Senior Pharma Manufacturing Tech Steward

U473 (FCRS = US473) Novartis Innovative Technologies Inc; Morrisville (NC); On-site; USD 126,000 - 234,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, life & disability benefits

401(k) with company match

generous paid time off

Job summary

Novartis Innovative Technologies Inc. in Morrisville, North Carolina is seeking a Technical Steward to drive advanced manufacturing technologies, process excellence, and global collaboration across manufacturing operations.

You will lead process development, qualification, validation, and capital project activities, partnering with MS&T teams to implement new standards and innovations. Strong communication and data-driven problem solving are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Technology, Chemistry, or a related scientific discipline.
• Minimum five years of experience in oral solid dosage pharmaceutical manufacturing.
• Strong understanding of pharmaceutical manufacturing processes, regulatory requirements, and GMP.
• Experience supporting process improvement, technology transfer, validation, or manufacturing science activities.
• Ability to investigate technical issues, analyze data, and implement effective process solutions.
• Effective communication and collaboration skills with the ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Act as the single point of contact (SPOC) for the interface with global MS&T network and with technical development organization, for the corresponding global activities, to define and implement new technical standards for existing and new technologies and equipment.
• Serve as the site subject matter expert for specific pharmaceutical manufacturing process technologies, locally, including any pilot scale, scale up or down, and Design of Experiments (DoE).
• Partner with global and development teams to implement new technical standards and manufacturing innovations.
• Lead process optimization initiatives to improve robustness, efficiency, yield, and operational performance.
• Provide technical expertise for equipment selection, qualification, validation, and capital project activities.
• Support technology transfers, process scale-up activities, and commercial manufacturing readiness.
• Drive technical investigations, risk assessments, and root cause analysis for manufacturing challenges.
• Deliver technical training and share knowledge to strengthen site and network capabilities.

Skills

Process optimization

Cross-functional collaboration

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Technology, Chemistry, or related scientific discipline

Master of Science in Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Technology, Chemistry, or related scientific discipline

Job description

Novartis Innovative Technologies Inc. in Morrisville, North Carolina is seeking a Technical Steward to drive advanced manufacturing technologies, process excellence, and global collaboration across manufacturing operations.

You will lead process development, qualification, validation, and capital project activities, partnering with MS&T teams to implement new standards and innovations. Strong communication and data-driven problem solving are essential.