Director, Combination Product Development

Viatris; Dublin; On-site; GBP 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent career progression

Work-life balance initiatives

Bonus scheme

Health insurance

Pension

Job summary

Viatris in the United Kingdom is seeking a Director, Combination Product Development - Injectables, Respiratory and Transdermal to lead a multidisciplinary team focused on device development for combination products across injectable, respiratory and transdermal modalities.

You will provide technical leadership, advance design verification and regulatory readiness, and serve as the key interface between drug product and device teams, ensuring rigorous quality and successful technology transfer.

Qualifications

• Degree (or higher) in Engineering or a relevant scientific discipline with R&D/technical experience.
• Experience leading technical teams in pharmaceutical or combination product development.
• Experience with regulatory submissions and inspections (FDA or notified bodies).
• Familiarity with ISO 13485 and FDA 21 CFR Part 820.

Responsibilities

• Lead a multidisciplinary team supporting device development for injectable, respiratory, and transdermal products.
• Provide technical leadership to generate robust evidence of safety, efficacy and regulatory compliance.
• Act as the interface between drug product and device teams across development.
• Oversee design verification, stability, extractables, and transport studies; ensure tech transfer readiness.
• Support manufacturing process development and regulatory inspection readiness.

Skills

Engineering background

Technical leadership

Regulatory submissions

Quality systems

Stakeholder management

Problem solving

Education

Degree in Engineering or sciences

Job description

McDermott Laboratories Limited

Viatris is a global healthcare company uniquely positioned to bridge the traditional divide between generics and brands, combining the best of both to more holistically address healthcare needs globally. With a mission to empower people worldwide to live healthier at every stage of life, we provide access at scale, currently supplying high-quality medicines to approximately 1 billion patients around the world annually and touching all of life's moments, from birth to the end of life, acute conditions to chronic diseases.

We have been included on number of award lists that demonstrate the impact we are making.

Our global portfolio includes best-in-class, iconic brand-name products as well as global key brands; generics, including branded and complex generics; and other offerings across a wide range of therapeutic areas. We are committed to helping create healthier communities worldwide through education, outreach and better access to treatment.

For those driven to live their lives with purpose, Viatris helps employees realise their full potential by creating a collaborative culture that fosters courage and resilience. Viatris is more than just a place to work. This is a place to make a difference in the world.

Our Global Device Development organization is an innovative, technically strong, and fully integrated team focused on delivering high-quality, safe, and effective device and combination products to meet evolving patient healthcare needs worldwide.

We develop advanced device technologies to enable drug delivery across respiratory, transdermal, biologic, biosimilar, and injectable therapies. Working collaboratively across Viatris, we support the development of innovative solutions that improve patient outcomes.

Our organization operates across four key locations: Dublin; Cambridge; Sandwich; and Southpointe.

Every member of our team is committed to advancing better health for patients around the world.

The Role & What You Will Be Doing

Every day, we rise to the challenge to make a difference and here’s how the Director, Combination Product Development - Injectables, Respiratory and Transdermal (Global Device Development) a people manager role will make an impact:

• Lead and manage a multidisciplinary team of scientists and engineers supporting device development for injectable, respiratory, and transdermal combination products.
• Build, develop, and retain a high-performing team aligned to evolving portfolio and technology needs.
• Provide technical leadership to ensure generation of robust evidence demonstrating product safety, efficacy, reliability, and regulatory compliance.
• Serve as the key technical interface between drug product and device teams across combination product development.
• Oversee critical development activities, including design verification, stability, biological evaluation, extractables, and transport studies.
• Ensure development and implementation of device control strategies to support manufacturing and successful technology transfer.
• Support manufacturing process development through technical input, experimental design, and definition of control strategies and specifications.
• Lead regulatory inspection readiness and represent the team during audits.
• Ensure all team activities comply with applicable quality standards and the Quality Management System.

About Your Skills & Experience

For this role, we’re looking for a candidate who has an effective combination of the following qualifications, skills and experiences:

• Degree (or higher) in Engineering or a relevant scientific discipline, with experience in an R&D or technical environment.
• Proven experience managing and leading technical teams, ideally within pharmaceutical or combination product development.
• Strong experience supporting regulatory submissions and leading teams during inspections (e.g., FDA or notified bodies).
• Working knowledge of relevant quality and design control standards (e.g., ISO 13485, FDA 21 CFR Part 820).
• Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to convey complex technical information clearly.
• Demonstrated problem-solving ability, strong organizational skills, and the ability to perform effectively in a fast-paced environment.

At Viatris, we are dedicated to building a truly diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t fully align with every requirement, we still encourage you to apply. You may just be the right candidate for this or other roles.

Benefits at Viatris

At Viatris, we offer competitive salaries, benefits and an inclusive environment where you can use your experiences, perspectives and skills to help make an impact on the lives of others. Some of our benefits include the following on top of a competitive salary:

• Excellent career progression opportunities
• Work-life balance initiatives
• Bonus scheme
• Health insurance
• Pension

Diversity & Inclusion at Viatris

At Viatris, diversity and inclusion are essential to our mission. The diversity we foster in all aspects of our business can be one of our greatest strengths in redefining healthcare not as it is, but as it should be. If you would like to know more about what diversity, equity and inclusion means to us, please visit https://www.viatris.com/en/Careers/Diversity-and-Inclusion

Sustainability at Viatris

Corporate social responsibility is fundamental to the Viatris mission. We work to advance responsible and sustainable operations and leverage our collective expertise to empower people to live healthier at every stage of life, recognizing that our actions affect the stakeholders and communities we serve. To learn more about our efforts, please visit https://www.viatris.com/en/about-us/corporate-responsibility

At Viatris, we offer competitive salaries, benefits and an inclusive environment where you can use your experiences, perspectives and skills to help make an impact on the lives of others.

Viatris is an Equal Opportunity Employer.