Senior Packaging Manager

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Join us as a Senior Packaging Manager to contribute to the success of our commercial packaging operations. The Senior Packaging Manager will oversee commercial packaging operations for BMS products at external contract manufacturing sites (CMO). This position plays a key role in product packaging as a member of cross-functional development programs, supporting projects from concept through commercialization.

• Provide Packaging technical support to the External Manufacturing Organization (ExM) and CMOs
• Ensure the transfer of robust Primary and Secondary Drug Product Packaging processes to Contract Manufacturing Organizations (CMO)
• Assess and maintain robust packaging process performance at CMOs for the primary and secondary packaging of BMS products
• Actively works to continuously reduce supply risks associated with packaging operations and processes
• Maintains current knowledge of primary and secondary packaging types/technology, packaging processes, packaging equipment and serialization to support the successful operation of the ExM business unit

Responsibilities:

• Support the CMO selection process - a compilation of technical packages, due diligence, and completing the scoring.
• Leads packaging robustness assessment and improvement initiatives
• Accountable for/Leading technology transfer packaging projects, ensuring robust technical transfer within budget constraints, and completing associated regulatory filings
• Support operational management of packaging CMOs as per the Supplier Relationship Management governance model
• Provide ongoing technical support to ExM / CMO to ensure compliance and security of supply - metrics review, deviation closure, CAPA effectiveness, change control review, APQR review, and process/yield improvement. Identify and implement OPEX initiatives as necessary
• Leads process investigations when required, using structured root cause analysis tools
• Represents Manufacturing, Science & Technology on project teams and works closely with Supply Relationship Manager and other project team members
• Product robustness - technical lead for creating process robustness monitoring plan and process control strategy and providing technical oversight of sites to ensure continuous process monitoring for all products in scope
• Supervise MS&T specialist, contractor, or intern when required.
• Provide technical support for packaging to CMOs and External Manufacturing Organization (ExM)
• Ensure successful transfer of primary and secondary drug product packaging processes to CMOs
• Maintain robust and efficient packaging process performance at CMOs for BMS products
• Reduce supply risks associated with packaging operations and processes
• Stay updated on packaging types/technology, equipment, and serialization

Knowledge/Skills:

• Ability to interact at all levels of the organization with proven influencing ability e.g. Regulatory, CMO to achieve goals
• Strong negotiation capability and ability to manage complex stakeholder networks
• Ability to understand the business implications of technical decisions
• Knowledge of Characterization/Analytical Techniques for measuring critical quality attributes of packaging materials
• In-depth knowledge of the regulatory standards and compliance expectations for packaging processes
• Knowledge of serialization requirements and serialization technology
• Proficient in the technical transfer of packaging processes to CMOs within budget and according to project timeline
• Demonstrated ability to manage one or more tech transfer projects with minimal supervision
• Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills, including concisely writing complex study plans and scientific reports and informing diverse stakeholder groups about the critical issues related to packaging processes when required
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team and to drive issues to resolution

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in science or a related field
• Minimum 5 years of experience in pharmaceutical packaging technology, technology transfer, process development, and packaging support/activities
• Demonstratable knowledge of primary packaging processes and process equipment for OSD blister packaging, bottles, and sachets; sterile and nonsterile (bottle filling, vial filling)
• Experienced with the use of statistical software to analyze process-related data to determine process capability or for troubleshooting purposes
• Experience using FMEA/Risk Assessments for optimizing primary and secondary packaging processes

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree or above is beneficial
• 7 years of experience in pharmaceutical packaging technology, technology transfer, process development, and packaging support/activities
• Six Sigma certification

Working Conditions

• No hazardous or disagreeable conditions.
• Approximately 20% travel annually.

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