アソシエイトディレクターSMPD / Associate Director - SMPD

A renowned pharmaceutical company is looking Associate Director – SMPD. The selected applicant will be instrumental in leading a group of engineers responsible for all aspects of reaction and particle engineering.

Responsibilities:

• Provide technical guidance, mentoring, and performance management to the team
• Develop project and significant technical strategy within the department
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to develop effective process engineering strategies
• Drive process optimisation initiatives to improve sustainability, efficiency, yield, quality, and cost-effectiveness
• Oversee process scale-up activities from laboratory to pilot plant and commercial-scale production
• Initiate complex projects with extraordinary technical challenges and apply strong technical risk assessment skills
• Maintain complete technical responsibility for programs and initiatives within the department
• Ensure effective project management of all plans and projects within the area of responsibility

Requirements:

• D. degree with more than 7 years of academic or pharmaceutical industry experience; MS degree with more than 13 years of experience; or a BS degree with more than 15 years of experience. Degree in chemical engineering is required
• Experience in the use of process analytical technologies (FT-IR, NIR, FBRM, UV-vis, etc.)
• Sound knowledge of current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP)
• Experience in the use of mathematical, both statistical and first principle, models as well as advanced process control systems is preferred
• Experience in building reaction kinetic models as well as process models is preferred
• Experience in building laboratory and pilot plant equipment is preferred
• Experience in crystallisation process development and scale-up with an emphasis on polymorph, purity, and particle size control is a plus
• Experience in the use and scale-up of milling technologies (both dry and wet) for particle size control is preferred
• Experience in building chemometric models is preferred
• Experience working in a pilot plant is a plus.
• Prior experience contributing to regulatory filings (late-stage filings is ideal)

Benefits:

• Allowances: Commutation, Housing, Overtime Work etc.
• Salary Increase: Annually, Bonus Payment: Twice a year
• Holidays: Saturdays, Sundays, National Holidays, May Day, Year-End Holidays, etc. (approx. 123 days in a year)
• Paid Leaves: Annual Paid Leave, Special Paid Leave, Sick Leave, Family Support Leave, Maternity Leave, Childcare Leave, Family Nursing Leave.
• Flexible Work Styles: Flextime, Telework
• Benefits: Social Insurance, Retirement and Corporate Pension, Employee Stock Ownership Program, etc.

About the Company:

A leading pharmaceutical company with a large network of operations across a number of locations around the world, they produce pharmaceuticals focused on several areas including neurology, gastroenterology, and metabolic disorders. This company has been named as a top organisation to work for and is supported by tens of thousands of global workforces.

Keywords:

製薬, 化学, エンジニアリング, オペレーション, マネジメント

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