Senior Commercial Process Manager

Senior Commercial Process Manager

As a Senior Commercial Process Manager, you will play a key role at the interface between development, production and quality. You will drive the successful transfer of innovative pharmaceutical products into commercial manufacturing and support them throughout their entire product lifecycle.

Working in a global, interdisciplinary environment, you will make well‑founded strategic decisions and contribute your expertise to key projects and governance bodies.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the commercial manufacturing processes of assigned chemical drug substances, with a focus on synthetic peptides and oligonucleotides.
• Lead interdisciplinary project teams across the entire product lifecycle and drive the preparation and execution of product launches.
• Lead technology transfers between internal and external sites and ensure cross‑site governance of manufacturing process compliance and change management for drug substances.
• Represent the Drug Substance function at the interface with development departments (e.g., R&D) during development of synthetic peptides and oligonucleotides.
• Lead and/or contribute to strategic initiatives in launch or development, preparing the organization for future improvement measures (e.g., accelerated development, reduced time to market, novel therapeutic products).
• Ensure a long‑term, stable, cost‑efficient, registration‑compliant and GMP‑compliant supply of drug substances to all relevant global markets and regions.

Requirements

• University degree with a PhD, preferably in chemistry or a related field.
• Extensive experience in various roles within the pharmaceutical industry, ideally in Operations, Regulatory Affairs and Drug Substance Development.
• Proven ability to lead cross‑functional matrix teams in an international environment, supported by strong project management expertise.
• Practical experience in API manufacturing under cGMP conditions or in GMP process development.
• Experience in solid‑phase peptide synthesis, preparative HPLC or solid‑phase oligonucleotide synthesis is an advantage.
• Experience in the field of ADCs is an advantage.
• Strong regulatory and compliance expertise.
• Team‑oriented mindset, strategic thinking and a high level of commitment and flexibility, as well as willingness to travel for business.
• Very good command of English, written and spoken, with several years of experience in an international business environment.

Applications from persons with severe disabilities are warmly welcomed. In cases of equal qualifications, such applicants will be given preferential consideration in the selection process.