MS&T Director – Drug Product

Walker Cole International; Greater London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Walker Cole International is partnering with a fast-growing global pharmaceutical business to appoint an MS&T Director responsible for technical and scientific oversight of drug product manufacturing across a multi-site network. You will lead change control, technology transfer and scale-up for biologics, driving quality, compliance and continuous improvement across the network.

Strong leadership, global collaboration and experience in regulated biologics environments are essential for this

Qualifications

• Strong background in biologics manufacturing with process validation and optimisation.
• Track record of building/running MS&T strategy across global/multi-site operations.
• Experience leading tech transfer and scale-up in regulated biologics environments.
• Proven ability to improve quality and compliance in a complex matrixed business.
• Excellent stakeholder management and cross-functional leadership across international teams.

Responsibilities

• Owns technical and scientific oversight of drug product manufacturing across a multi-site network.
• Leads end-to-end change control and technical change management with manufacturing, quality and external partners.
• Drives technology transfer and scale-up for biologics products from development to commercial manufacture.
• Sets MS&T standards globally and ensures improvements roll out across the network.
• Partners with Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Quality and Product Development to protect supply continuity and support Capex input.

Skills

Biologics manufacturing

MS&T strategy

Tech transfer

Scale-up

GMP

Quality compliance

Stakeholder management

Job description

Walker Cole International is exclusively partnering with a fast-growing global pharmaceutical business to find their new MS&T Director. This is a genuinely exciting time to join, with the business scaling its biologics manufacturing network and investing heavily in drug product capability.

As MS&T Director, you'll take full ownership of the technical and scientific oversight of drug product manufacturing across a complex, multi-site network, sitting right at the centre of a business going through real growth and change.

What you'll be doing:

• Owning technical and scientific oversight of drug product manufacturing processes, protecting product quality and process robustness across the full lifecycle.
• Leading change control and technical change management end to end, working closely with manufacturing, quality and external partners.
• Driving technology transfer and scale-up for new biologics products, supporting launches from development through to commercial manufacture.
• Setting the standard for MS&T practice globally, making sure quality, compliance and efficiency improvements identified on one site get rolled out fast across the network.
• Partnering with Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Quality and Product Development to protect supply continuity, deliver COGS savings and provide technical input into Capex investment.
• Building technical capability across the organisation through training and knowledge-sharing.

What we're looking for:

• Strong background in biologics manufacturing, with solid drug product experience covering process validation and optimisation.
• A track record of building and running MS&T strategy and systems across global or multi-site operations.
• Experience leading tech transfer and scale-up in a regulated biologics environment.
• A clear record of driving up quality and compliance performance in a complex, matrixed business.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, comfortable leading change across international, cross-functional teams.

MSAT | Manufacturing Science & Technology | Biologics | Drug Product | Tech Transfer | Process Validation | Scale-Up | GMP | Quality Compliance | Continuous Improvement | COGS | Change Control | Pharmaceutical Manufacturing