Sr. Principal Scientist, Technical Product Owner - Cell Therapy

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Job Function:

Project/Program Management Group

Job Sub Function:

Project/Program Management

Job Category:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

Raritan, New Jersey, United States of America

Job Description:

About Innovative Medicine

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Join us in developing treatments, finding cures, and pioneering the path from lab to life while championing patients every step of the way.

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We are searching for the best talent for the Sr. Principal Scientist, Technical Product Owner – Cell Therapy to be based in Raritan, NJ.

Purpose:

The Technical Product Owner (TPO) is a site-based member of the Global Technical Team, reporting to the Global Process Owner within the Advanced Therapies MSAT organization. The TPO is the single point of contact at the manufacturing site for the technical team and is responsible for driving implementation of initiatives from the product technical roadmap and lifecycle management plan across the Advanced Therapies supply chain portfolio. Typical focus areas include projects that improve reliability, innovation, sustainability, scalability, and cost/quality performance. The role requires close cross‑functional partnership with R&D, Quality, Regulatory and Operations.

You will be responsible for:

·         Serve as the main technical liaison between the global technical team and the manufacturing site — proactively sharing process knowledge across sites, democratizing technical insights, and sustaining a strong support network for lifecycle management, new technologies, automation, and change control.

·         Build strong cross‑functional partnerships with the Value Chain Team and CMC to drive alignment between site execution and global strategy.

·         Own delivery of the technology roadmap and PSR initiatives at site level — translating strategy into prioritized projects, contributing to long‑term supply planning, scenario analysis, and end‑to‑end impact assessments across the network.

·         Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary technical experts across site functions to ensure effective implementation, timely decision‑making, and measurable improvements in robustness, scalability, and cost/quality performance.

·         Facilitate clear, proactive communication and escalation: create forums for lifecycle initiatives, engage cross‑functional SMEs (Operations, R&D, Regulatory, etc.), and ensure timely resolution of technical issues.

·         Represent the site during regulatory inspections by presenting technical data and rationale and continuously enhance the value‑chain knowledge base through internal/external benchmarking and ongoing updates to product technical documentation.

 

Qualifications:

·         Minimum of a University/Bachelors Degree in Science/Engineering or Equivalent with 8-10 Years Biotech/ Pharmaceutical exper