Senior Pharmaceutical Packaging Lead — Global Tech Transfer

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co; New Brunswick (NJ); On-site; USD 124,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Time Off

11 paid company holidays

Comprehensive health benefits

Job summary

Bristol Myers Squibb Co. seeks a Senior Packaging Manager in New Brunswick, NJ to lead packaging technology transfer, robustness projects, and supplier oversight within ExM/CMO networks.

The role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration, regulatory alignment, and continuous process improvement to ensure reliable supply of primary and secondary packaging for diverse products. Qualifications include a science/engineering/packaging degree with 6+ years in pharma packaging, strong analytical and

Qualifications

• Bachelors (or Masters) in science, engineering, packaging or a related field with a minimum of 6 years relevant experience.
• Proven record in pharmaceutical packaging technology, technology transfer, process development and packaging support/activities.
• Ability to interact at all levels of the organization with proven influencing ability e.g. Regulatory, CMO etc to achieve goals.
• In-depth knowledge of primary packaging processes, and process equipment for OSD blister packaging (PVC/Alu, Alu/Alu, Aclar/Alu) and HDPE/LDPE bottles and associated sealing; sterile and nonsterile liquids and semisolids (bottle filling, vial filling, tubes).

Responsibilities

• Support CMO selection process – compilation of technical packages, due diligence and completing scoring.
• Leads packaging robustness assessment and improvement initiatives
• Accountable for/Leading technology transfer packaging projects, ensuring robust technical transfer within budget constraints, and completing associated regulatory filings.
• Support operational management of packaging CMOs as per Supplier Relationship Management governance model
• Provide on-going technical support to ExM / CMO to ensure compliance and security of supply – metrics review, deviation closure, CAPA effectiveness, change control review, APQR review, process improvement. Identify and Implement OPEX initiatives as necessary.
• Leads process investigations when required, using structured root cause analysis tools.
• Represents Manufacturing Technology on project teams and works closely with Supply Relationship Manager and project team members. Product robustness - technical lead for creation of process robustness monitoring plan, process control strategy, and provides technical oversight of TPM sites to ensure continuous process monitoring for all products in scope.
• Supervise work of MS&T specialist(s), when required.

Skills

Packaging technology

Technology transfer

Process development

Regulatory filings

Cross-functional collaboration

Statistical analysis

Project management

Education

Bachelors (or Masters) in science/engineering/packaging or related field

Tools

Statistical software

Process control software

Serialization technology

Job description

Bristol Myers Squibb Co. seeks a Senior Packaging Manager in New Brunswick, NJ to lead packaging technology transfer, robustness projects, and supplier oversight within ExM/CMO networks.

The role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration, regulatory alignment, and continuous process improvement to ensure reliable supply of primary and secondary packaging for diverse products. Qualifications include a science/engineering/packaging degree with 6+ years in pharma packaging, strong analytical and