Specialist (m/f/d) MS&T Upstream Processing

Date: Aug 10, 2024

Location:

Ulm, Germany, 89079

Company: Teva Pharmaceuticals

Job Id: 57100

Who we are

We want to improve the life of our patients. That is our daily mission. We are proud of our 2,900 employees who provide millions of people with essential medicines every day. Health needs a healthy environment - we are committed to this and, as an environmental pioneer in the German pharmaceutical industry, we set our German sites carbon-neutral in 2021.

And that's not all: we are represented in over 60 countries worldwide, the market leader in generics and the home of Germany's well-known pharmaceutical brand ratiopharm. As a full-service provider, we offer a wide range of approximately 3,500 products. These includes innovative medicines, generics, biosimilars and over-the-counter medicines. In our global network, we are constantly developing new, innovative therapies to further improve healthcare for all people. Several teams located at the German site are part of Global and European departments and thus contribute to Teva’s success around the globe.

In a nutshell: We are Teva - and we are very proud of it!

If you feel like us and if you are someone who enjoys exploring unknown paths - then we would like to get to know you. Are you also enthusiastic about global markets and pioneering technologies? And would you like to develop the future of healthcare at a leading provider of medicines? Fantastic! Then become part of our team!

Curious about the German site? Fantastic, then take a look: https://www.youtube.com/embed/73i_f4kpfVU?rel=0&showinfo

A day in Bio MS&T Upstream Processing

Your main responsibility will be the transfer of production processes for monoclonal antibodies. You will represent MSAT USP in cross-functional teams, e.g. composed of MS&T, R&D, CMO and commercial operations as a process expert handling implementation at manufacturing scale. This ranges from initial FMEA risk analysis, identification of gaps to the design of mitigation experiments, support in validation activities, person in plant to participation in BLA authoring.

You will be responsible for the design, conduction, documentation and evaluation of SDMs, relevant process improvements, process characterization and comparability studies in shake flasks and reactors from 0.25 L to 10 L scale. Another one will be to develop and qualify scale down models to support commercial manufacturing activities.

To compose and review SOPs’, project plans and reports and to participate actively in equipment qualification tasks and continuous department improvement projects will be a day-to-day business. With your skills in plain statistics as well as MVDA and DoE methods you will help the team to generate scientifically sound results.

Who are we searching for

You are

• Self-organized, well-structured and solution oriented, with high affinity to data sorting and analysis

• A talented team player with strong social and communicational skills

• Able to work within matrix structure and a multi-culture environment

• Flexible in following experimental requirements that include weekend work about every 6 weeks

You have

• A M.Sc. or PhD in Biotechnology, Biochemistry, Bio Engineering or related disciplines

• More than 4 (M.Sc.) or 2 (PhD) years in MSAT / commercial manufacturing / development preferable in the area of mammalian cell culture

• Deep technological and scientific understanding of biopharmaceutical cell culture processes

• Proven track record as project team member in pharmaceutical project

• Excellent command of German and English (spoken and written)

• Understanding of GMP requirements especially biopharmaceutical quality and regulatory requirements (EMA and FDA)

• Advanced data analysis and programming skills e.g. with MATLAB, Simulink or Python are a plus

What we offer

At Teva

• we take care of your health (among other things through a company health management system, a company doctor, physiotherapy, sports activities and a company canteen)

• you have time for your family (through our own company kindergarten and holiday camps for school children, as well as 30 days of vacation)

• you can develop your potential to the fullest (through a comprehensive virtual training program)

• your achievements are valued accordingly (e.g. through recognition and Senior-Leaders-Programs, as well as various company events)

• we think together with you about your future (e.g. through a company pension scheme)

Function

MS&T

Reports To

Senior Mamanger USP MS&T

Contact

Miha Pongrac, Human Resources

Already Working @TEVA?

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