Head of Respiratory Product Manufacturing

**Date**:5 Aug 2025

**Department**:Plant Operations Nerviano

**Business Area**:Industrial Operations & HSE

**Job Type**:Direct Employee

**Contract Type**:Permanent

**Location**:Milano, IT

**_About us_**
- Based in Parma, Italy, Chiesi is an international research-focused pharmaceutical and healthcare group with over 85 years’ experience, operating in 30 countries with more than 6,000 employees (Chiesi Group). To achieve its mission of improving people’s quality of life by acting responsibly towards society and the environment, the Group researches, develops and markets innovative drugs in its main therapeutic areas**:Discover more here**
- We are proud to be the largest global pharmaceutical group to be awarded **B Corp Certification**, a recognition of **high social and environmental standards**. We are a **reliable** company that adopts and promotes a **transparent and ethical behavior** at all levels.
- We believe that the success of **Chiesi is built and shaped by our people and our strong set of shared Values and Behaviors**. Our people make a critical difference to our success, which is why it is vital that we attract and retain the right talent who will continue to enrich our culture by living and breathing our values and behaviors.
- We are committed to **embrace diversity, inclusion and equal opportunities.** In fact, we are a global family made up of different cultures, different genders, generations, ethnicities, abilities, sexual identities and many other enriching diversities.

**_Chiesi Global Manufacturing Division_**
- Chiesi Group has three production plants:
**Parma** (Italy), the strategic hub for the production and distribution of our products, serving as an international supply center with exports to over 80 countries. Here, solid medicines such as tablets and dry powders for inhalers, solutions and suspensions for inhalations and sterile suspension vials for endotracheal administration are produced.
- In 2024, a new **Biotech Centre of Excellence** has launched in Parma. The new facility is dedicated to developing and producing monoclonal antibodies, enzymes, and other proteins.

**Blois-La Chaussée Saint Victor plant** (France), a center of excellence specializing in the production of Dry Powder Inhalers and Metered Dose Inhalers (MDIs). The site manages direct distribution to customers in the French market and exports to other markets, effectively meeting both local and international needs.

**Santana de Parnaiba** (Brazil), specialized in the production of pressurized solutions and suspensions for inhalation therapy (pMDIs). Additionally, it has an area dedicated to nasal sprays for the European market. Santana produces pressurised solutions and suspensions for inhalation therapy (MDI).
- In 2025, a new investment in **Nerviano** (Italy) has been announced with the construction of a new facility which will be primarily dedicated to manufacturing carbon mínimal inhalers (reinforcing the company’s commitment to both patients’ health and sustainable healthcare solutions), dry powder inhalers and sterile biological products.

**_Who we are looking for_**

**Purpose**
- We are seeking an experienced and visionary **Head of Respiratory Product Manufacturing**to lead the establishment of two new production departments (Spray/p-MDI and Dry Powder Inhalers) within a new pharmaceutical facility currently under construction in **Nerviano (Milan)**.- **Key Responsibilities**
- Actively contribute to facility design, layout definition and review, and participate in design qualification processes.
- Lead the drafting and review of User Requirements Specifications (URS) for production equipment and systems.
- Oversee FAT/SAT execution and equipment commissioning activities in alignment with GMP standards.
- Build the organizational structure of the production departments from scratch, including the hiring and training of supervisory and operational staff.
- Develop and implement production-related procedures (SOPs, batch records, cleaning protocols, logbooks, etc.) in collaboration with QA and Compliance.
- Support process validation, cleaning validation, and batch release preparation.
- Collaborate with Engineering, QA, EHS, Regulatory Affairs, and Supply Chain to ensure full integration and compliance across functions.
- Participate in knowledge transfer activities at existing group facilities to learn about and adapt mature processes and technologies.
- Drive a culture of operational excellence, GMP compliance, and continuous improvement.
- Ensure high standards in EHS, product quality, and production performance during ramp-up and after go-live.

**Education**
- Degree in Pharmacy, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or a related technical/scientific discipline.**Experience Required**
- Minimum of 8-10 years’ experience in pharmaceutical manufacturing.
- Proven experience with p-MDI and/or Dry Powder Inhalers (DPI) technologies.
- Experience in greenfield or brownfield projects (facility or