Deputy Manager Automation

Amneal Pharmaceuticals; Ahmedabad District; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,600,000; Full time

Job summary

Amneal Pharmaceuticals in India seeks a seasoned Process Engineer to lead, govern, and optimize pharmaceutical manufacturing processes across production operations.

You will ensure process design integrity, validation, and continuous improvement while complying with quality, safety, regulatory standards. You will review validation strategies, transfer tech, and mentor a high-performing team.

Qualifications

• Experience in leading process engineering across manufacturing operations.
• Familiar with validation, IQ/OQ/PQ, and technology transfer.
• Knowledge of lean manufacturing and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Lead and govern process engineering activities across manufacturing operations.
• Ensure process design, validation, and optimization compliance.
• Oversee process validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) and strategy execution.
• Drive process performance monitoring, KPI tracking, and trend analysis.
• Lead deviation, investigation, CAPA, and change control governance.
• Support process scale-up, technology transfer, and lifecycle management.
• Ensure regulatory compliance and quality audit readiness.
• Review and approve process documentation, validation reports, and SOPs.
• Implement risk management, FMEA, and safety engineering practices.
• Drive continuous improvement, lean manufacturing, and efficiency initiatives.
• Coordinate with cross-functional stakeholders and senior leadership.
• Lead, mentor, and develop process engineering teams.

Skills

Process engineering leadership

GMP/Regulatory awareness

Cross-functional leadership

Education

Bachelor's Degree BA/BS B.Tech

Master Degree MS/MA M.Tech

Job description

Job Description:

Description:

The role is responsible for leading, governing, and optimizing pharmaceutical manufacturing processes across production operations. The role ensures process design integrity, validation compliance, operational robustness, and continuous improvement in line with quality, safety, regulatory, cost, and performance standards. It involves reviewing process layouts, specifications, validation strategies, and performance outcomes, overseeing scale-up and technology transfer, and ensuring audit-ready operations. The position provides strong technical and people leadership, drives process governance, risk management, and performance monitoring, and ensures adherence to engineering standards, SOPs, and regulatory requirements to support reliable and compliant manufacturing.

Essential Functions:

• Lead and govern process engineering activities across manufacturing operations

• Ensure process design, validation, and optimization compliance

• Oversee process validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) and validation strategy execution

• Drive process performance monitoring, KPI tracking, and trend analysis

• Lead deviation, investigation, CAPA, and change control governance

• Support process scale-up, technology transfer, and lifecycle management

• Ensure regulatory compliance and quality audit readiness

• Review and approve process documentation, validation reports, and SOPs

• Implement risk management, FMEA, and safety engineering practices

• Drive continuous improvement, lean manufacturing, and efficiency initiatives

• Coordinate with cross-functional stakeholders and senior leadership

• Lead, mentor, and develop process engineering teams

Additional Responsibilities:

Qualifications

Education:

• Bachelors Degree (BA/BS) B.Tech - Required

• Master Degree (MS/MA) M.Tech - Preferred

Experience:

• 8 years or more in 8 - 10 Years

Specialized Knowledge: Licenses:

Requirements: