Technical Steward

Scorpion Therapeutics; Morrisville (NC); On-site; USD 110,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Novartis is seeking a Technical Steward to support advanced pharmaceutical manufacturing technologies in Morrisville, NC, onsite. You will act as the single point of contact for the global MS&T network and development teams, focusing on process excellence, tech implementation and continuous improvement.

The role requires guiding pilot, scale-up, and DoE activities, leading process optimization, and supporting technology transfers, validation, and manufacturing readiness within a

Qualifications

• BSc in Pharmacy, Chemistry, or related field.
• Minimum five years in oral solid dosage pharma manufacturing.
• Strong GMP, regulatory, and process understanding.
• Experience in process improvement, validation, and tech transfer.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Effective cross-functional communicator.

Responsibilities

• Act as SPOC for global MS&T network and development teams.
• Serve as site expert in manufacturing process technologies, including pilot, scale-up, and DoE.
• Lead process optimization and process improvement initiatives.
• Support technology transfers, validation, and manufacturing readiness.
• Drive investigations, risk assessments, and root cause analyses.
• Provide technical training and knowledge sharing.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem-solving

Cross-functional communication

GMP knowledge

Regulatory knowledge

Process understanding

DoE

Education

BSc in Pharmacy/ Chemistry or related field

Tools

DoE

Job description

Role

Technical Steward supporting advanced pharmaceutical manufacturing technologies at Novartis, focusing on process excellence, tech implementation, and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• act as SPOC for global MS&T network and development teams
• serve as site expert in manufacturing process technologies, including pilot, scale-up, and DoE
• lead process optimization and process improvement initiatives
• support technology transfers, validation, and manufacturing readiness
• drive investigations, risk assessments, and root cause analyses
• provide technical training and knowledge sharing

Requirements

• BSc in Pharmacy, Chemistry, or related field
• minimum five years in oral solid dosage pharma manufacturing
• strong GMP, regulatory, and process understanding
• experience in process improvement, validation, and tech transfer
• analytical and problem-solving skills
• effective cross-functional communicator

Desirable

• MSc
• scientific publications
• industry conference participation

High-Value

• pharma manufacturing
• oral solid dosage
• process development
• validation
• GMP compliance
• technical investigations
• process optimization
• scale-up
• tech transfer

Work setup

Morrisville, NC, onsite, with emphasis on collaboration within a global manufacturing environment.