Director of Product Development

PCI Pharma Services

Tredegar, United Kingdom

The Role

We are looking for a competent and dynamic individual for the position of Director of Product Development to lead our high performing teams in Tredegar, Wales. The site is focused on development, manufacturing and packaging of Potent Oral Dosage forms and is part of PCI, a global CDMO that supports our customers in Drug Product Development and Clinical, Commercial Manufacturing and Packaging.

This role is based on our site in Tredegar.

Reporting Structure:

Matrix structure with primary reporting to V.P., Pharmaceutical Sciences and dotted line reporting to the site GM.

Main purpose of role:

The main purpose of the role is to lead Pharmaceutical Development as a science based high performing business unit within the site accomplished through managing budgets and achieving revenue targets at the same time delivering pristine customer service, technical leadership and excellence to meet agreed upon client milestones.

Main responsibilities

Responsible for the leadership and strategy of the Pharmaceutical Development groups within PCI Pharma Services, Tredegar;
Responsible for provision of technical excellence for development projects (solid oral, liquids and semi solids), in line with industry expectations;
To efficiently deliver the client project portfolio of the Pharmaceutical Development Department to agreed project milestones;
Member of the Site Leadership Team and business partner to Engineering, Quality, EHS, HR, Finance leaders;
Responsible for delivering Pharmaceutical Development revenue and to manage department budget;
To partner with Business Development to provide technical support and act as site technical SME to attract new clients and projects;
Oversee in partnership with department SMEs technical scopes for new projects and proposals;
Partner with Marketing for generating thought leadership articles, white papers, presenting webinars etc.;
To act as a source of Technical Expertise within the company, keeping abreast of developments within the field by attendance of technical seminars/conferences, LinkedIn learning and scientific papers;
To work with the GM and the Continuous Improvement Manager to achieve continuous improvements site targets, and continuous improvement mindset within development groups;
To evaluate new complimentary technologies for the site and the business;
To ensure all staff achieve the agreed quality compliance targets for the site, supporting client and regulatory audits as required;
To be responsible for the selection, training and development, quarterly reviews and performance of development staff;
Ensure that all staff within the area of responsibility comply with PCI Pharma services Environmental Health and Safety Policies and Procedures;
To ensure additional client scope of work activities are captured appropriately, to achieve agreed monthly revenue targets;
Authority for expenditure as defined in the purchasing authority levels document.

Requirements

GMP Skill Level 1 is essential for this role;
Scientific degree e.g. Chemistry and/or related scientific discipline or equivalent industry experience;
Ideally higher degree e.g. master’s or Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Industrial Chemistry, Chemistry and/or related scientific discipline;
At least 15+ years’ experience in pharmaceutical development (solid oral, liquids and semi solids);
Multiple years of experience in CDMO industry;
Understanding of drug product manufacturing of potent compounds;
Solid understanding of common oral drug product manufacturing technologies – wet granulation, roller compaction, encapsulation, tabletting etc.;
Solid understanding of early and late phase development of oral drug products;
Good understanding of Bioavailability enhancement technologies;
Experience in cross functional matrix leadership;
Experience in developing leaders and managing large technical teams;
Excellent written and verbal communication skills are essential;
Extensive knowledge in the fields of process technology and/or pharmaceutical development;
Highly driven and Passionate;
Growth Mind-set;
Self Confidence;
Resilience;
Customer focussed.