Associate Director, Technical Operations, Small Molecule Drug Product

What you'll do

• Provide technical oversight and leadership for oral solid dose manufacturing processes including blending, granulation, and tablet compression.
• Lead process scale-up, technology transfer, and validation activities from development through commercial manufacturing.
• Support capital projects including design, commissioning, qualification, and facility startup phases.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance process performance, yield, cycle times, and impurity control.
• Manage deviation investigations, out-of-specification results, and CAPA actions using structured root cause analysis.
• Ensure all manufacturing processes comply with cGMP standards and regulatory requirements for audit readiness.
• Lead and develop a team of technical specialists and engineers through coaching and performance feedback.
• Act as the primary technical representative for assigned processes in cross-functional meetings with R&D, Quality, and Supply Chain.

What we're looking for

• Hold a Bachelor’s, Master’s, or higher degree in Chemical Engineering, Pharmaceutics, Pharmaceutical Sciences, or a related field.
• Possess at least 10 years of experience in oral solid dose manufacturing, formulation, or process development.
• Demonstrate strong expertise in process engineering and scale-up.
• Maintain a strong background in process, equipment, and cleaning validation.
• Possess working knowledge of cGMP manufacturing operations and regulatory inspection readiness.
• Experience with deviation management, investigations, and electronic batch records (e.g., DeltaV) is required.
• Exposure to capital projects, commissioning, qualification, and verification (CQV) is required.
• Must possess strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills to lead cross-functional teams.