Site Ms&t Head

The Site MS&T Head leads the Site’s MS&T organization, which is responsible to maintain and improve the scientific oversight of the manufacturing processes and technical changes, the relevant technical knowledge and capabilities at the Site and to ensure the product and technical stewardship, across process units and functions.

**Your key responsibilities**:
Your responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

- Act as SPOC for site head and MS&T platform/cluster head.
- Manage the MS&T career path, succession planning, training program and career progression within the site.
- Enable knowledge management for processes and products within department and across site functions.
- Ensure robust product stewardship for all products manufactured at the site, and end-to-end technical oversight of product manufacturing processes, at all stages of their commercial lifecycle. Ensure that all products, processes, unit operations are assigned to a product steward / technical steward / process expert / packaging expert.
- Ensure that all manufacturing processes are robust respectively process improvement projects acc. to project plan are implemented.
- Works across Process Units and Functions within the Site and in close collaboration with MS&T global team to resolve issues and to ensure process capability.
- Ensure all manufacturing, packaging and cleaning processes are validated and ongoing verification is implemented, so that all site products are validated and remain in constant state of validation throughout the product lifecycle.
- Accountable for technical transfer activities into, within and out of the site.
- Support and, where appropriate, lead optimization of pharmaceutical processes by deploying the specialist scientific and technical competence, triggering post launch development, when needed.
- Work collaboratively with functional management in technical research and development organization and technical operations to ensure that Technical Life Cycle Management (TLCM) projects are identified, prioritized and delivered with excellence.
- Ensure development and deployment of highly specialist technical skills and knowledge to meet the needs of the site’s product portfolio and strategy.

**Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion**:

- We are committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve._

**Minimum requirements**

**What you’ll bring to the role**:

- MSc. in Science, Pharmacy or Chemical Engineering, Pharmaceutical Technology or equivalent experience. Ph.D. desirable.
- At least 10 years' experience in manufacturing. Additional specialist experience is preferred (e.g. pharmaceutical formulation, process development, manufacturing technology).
- Proven experience driving quality and compliance in an organization.
- Strong working knowledge of applied statistics, quality systems and regulatory requirements across multiple health authorities.
- Fluent in English and proficient in Italian.

Work location: Ivrea.

**Why Advanced Accelerator Applications (AAA)?**
Thousands of people die of cancer around the world every day. At Advanced Accelerator Applications (AAA), a Novartis company, our mission is to transform lives through radioligand therapy in nuclear medicine to fight several leading types of cancer. How will we continue to be on the cutting edge of medicine? We believe new groundbreaking solutions can be found at the intersection of medical science and digital innovation. That a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment inspires new ways of working. We believe our potential can thrive and grow in an unbossed culture underpinned by integrity, curiosity and flexibility. And we can reinvent what's possible, when we collaborate with courage to aggressively and ambitiously tackle the world’s toughest medical challenges. Because the greatest risk in life, is the risk of never trying Imagine what you could do here at Novartis

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**Division**

Oncology

**Business Unit**

ADVANCED ACCELERATOR APPLICATIONS

**Country**

Italy

**Work Location**

Colleretto Giacosa

**Company/Legal Entity**

AAA Italy Srl.

**Functional Area**

Technical Operations

**Job Type**

Full Time

**Employment Type**

Regular

**Shift Work**

No

**Early Talent**

No