Drug Product Technical Launch Integrator

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine; Latina; In loco; EUR 50.000 - 70.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

A global healthcare company in Latina, Italy is seeking a Drug Product Technical Launch Integrator responsible for ensuring the readiness of pharmaceutical processes for the market. This role emphasizes collaboration with R&D and manufacturing sites to facilitate product transfers, oversight of drug product processes, and communication across teams. Ideal candidates will have substantial experience in drug product development, strong leadership skills, and a background in a Scientific or Engineering field. Excellent communication in English is a must.

Competenze

• Minimum of 6 years of relevant work experience in drug product development or manufacturing.
• High level of maturity to lead complex projects and teams.
• Proficient in written and spoken English.

Mansioni

• Ensure fit for plant and commercial readiness during technical development.
• Lead the new product introduction team at the manufacturing sites.
• Coordinate product introduction at the site for technical transfer.

Conoscenze

Strong communication skills

Risk assessment / risk management

Decision making and problem-solving

Formazione

Bachelor's degree in a Scientific or Engineering field

Project Management Certifications

Descrizione del lavoro

Drug Product Technical Launch Integrator

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver breakthroughs tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com

Job Function: Supply Chain Engineering
Job Sub Function: Manufacturing Engineering
Job Category: Scientific/Technology
All Job Posting Locations: Latina, Italy

About Innovative Medicine Our expertise in Innovative Medicine is informed and inspired by patients, whose insights fuel our science-based advancements. Visionaries like you work on teams that save lives by developing the medicines of tomorrow. Join us in developing treatments, finding cures, and pioneering the path from lab to life while championing patients every step of the way.

Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/innovative-medicine

Remember, whether you apply to one or all of these requisition numbers, your applications will be considered as a single submission.

We are searching for the best talent for a Drug Product Technical Launch Integrator (TLI)!

The TLI has overall accountability for ensuring fit for plant and commercial readiness during technical development and execution of the transfer of pharmaceutical processes and products into the supply chain and the global marketplace. A main objective of the role is collaboration with R&D and the commercial manufacturing sites (internal or external) to ensure a robust product and manufacturing process is developed and successfully transferred considering Best Process at Launch (BPAL) principles. Areas of key responsibility include drug product process technical support and oversight for the supply chain.

As a TLI, you will be a member of Supply Chain, Value Chain Team (VCT), site operational teams, and lead the new product introduction team at the sites. You will also be a full member of several R&D teams, CMC Sub teams, and R&D SI (Scientific Integrator) sub teams, working hand in hand with R&D to optimally develop and transfer to the commercial launch site. The focus of this TLI position is on drug product within the Synthetic Platform.

Key Responsibilities

• Facilitate commercial site technical support during execution of transfer activities.
• Ensure incorporation of technical expertise to include Best-Product-At-Launch and Quality-by-Design principles by providing input from early development through late development, encouraging alignment between R&D and Supply Chain.
• Draft, review, and approve regulatory documents for global markets.
• Build value by proposing potential product supply strategies ensuring security of supply, low COGS, tax advantages, while balancing innovation, EHS, QA, compliance, and financial requirements.
• Develop the execution plan per product, in line with the overall strategy as outlined by the R&D, CMC, and Value Chain teams. The TLI will ensure alignment and endorsement of this strategy within the sites and TLI function for Supply Chain MSAT.
• Providing required manufacturing site based technical support, technical documentation input, review and approval and serving as Supply Chain technical product authority.
• Coordinate product introduction at the site from transfer through launch covering raw materials, process, EHS, engineering, packaging, sterilization (if required), and other items needed for a successful technical transfer and launch.
• Delivering clinical through to commercial solids drug product supply from the manufacturing site, ensuring manufacturing performance, cost, and process robustness requirements are met.
• Influences at all organizational levels ensuring project targets are achieved and excellent leadership and negotiation skills with the ability to operate optimally in a multidimensional work environment and collaborate with multi-functional teams.
• Own the estimation Supply Chain resource requirements for assigned projects, and ensure proactive technical status communications to leadership.

Qualifications

Education

• Minimum of a bachelor’s degree is required; advanced degree preferred in a Scientific or Engineering field such as Chemistry, Pharmaceutics, or Chemical Engineering.
• Project Management Certifications preferred.

Experience and Skills

• At least 6 years of relevant work experience in the development or manufacturing arena, focusing on solids drug product.
• Strong communication skills and effectively communicates across all levels (shop floor to leadership), with ability to lead and influence without direct line authority.
• High level of maturity to lead moderate to large complex projects and teams, programs, or initiatives, both internally and externally.
• Strong risk assessment / risk management skills, able to balance considerations toward business, scientific, quality, EHS, and compliance needs.
• Knowledge of plant functionality, plant capacity, and COG calculations.
• Business Approach: negotiation and sourcing strategies and financial impact (e.g., finance for non‑financial professionals).
• Decision making and problem‑solving: able to seek solutions to complicated problems independently or through others and develop recommendations or build solutions.
• Investigation handling and statistical assessments supporting Continued Process Verification, ensuring robust processes.

Preferred

• Knowledge of contract manufacturing activities and crafting working relationships with global external partners.
• International experience and interest in collaborating with various cultures / nationalities / perspectives.
• Influences others with shared or different interests often beyond scope and level, networking, convincing for priority setting, both internally and externally to the company.
• Besides excellent chemical synthesis know-how, knowledge and willingness for peptide, Oligonucleotide and conjugate know-how is an advantage.

Other

• Proficient in English, written and spoken.
• Availability to work in an international environment across different time zones.
• International and domestic travel up to 30% - project dependent - is required.

Required Skills

Benchmarking, Coaching, Critical Thinking, Facility Management, Leading Change, Lean Manufacturing Principles, Lean Supply Chain Management, Manufacturing Engineering, Manufacturing Flow Management, Organizing, Performance Measurement, Predictive Maintenance, Product Design, Program Management, Project Schedule, Safety-Oriented, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Application, Strategic Thinking.

Metadata

• Seniority Level: Not Applicable.
• Employment Type: Full‑time.
• Job Function: Engineering and Information Technology.
• Industries: Pharmaceutical Manufacturing.