measures and future planning of the group in respect to technology transfers with a focus on clinical supplies.

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:

Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.

Minimum requirements

What you’ll bring to the role:
• University degree in engineering, pharmaceutical technology or similar discipline.
• Successfully demonstrated at least 5-10 years of related experience with medical devices / combination products.
• Experience in people managing and a strong leadership focus to support and enable associates.
• Thorough understanding of development processes, good knowledge of state-of-the-art technology / equipment and knowledge of related basic regulations.
• Strong project and management skills, strong communication / presentation skills and scientific / technical writing
• Fluent in English, German beneficial

Why consider Novartis?
799 million. That’s how many lives our products touched in 2019. And while we’re proud of that fact, in this world of digital and technological transformation, we must also ask ourselves this: how can we continue to improve and extend even more people’s lives?

We believe the answers are found when curious, courageous and collaborative people like you are brought together in an inspiring environment. Where you’re given opportunities to explore the power of digital and data. Where you’re empowered to risk failure by taking smart risks, and where you’re surrounded by people who share your determination to tackle the world’s toughest medical challenges.

We offer a market-competitive base salary in line with your qualification, experience and individual competencies. Additionally we offer an attractive incentive program, a modern company pension scheme, childcare facilities, learning & development options and worldwide career opportunities within the Novartis group. The base pay is composed of a market oriented excess payment and the respective amount according to the Austrian collective agreement (at least € 62.146,14 per year on a full time basis).

Imagine what you could do at Novartis!
Novartis are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons.

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:
Novartis embraces diversity, equal opportunity and inclusion. We are committed to building diverse teams, representative of the patients and communities we serve, and we strive to create an inclusive workplace that cultivates bold innovation through collaboration, and empowers our people to unleash their full potential.

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