Associate Director, Manufacturing Science and Technology – Drug Product

PTC Therapeutics is a global commercial biopharmaceutical company. For over 25 years our team has been deeply committed to a unified purpose:
Extending life’s moments for children and adults living with a rare disease.

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The Associate Director, Manufacturing Science and Technology – Drug Product, provides technical and operational support for manufacturing activities for commercial and late-stage clinical small molecule programs for the drug product including, but not limited to, formulation compounding, primary/secondary packaging, technology transfer, and process validation at contract manufacturing organizations (CMOs). This position supports process development, regulatory interactions/submissions, and clinical and commercial manufacturing.

He/she also oversees early access and commercial label generation and release to ensure Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP), Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and International Conference on Harmonisation (ICH) guidelines.

The Associate Director, Manufacturing Science and Technology–Drug Product also acts as person-in-plant and primary manufacturing contact for the drug product manufacturers and assists in maintaining excellent supplier relationships and timely production schedules.

The incumbent works cross-functionally with internal departments and external resources on Manufacturing Science and Technology related issues.

The Associate Director, Manufacturing Science and Technology - Drug Product supports adherence to relevant regulatory requirements and company Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) as appropriate.
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ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Primary duties/responsibilities:

• Accountable for person-in-plant (PIP) technical support during manufacturing of drug product. Provides production troubleshooting including identifying any potential process, equipment performance and material issues. Travel to CMOs to monitor production of drug product; and interfaces with CMOs and internal departments to facilitate the manufacture and release of drug product.
• Coordinates activities related to manufacturing, packaging, and labeling, ensuring adherence to GMP, GCP and ICH guidelines.
• Leads and executes activities related to drug product technology transfer, validation and process improvements to manufacturing partners.
• Leads process validation lifecycle initiatives, including process performance qualification and continued process verification studies. Collaborates with Process Development in establishing risk assessments, process design/characterization, and process control strategies.
• In close collaboration with the internal and external manufacturing teams, assists with troubleshooting or investigations related to the manufacturing processes. Works directly with manufacturing and quality teams to author deviations, RCA, non-conformances, and CAPAs as required. Partners with Quality function(s) to address these issues efficiently, effectively, and compliantly.
• Monitors existing vendors’ activities. This includes, but is not limited to, reviewing vendor batch records, randomization files, label copies, variable text documentation, change orders, distribution procedures and invoices.
• Assists in the identification, development and implementation of policies, procedures and standards which impact the department, while working to ensure compliance with applicable regulatory requirements.
• Coordinates the authoring, reviewing, execution and issuance of drug product process development,…