Senior Director, API Industrial Manufacturing
Pubblicato il 30-08-2026 - Jobtailor in Italia
- Owns and drives the API industrialization strategy in alignment with commercial priorities and portfolio plans.
- Ensures predictable time‑to‑market, reliable supply for new and existing APIs.
- Provides senior leadership input into new opportunity evaluation collaborating in due diligence processes.
- Accountable for the Life Cycle Management (LCM) strategy of the API portfolio, including robustness, capacity evolution, cost optimization, and second sourcing.
- Proactively identifies and mitigates supply, obsolescence, and margin‑erosion risks over the product life cycle.
- Sponsors and contributes to continuous improvement initiatives to sustain competitiveness and long‑term value.
- Supports the evaluation of manufacturing process changes and deviations, control strategy definition.
- Serves as senior technical and industrial partner to Procurement, R&D;, Quality and Supply chain functions.
- Influences portfolio, investment, and prioritization decisions through strong industrial and market insight.
- Ensures API industrialization and life‑cycle activities comply with GMP,
regulatory requirements, and customer agreements.
- Anticipates and manages industrial and supply‑chain risks with an enterprise‑level perspective.
- Acts as senior technical contributor during audits.
- Assesses, reduces, mitigates supply‑chain and life‑cycle risks through proactive industrial leadership.
Requirements
- Degree in Chemistry, Industrial Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or related fields (PhD a plus)
- 15+ years of experience in API industrialization, process development, or pharmaceutical operations
- Strong background in GMP environments and API life cycle management
- Strong business oriented mindset with the ability to convert industrial complexity into sustainable commercial advantage
- Good regulatory background
- Competence in HSE topics (Containment, HAZOP, REACH, CLP, safety regulation)
- Understanding of IP landscape (patents, freedom to operate, licensing constraints