Month: August 2025

Position: Senior Manager, Global Labelling Lead at Pfizer
Location: Discovery Park, Sandwich, Kent 
Role: Permanent

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Position: Respiratory Technical Leads (Analytical, Formulation and Project Lead Roles) at Viatris
Location: Discovery Park, Sandwich, Kent 
Role: Permanent

The Role & What You Will Be Doing

We have exciting new opportunities in our global respiratory R&D group at Senior Manager and Director level across multiple technical disciplines (analytical, formulation, and project lead).  These roles will play a central part within Viatris in creating new respiratory products by applying technical expertise and leadership to the development of our portfolio of NCE and generic products.  Technical leadership opportunities exist for candidates with specialised expertise of inhaled and nasal products, including pressurised metered dose inhalers and solutions / suspensions for nebulization.  Candidates with substantial experience in the development of inhalation products will be ideal to join our science-focused department where technical excellence delivers innovation for Viatris.

Every day, we rise to the challenge to make a difference and here’s how the Respiratory Technical Leads (Analytical, Formulation and Project Lead Roles) role will make an impact:

• Lead the delivery of project activities to take new respiratory products to clinical studies and commercialization.
• As a member of multidisciplinary project teams, support the planning and execution of experiments to generate scientific understanding in development of analytical methods, formulations and/or manufacturing processes.
• Ensure the smooth transfer of analytical methodologies or manufacturing processes to commercial facilities.
• Lead the review and/or approval of data, interpretation of results and reporting of experimental outcomes to project development teams.
• Lead scientific input to troubleshooting and investigations.
• Shape formulation design and scale up strategies and overall project plans through input and leadership at matrix team technical discussions.
• Prepare, review and approve documentation (e.g.  protocols, reports, procedures, specifications) as required.
• Deliver and/or lead the input to investigational and commercial drug product regulatory filings.
• For people manager roles, take responsibility for performance management and professional development of staff within the team.
• Lead the improvement of departmental capabilities, e.g. by implementation of new technologies.

About Your Skills & Experience

For this role, we’re looking for a candidate who has an effective combination of the following qualifications, skills and experiences:

• Minimum of a Bachelor of Science Degree (for example Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Forensics, Chemical Engineering, Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences) or equivalent.
• Substantial experience of pharmaceutical product development, including the development of inhalation products.
• Substantial experience in the management of activities to achieve project deliverables.
• Highly effective verbal and written communication skills.
• For people manager roles, substantial experience in performance management and personal development of others.
• Substantial   experience   in   authoring   GMP   documentation   and   preparing   regulatory submissions.
• Substantial experience of the challenges involved in the validation and transfer of complex analytical methods or transfer of manufacturing processes to commercial facilities.
• Substantial experience of the specific challenges involved in the development, approval and commercialization of inhaled products.
• Able to lead the interpretation of complex data to solve product development issues.
• Able to proactively identify and address barriers to collaborative working with internal and external partners.
• Able to work autonomously to deliver multiple tasks of high complexity across a portfolio of products, working with internal or external teams to plan work to consistently achieve output of high-quality results in a timely manner.
• Has a good understanding of cGMP requirements for analytical work in support of clinical studies and product registration.
• Familiar with the use of project management tools, e.g. Microsoft Project.
• Occasional business travel as required.

At Viatris, we are dedicated to building a truly diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t fully align with every requirement, we still encourage you to apply. You may just be the right candidate for this or other roles.

Benefits At Viatris

At Viatris, we offer competitive salaries, benefits and an inclusive environment where you can use your experiences, perspectives and skills to help make an impact on the lives of others. Some of our benefits include the following on top of a competitive salary:

• Top Employer Accreditation, demonstrating that we provide excellent people policies and practices
• Focus on career progression with growth and development opportunities
• Emphasis on Health & Wellness programmes
• 100% paid medical insurance and Employee Assistance Programme
• Life cover
• Excellent employer-matched pension scheme with Viatris contributing up to 11%
• 2 paid volunteer days per year

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Position: Principal Scientist/Engineer, Device and Product Performance at Viatris
Location: Discovery Park, Sandwich, Kent 
Role: Permanent

Key responsibilities for this role include:

• Provision of subject matter expertise to support the development of Combination Products
• Leading a team to plan and execute design verification and reliability strategies.
• Responsible for technical interface between drug product and device teams during combination product development ensuring formulation and manufacturing development activities are compatible and align with device development.
• Responsible for the development of design requirements and specifications based on characterization of comparator products, regulatory requirements, design intent and user requirements.
• Responsible for developing test methods and specifications to assess device functionality and product performance including evaluation, procurement & implement new, state-of-the-art lab testing equipment as applicable.
• Responsible for material assessment of device components including biological evaluation, extractables profiling and material certification.
• Provide technical support to manufacturing sites during filling and assembly process development by providing device controls and sampling plans.
• Use of statistical techniques or data analysis such as hypothesis testing, confidence and tolerance intervals, regression, capability analysis, DOEs, etc., to inform design decision making and conclusions for deliverables like test method validations, design characterizations and verification, and reliability.
• Ensures all activities within team are conducted and executed to the appropriate quality standards within the GDD Quality Management system.
• Lead support activities for external and internal audits and inspections as applicable.

The minimum qualifications for this role are:

• Degree in Science/Engineering (Master’s preferred)
• Proven experience in pharmaceutical and/or medical device development
• Working knowledge of design control requirements in line with FDA 21 CFR part 820 and ISO 13485 would be an advantage
• Experience in the development and validation of analytical methods
• Experienced in application of statistical techniques for data analysis
• Experience of writing and supporting regulatory submissions
• Highly driven and motivated person who can work as part of a flexible, dynamic team whilst taking responsibility for individual tasks in a Subject Matter Expert role.
• Well-developed communication skills to lead or facilitate effective discussions. Able to communicate technical and/or project information to key stakeholders.
• Some travel will be required as part of this role.

At Viatris, we are dedicated to building a truly diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t fully align with every requirement, we still encourage you to apply. You may just be the right candidate for this or other roles.

Benefits At Viatris

At Viatris, we offer competitive salaries, benefits and an inclusive environment where you can use your experiences, perspectives and skills to help make an impact on the lives of others. Some of our benefits include the following on top of a competitive salary:

• Top Employer Accreditation, demonstrating that we provide excellent people policies and practices
• Focus on career progression with growth and development opportunities
• Emphasis on Health & Wellness programmes
• 100% paid medical insurance and Employee Assistance Programme
• Life cover
• Excellent employer-matched pension scheme with Viatris contributing up to 11%
• 2 paid volunteer days per year

 

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