Senior Expert – Oral Dosage Form Development (80-100)

Job Description Summary

Job Description

As you consider taking on this influential position heres what you can expect from the roles primary responsibilities. Each aspect is designed to challenge and inspire ensuring your expertise finds its fullest expression:

• Oversee complex projects with significant business impact making informed decisions from diverse data sources and actively mitigating risks to achieve project goals.

• Lead formulation and technical development activities for drug product manufacturing on assigned projects.

• Supervise development scale-up registration and validation of drug substance particle engineering and drug development programs in accordance with Quality HSE and cGMP standards.

• Manage the manufacturing process for clinical materials collaborating with supporting technical areas as needed.

• Resolve process challenges across multiple unit operations by employing both experimental methods and process simulation/modeling techniques.

In this role you will harness advanced data science and mechanistic modeling to inform every stage of development and scale-up ensuring data-driven decisions underpin formulation strategies and process optimization. Your expertise in extracting actionable insights from complex datasets will help accelerate innovation streamline technology transfer and deliver robust manufacturing solutions that meet the highest standards of quality and regulatory compliance.

What youll bring to the role:

• Advanced degree in a relevant scientific field ideally in Pharmaceutical Technology.

• Minimum 3 years of industry experience in the development of pharmaceutical formulations for small molecules.

Language
English (mandatory). German or French (optional)

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.

Accessibility and accommodation
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Skills Desired