Manufacturing Innovation Lead for CMO/CDMO Partnerships

(1464) Opella Healthcare Tüketici Sağlığı Anonim Şirketi; Fatih; On-site; TRY 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Opella Healthcare Tüketici Sağlığı Anonim Şirketi in Istanbul invites a seasoned External Manufacturing Innovation Technical Lead to steer technical leadership for innovation initiatives with CMOs/CDMOs. You will oversee feasibility, readiness, and risk mitigation to deliver projects on schedule and within budget.

The role requires strong project management, deep understanding of manufacturing processes, and the ability to influence across complex cross-functional teams while aligning with

Qualifications

• Experience in pharmaceutical, consumer healthcare, food supplement, OTC or related regulated manufacturing environments.
• Strong understanding of CMO/CDMO operations, technology transfer, process scale-up, validation, packaging, quality systems and launch readiness.
• Proven ability to conduct technical assessments, due diligence and partner/site evaluations.
• Strong project management discipline, including milestone planning, risk management, stakeholder alignment and governance preparation.
• Ability to work across complex cross-functional networks and influence decisions without direct authority.
• Commercial awareness, with the ability to connect technical choices to cost, timeline, supply continuity, gross margin and business case assumptions.

Responsibilities

• Act as the EM M&S technical lead for assigned innovation initiatives, from early concept through launch readiness and post-launch lessons learned.
• Plan, perform and document technical visits to new and existing CMOs/CDMOs to assess capabilities, equipment fit, manufacturing process readiness, capacity, supply robustness, packaging capability, technology requirements and operational constraints.
• Lead or contribute to technical due diligence for licensing, buy, make-externally and partner-supply opportunities.
• Assess technical data, manufacturing process maturity, quality and supply risks, site readiness, capacity assumptions, documentation completeness and potential remediation requirements.
• Organise and lead regular CDMO Innovation Showcase workshops to identify, evaluate, and advance innovative concepts that strengthen the innovation pipeline.
• Contribute to Communication & Change management with Key stakeholders.
• Manage the end-to-end execution plan for assigned innovation projects, including milestones, risks, resources, decision points, financial assumptions, governance deliverables and cross-functional action tracking.
• Build and maintain technical risk assessments and mitigation plans, including risks related to formulation, packaging, process transfer, validation, raw and packaging material qualification, regulatory readiness, capacity, CAPEX and launch supply.
• Coordinate closely with Innovation, Brand/R&D, Development Centres, Regulatory, Medical/PV, Quality, Procurement, Finance, Packaging, Supply Chain, Legal/IP and external partners to ensure aligned decisions and timely execution Prepare weekly meeting to Project Governance Meetings and also Drive Sustainability Build By Design in conjunction with B&I.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional teamwork

Stakeholder management

Commercial awareness

Technical leadership

Education

Any Science degree

Job description

Opella Healthcare Tüketici Sağlığı Anonim Şirketi in Istanbul invites a seasoned External Manufacturing Innovation Technical Lead to steer technical leadership for innovation initiatives with CMOs/CDMOs. You will oversee feasibility, readiness, and risk mitigation to deliver projects on schedule and within budget.

The role requires strong project management, deep understanding of manufacturing processes, and the ability to influence across complex cross-functional teams while aligning with