Senior Manager, Technical Operations & Tech Transfer

Germer International - Pharmaceutical Recruiting; Springfield (MA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Germer International - Pharmaceutical Recruiting seeks a Sr. Manager Technical Services to lead technical support for nutraceutical ingredient manufacturing from development through commercial production.

You will drive process scale-up, validation, technology transfer, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement while ensuring quality and regulatory standards. Collaborating with internal teams, CMOs, and suppliers, you will optimize materials, oversee troubleshooting, and maintain validated

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or related field.
• Master’s degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Leads process development, optimization, troubleshooting, and technical support for manufacturing processes across internal operations and CMOs.
• Supports process qualification, validation, scale-up, technology transfer, and ongoing process verification from pilot through commercial manufacturing.
• Ensures manufacturing processes remain in a validated state and consistently meet cGMP, quality, regulatory, and process performance requirements.
• Leads technical investigations into manufacturing deviations, process failures, and performance issues while driving continuous improvement initiatives to increase process robustness, productivity, capacity, and cost efficiency.
• Partners with raw material suppliers to improve material quality, consistency, and cost through supplier qualification, process capability assessments, specification alignment, and evaluation of upstream manufacturing processes.
• Evaluates and implements raw material optimization strategies to improve downstream manufacturing performance and product quality.
• Serves as the primary technical liaison for CMOs, providing oversight of manufacturing performance, technology transfers, process monitoring, and resolution of technical issues impacting product supply.
• Develops and maintains technical documentation supporting manufacturing processes, technology transfers, supplier/CMO qualifications, and regulatory compliance.

Skills

Process scale-up

Troubleshooting

Continuous improvement

Technical support

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering

Master’s degree preferred

Job description

Germer International - Pharmaceutical Recruiting seeks a Sr. Manager Technical Services to lead technical support for nutraceutical ingredient manufacturing from development through commercial production.

You will drive process scale-up, validation, technology transfer, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement while ensuring quality and regulatory standards. Collaborating with internal teams, CMOs, and suppliers, you will optimize materials, oversee troubleshooting, and maintain validated