Manager, Process Engineer

Working with Us Challenging. Meaningful. Life‑changing. Those aren’t words that are usually associated with a job. But working at Bristol Myers Squibb is anything but usual. Here, uniquely interesting work happens every day, in every department. From optimizing a production line to the latest breakthroughs in cell therapy, this is work that transforms the lives of patients, and the careers of those who do it.

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Bristol Myers Squibb Netherlands Bristol Myers Squibb has been active in the Dutch market for over 50 years, employing people across a range of activities and business units in Utrecht, The Netherlands. The Netherlands is also home to our first European Cell Therapy facility, located at the Leiden Bio Science Park, the largest life sciences cluster of The Netherlands. This new state of the art facility is focused on commercial manufacturing with capabilities for multi-product Cell Therapy manufacturing.

You can become part of this exciting journey. Check out this video if you want to know more about it! The Netherlands has everything it takes to become the medicines hub of Europe, the so‑called Boston by the North Sea. As we continue to expand our footprint by building this new site, we are looking to grow our team. Would you like to become an important chain in our worldwide network to bring this new personalized treatment to patients suffering from blood cancer?

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Position Summary The Manager Process Engineering is responsible for implementing and supporting the production of CAR‑T cell therapy products for both clinical trials and commercial supply as part of 24/7 operations at Leiden facility. The Manager Process Engineering is responsible for managing activities in Process Engineering team from a technical perspective. The Manager Process Engineering collaborates with SMEs from Process Validation, MES/Automation, Manufacturing, and Quality to ensure rapid, flawless, compliant, and cost‑effective delivery of quality products.
Drive the processes to continuously monitor, analyze, and optimize the end‑to‑end process and anticipate and permanently resolve issues that may arise during production including Process Equipment System support and troubleshooting
Provide technical input and guide lead investigators for process related investigations, including leading high criticality deviations ensuring compliance with internal standards and regulatory requirements.
Drive and ensure technical documentation is reviewed and approved on time by MSAT PE department (e.g investigations, changes, SOPs, batch records, protocols and reports)
Provides on‑site and on‑call support during operations and any process related topics coming from shopfloor and front‑line support.
Guide implementation of change initiatives and process improvement initiatives
Interact with manufacturing, quality control, supply chain, facility & engineering, and quality assurance SMEs and leaders and serve as processes SME for the multiproduct facility.
Interact with SMEs in the BMS Cell Therapy network.
Drive internal collaboration with other MSAT functions for data collection, analysis, and interpretation of data and drive collaboration with cross‑functional teams including Manufacturing, Quality Assurance and Supply Chain.
Guide and provide input for preparations for regulatory inspections and support regulatory inspections. Ensure that all actions linked to MSAT process engineering are executed as per agreed timelines.
Lead interactions with Engineering /Maintenance on the design and implementation of new technology and new systems/facilities related to production process needs.
Coordinate and prioritize initiatives to ensure that risks from manufacturing operations that could negatively impact delivery of safe effective therapies to patients are identified and mitigated proactively. Accountable for ensuring the continuous optimization of the process.
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