Associate Director Parenteral Packaging & Delivery Systems

Summary

Are you looking for a challenging and rewarding career in pharmaceutical packaging development? Do you want to lead a team of talented and passionate packaging engineers and scientists who are responsible for the development of parenteral packaging containers and combination products to ensure that our delivery systems fulfill the highest customer expectations? If yes, then this is the opportunity for you! The Packaging Technology Solution Center is seeking the Group Head for Parenteral Packaging & Delivery Systems within the Global Device and Packaging Development (GDPD) department in Schaftenau, Austria. As Group Head, you will lead a team up to 10 packaging engineers and scientists who develop innovative packaging containers and combination products like vial kits, syringes, needle safety devices and cartridges. You will be part of the Packaging Technology Solution Center leadership team.

About the Role

Key Responsibilities:

• Build and lead the Parenteral Packaging & Delivery Systems Group in Schaftenau consisting of Packaging Engineers and Scientists by setting up people and assets, to best serve project needs according to priority, and ensure timely delivery of high-quality products.
• Closely collaborate and partner with the Parenteral Packaging Group Head and Team in Basel.
• Foster a culture of innovation, empowerment, trust, learning, diversity and inclusion and high performance.
• Provide strategic direction, coaching and mentoring to your group members, ensuring their professional development and performance.
• Responsible for needle safety devices, parenteral containers, syringe, cartridge, and vial-based packaging systems design including device accessories where applicable and timely delivery of technical aspects of all projects and LCM of commercial products.
• This includes ensuring work meets the relevant regulatory requirements and standards, is built on strong scientific and engineering rationale, and recorded accurately within the project documentation through Novartis documentation systems.
• Responsible for maintenance of up-to-date knowledge in the following areas: Materials (i.e., glass, polymers, rubbers, silicone/lubricants, sterile barrier systems, adhesives).
• Manufacturing processes (i.e., injection moulding, glass converting, rubber moulding, device assembly, fill & finish, transport validation).
• Ensures maintenance progression of development tools (rapid prototyping/ rapid tooling, technical drawings, tolerance stacks, statistics, modelling and simulation, CFD/FEA).
• Support internal & external audits on packaging and medical devices related matters and provide input to health authority questions.
• Additional mutually agreed roles defined by trainings assigned.

Essential Requirements:

• Bachelor’s, Master or PhD degree in engineering or material science or equivalent
• Minimum 7 years of experience working in a primary packaging containers / medical device and combination product; preferred in pharmaceutical area or similar
• Leading and influencing in global matrix organization; strong communication / negotiation skills & listener, actively reaching out, able to understand and connect across functions
• Mentors and inspires others to solve technical issues / problems
• Leads / co‐leads novel projects within the team
• Excellent skills in English, verbal and written. Other language skills, e.g., German are of advantage
• Experience in scientific, technical publications and to present topics / knowledge gained at external / internal conferences

Languages :

• English.

Why Novartis: Helping people with disease and their families takes more than innovative science. It takes a community of smart, passionate people like you. Collaborating, supporting, and inspiring each other. Combining to achieve breakthroughs that change patients’ lives. Ready to create a brighter future together?

Benefits and rewards: Read our handbook to learn about all the ways we’ll help you thrive personally and professionally:

In addition to a market-competitive base salary, we offer an attractive incentive program, a modern company pension scheme, childcare facilities, learning and development opportunities as well as worldwide career possibilities within the Novartis group. Level 5: In accordance with Austrian law, we are obliged to disclose the minimum salary as stated in the collective bargaining agreement. For this position, the minimum salary is € 73,112.90/year (on a full-time basis). The actual salary will be significantly higher, as we strive to maintain a competitive position in the market and consider your previous experience, qualifications, and individual competencies.

If because of a medical condition, physical disability, or a neurodiverse condition you require an adjustment during the recruitment process, please reach out to and let us know the nature of your request as well as your contact information. The support which we can provide will include advice on suitable positions as well as guidance at all stages of the application process. Austrian law provides candidates the opportunity to involve the local disability representative, Behindertenvertrauensperson (BVP), in the application process. If you would like to request this, please let us know in advance as a note on your CV.

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion:

Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams' representative of the patients and communities we serve.

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Why Novartis: Helping people with disease and their families takes more than innovative science. It takes a community of smart, passionate people like you. Collaborating, supporting and inspiring each other. Combining to achieve breakthroughs that change patients’ lives. Ready to create a brighter future together?

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