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The Global Technical Operations External Manufacturing Sterile Organization is seeking a highly motivated individual to fill an open position to support sterile drug product manufacture at contract manufacturing sites in Europe. This position is located in Lucerne, Switzerland.
This is an exciting opportunity to work with key strategic external partners, grow technical experience in sterile manufacturing, and work on high visibility network initiatives with direct access to senior management. Our team strives to provide technical excellence in our work and be strong partners, collaborators, and leaders within the small and large molecule lines of business at MSD. We are looking for new talent to incorporate new and innovative approaches to our work.
The Sr. Specialist provides process technical support to drug product sterile fill finish manufacturing at CMO sites, including process performance, implementation of process improvement strategies, and development of process models. The incumbent will be responsible for driving change in sterile manufacturing, owning the production processes and key performance measures, and managing the technical change portfolio. This role will potentially support multiple CMOs supporting process analysis for sterile processes, formulation, filling, visual inspection and packaging. This may also include leading technical transfers, implementing process improvement projects, change control, on-site support for manufacturing, risk assessments and other initiatives. The incumbent will also support regulatory inspections and filings for sterile drug products. The incumbent will have technical and leadership skills in addition interpersonal and communication skills, as they will be part of high performance teams.
The Senior Specialist:
The position has upward growth potential and the opportunity to see many different sterile products and areas. The department is growing in the coming years and we are seeking top talent to fill open positions.
The position includes travel to internal and external sites within Europe at approximately 25%.
Education:
Required:
Preferred:
Your role at MSD is integral to helping the world meet new breakthroughs that affect generations to come, and we’re counting on your skills and inventiveness to help make meaningful contributions to global medical advancement. At MSD, we’re inventing for life.
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