Tech. Steward - Project Support

Provides to the Site the specialist knowledge and expertise, as Subject Matter Expert (SME), of specific pharmaceutical processes or process technologies (e.g. Technical Steward for galenics, for film coating, biologics – upstream or downstream, etc.).

Oversees processes and standards to maintain and improve existing and to implement new innovative manufacturing technologies.

About the Role

Stewardship - for technology assigned

• Act as the 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.
• Owns the knowledge of specific pharmaceutical manufacturing process technologies, locally, including any pilot scale, scale up or down, and Design of Experiments (DoE).
• Participate in the definition and selection of pharmaceutical equipment, through providing input to User Requirements.
• Collaborate with technical development, other sites and global MS&T network to facilitate transfer of technical knowledge.
• Assure that the necessary benchmark is done internally in Novartis, and externally in the scientific and academic environment, in order to stimulate and to extend the knowledge, increasing the know-how of the associates and expanding it to the rest of the organization.
• Be a recognized scientific expert internally and externally by reporting and presenting scientific / technical work at internal / external meetings / conferences and publish in peer reviewed international scientific journals including patents.
• Maintain their work in inspection readiness level.
• Support Product Stewards in creation of Quality Risk Assessments.
• Support creation of SOPs for Process Unit.
• Provide technical expertise to Engineering for design activities in Capex projects around technologies within area of responsibility.
• Provide technical expertise for equipment qualification around technologies within area of responsibility.

Validation

Launch & Transfer

Manufacturing Excellence– for the technology(ies) assigned

Training

Novartis Manufacturing Manual

Key Performance Indicators (Indicate how performance for this role will be measured)

Education & Qualification

Languages

Fluent in English and proficient in site local language.

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Functional Area Technical Operations

Job Type Full time

Employment Type Regular

Shift Work No

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