Walker Cole International
MS&T Director – Drug Product
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Walker Cole International Partnership Opportunity
Walker Cole International is exclusively partnering with a fast-growing global pharmaceutical business to find their new MS&T Director. This is a genuinely exciting time to join, with the business scaling its biologics manufacturing network and investing heavily in drug product capability.
Role Overview
As MS&T Director, you'll take full ownership of the technical and scientific oversight of drug product manufacturing across a complex, multi-site network, sitting right at the centre of a business going through real growth and change.
Key Responsibilities
- Owning technical and scientific oversight of drug product manufacturing processes, protecting product quality and process robustness across the full lifecycle.
- Leading change control and technical change management end to end, working closely with manufacturing, quality and external partners.
- Driving technology transfer and scale-up for new biologics products, supporting launches from development through to commercial manufacture.
- Setting the standard for MS&T practice globally, making sure quality, compliance and efficiency improvements identified on one site get rolled out fast across the network.
- Partnering with Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Quality and Product Development to protect supply continuity, deliver COGS savings and provide technical input into Capex investment.
- Building technical capability across the organisation through training and knowledge-sharing.
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What We're Looking For
- Strong background in biologics manufacturing, with solid drug product experience covering process validation and optimisation.
- A track record of building and running MS&T strategy and systems across global or multi-site operations.
- Experience leading tech transfer and scale-up in a regulated biologics environment.
- A clear record of driving up quality and compliance performance in a complex, matrixed business.
- Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, comfortable leading change across international, cross-functional teams.
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MSAT | Manufacturing Science & Technology | Biologics | Drug Product | Tech Transfer | Process Validation | Scale-Up | GMP | Quality Compliance | Continuous Improvement | COGS | Change Control | Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
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