Industrialization Lead, Pharma Tech Transfer

CEVA Logistics; Agrigento; Hybrid; EUR 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Ceva Animal Health in Italy is seeking an Industrial Development Project Manager based at Porto Empedocle to lead industrialization, oversee I&D-to-plant transfers, and ensure GMP compliance and change-control execution.

You will coordinate production, QA, maintenance and purchasing teams, perform risk analyses, support validations, and draft procedures. Fluent English is required; some travel and shift work may be required.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in biology, chemistry, or pharmacy with relevant pharma industry experience.
• Experience with production systems, GMP, and project management.

Responsibilities

• Define and lead the industrialization strategy.
• Coordinate I&D and industrial teams (production, purchasing, QA, QC, maintenance).
• Write risk analyses, protocols and reports for process optimization and validation, review master batch records.
• Monitor batch manufacturing in GMP compliance and analyze results.
• Ensure product compliance, EHS rules, project costs and timelines, and integrate regulatory updates.
• Participate in supplier and process change validations and assist in troubleshooting production processes.
• Supervise galenic/industrial trials and risk analyses (FMEA).
• Draft procedures, audits, inspections, and documentation follow-up.

Skills

Project management

Team coordination

GMP

English

Quality by Design

Minitab

Regulatory knowledge

Injectable processes

Travel

Education

MSc in biology/chemistry/pharmacy

Engineering degree

Tools

Process validation

Job description

Ceva Animal Health in Italy is seeking an Industrial Development Project Manager based at Porto Empedocle to lead industrialization, oversee I&D-to-plant transfers, and ensure GMP compliance and change-control execution.

You will coordinate production, QA, maintenance and purchasing teams, perform risk analyses, support validations, and draft procedures. Fluent English is required; some travel and shift work may be required.