Technical Transfer Specialist

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The Position

A healthier future. It’s what drives us to innovate. To continuously advance science and ensure everyone has access to the healthcare they need today and for generations to come. Creating a world where we all have more time with the people we love. That’s what makes us Roche.

The Technical Transfer Specialist will assist in coordination between Operations and the Development, Regulatory and Project team at Roche while launching of new Assays, Reagents and Bulk materials used in tissue diagnostics. This position is helps to ensure that all Operations needs are met from a manufacturability, quality, cost and schedule perspective.

The application of program management skills, lean manufacturing principles, process engineering and sound scientific rigor are essential to ensure that new Assays, Reagents and Bulk materials are introduced into the existing manufacturing processes. This position help to ensure that the requirements for a minimum viable product are met within Operations and clearly communicates project risks and proposes gap closure plans to eliminate these risks. This position will also support, as needed the transfer of products from site to site or site to supplier within the US.

The Opportunity

• Understand and communicate manufacturing best practices at the site and communicate minimum requirements to the core project team to ensure manufacturability and scalability.

• Be the Global Operations project focal and ensure that all Operations stakeholders (Manufacturing, Process Engineering, Validations Engineering, Functional Leads, Quality, Validation, Planning, Procurement, Purchasing and Label Control) needs are understood and communicated through the transfer process.

• Learn and apply Technology Transfer standard work to continuously improve the transfer process. Support the use of project management techniques to plan, track and ensure timely completion of transfer projects. Overtime, develop an expertise in site manufacturing processes to promote, train and improve GMP within the site to ensure transfer activity is successful from cost, quality and delivery perspective.

• Learn and incorporate manufacturing requirements into development projects to ensure robust technical transfer into operations by providing input at the design stage for design for manufacturing.

• Execute Validation protocols with assistance from other Technical Transfer Specialists and utilize Good Manufacturing. Processes (GMP) and standards for transferred products.

• Participates in cross-functional teams to ensure the needs of the technology transfer project are met. Establishes partnerships across other organizational groups (Lifecycle, Regulatory and other business partners) as required.

• Troubleshoots problems. Participates in transfer planning and process updates. Prepares and delivers presentations of project results to others; presents data to larger and more diverse audiences.

Who You Are

• You hold a Bachelor's Degree in an Engineering/Engineering Technology or Life Science discipline.

• You have 1-3 years of related experience.

Preferred Requirements

• You have a Master's Degree BS in an Engineering/Engineering Technology or Life Science discipline (e.g. Chemistry, Biology, Biochemistry, Microbiology etc is preferred) 

Behaviors, competencies, and qualities of the ideal Technical Transfer Specialist

• Demonstrates potential for technical proficiency, scientific creativity, collaboration with others, and independent thought

• Basic understanding of assay, bulk and reagent manufacturing processes and design and the ability to apply scientific method as it relates to production

• Advanced technical writing skills to produce reports and documents

• Ability to apply 6 Sigma and Lean Manufacturing Methods during the development phase

• Ability to utilize systems such as SAP and ETQ preferred

The expected salary range for this position based on the primary location of Tucson, AZ is