Octapharma specializes in the development of highly pure pharmaceuticals made of human blood plasma. As part of a family-owned enterprise, Octapharma in Vienna is not only the largest production site, but also a successful research location of the Octapharma Group. Since our company continues to grow, we are now hiring for our team:

 

Group Senior Process and Technology Expert (m/f/d)

Your new challenges which will inspire you:

 

Join us as a Group Senior Process and Technology Expert (m/f/d), where you'll play a crucial role in optimizing pro-duction processes and technologies across our pharmaceutical manufacturing operations. Reporting to the Group Director of API production, you will ensure operational excellence, efficiency, and quality.

 

• Process Troubleshooting: Provide expert support for routine bulk production and address major process de-viations to maintain product quality
• Product Lifecycle Management: Develop and review user requirements for manufacturing processes and equipment, and support overall lifecycle management strategies
• Technology Transfer (TT): Lead technology transfer projects, coordinate the transfer process according to SOPs, and oversee TT plans, reports, and comparability studies
• Production Efficiency: Monitor technological advancements, define and track KPIs for production perfor-mance, and identify opportunities for cost reduction and yield improvement
• Standardization: Lead projects to standardize processes and equipment across sites, and contribute to cor-porate standardization documents
• Cross Functional Collaboration: Develop synergy between sites and host project or technology transfer ses-sions
• Strategic Input: Conduct benchmarking across plants, act as a counterpart for TT projects, represent bulk production in supplier discussions, and contribute to equipment decisions

 

Your profile that will convince us:

• Successfully completed a university degree in biotechnology, chemical engineering or a related field

• Several years of practical professional experience in the pharmaceutical industry and/or process experience in pharmaceutical production
• Expertise in Six Sigma/Lean methods
• Proactive, assertive, communicative and decisive personality characterized by team spirit with entrepre-neurial thinking as well as data-analytical mindset
• Fluent English skills in both written and spoken form (every additional language is a bonus)
• Willingness to travel (particularly for onboarding and production sites visits)

 

Our attractive benefits for you:

• wide range of tasks in an international setting, flexibility and personal responsibility

• Reliable employer with generous employee benefits and a salary customary in the market.
• Familiar setting of a family-owned enterprise with benefits such as Do & Co staff restaurant, extraordinary staff events and many more