Technical Owner/Principal Scientist (Gent)

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Job Function:
Project/Program Management Group

Job Sub Function:
Project/Program Management

Job Category:
Professional

All Job Posting Locations:
Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium

Job Description:

The Technical Owner serves as part of the Global Technical Team, reporting to the Global Process Owner within the Advanced Therapies Manufacturing Science and Technology Organization.  They are the single point of contact at the manufacturing site for the technical team, responsible for driving implementation of key initiatives related to the product technical roadmap and lifecycle management plan for the Advanced Therapies Supply Chain portfolio of products.  Example focus areas include projects that will drive reliability, innovation and sustainability in our processes and plants, both internally and externally.

Cross-functional partnership with R&D, Quality, and Regulatory will be required to ensure processes meet the needs of today and tomorrow.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:


* Partner cross-functionally with the Value Chain Team (VCT), owning the coordination of all technical activities.


* Contribute to the development of the long-term supply strategy including scenario development and E2E impact analysis


* Lead the development of technical, quality, & compliance risk assessments/mitigation strategies and possible business continuity plans


* Collaborate with R&D, site functions and finance to identify COGS improvement opportunities (COGS optimization process)


* Lead improvement/innovation opportunities, to build project business cases and to prioritize projects (product related)


* Proactively monitor technical process and product performance to detect trends and develop mitigation plans


* Democratize process information across sites


* Author “why” modules and train operations/quality on scientific basis of the process


* Support failure investigations (escalation of quality or compliance events)


* Execute or follow-up on execution of technical projects


* Present to health authorities during inspections


* Develop validation approaches and technical strategy for implementation of key initiatives


* Maintain a robust technical support network related to lifecycle management, new technologies, automation, comparability, change management and tech transfers for product


* Identify and oversee implementation (in partnership with R&D) of lifecycle management,...