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Director, Technical Services

Sandwich, England, United Kingdom💼 Full-time🗓 2026-08-26 → 2026-09-25

Core

Leading technical aspects of externally manufactured products for the Respiratory portfolio and selected global key brands, managing tech transfer, vendor performance, and GMP manufacturing operations.

Role type

Director, Technical Services (Contract Manufacturing)

Builds

Externally manufactured pharmaceutical products for the Respiratory portfolio and global key brands

Domain

Healthcare / Pharmaceuticals / Contract Manufacturing

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work -> product features (manufacturing processes and product supply)

Required skills

Technical leadership in contract manufacturing, project management, GMP compliance, vendor management, root cause analysis, process improvement, experimental design, statistical analysis, cross-functional collaboration

Preferred skills

Master's degree, experience in OINDP/parenteral/blow-fill-seal/vaccine/drug-device combinations

Technologies

GMP manufacturing systems, experimental design tools, statistical analysis software

Responsibilities

Partner with Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, and R&D to manage contract manufacturing capability; Evaluate CMO technical performance and propose capacity plans; Lead tech transfer project plans between Process Development and Manufacturing Operations; Drive investigations and CAPA closure for GMP manufacturing issues; Identify opportunities to improve quality, safety, and productivity of manufacturing processes; Manage assigned product technical issues and lead experimental design for process improvement and scale-up.

Seniority

Director, strategic leadership with hands-on technical execution

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