Associate Director, Engineering

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🇨🇳 China – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

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MSD

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1891

🏥 Healthcare

📦 Logistics

🧬 Biotechnology

Healthcare • Logistics • Biotechnology

MSD is a leading biopharmaceutical company known as Merck & Co. , Inc. in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico, and as MSD globally. The company focuses on scientific innovation to deliver medicines and vaccines for various health challenges, including oncology, vaccines, infectious diseases, and cardio-metabolic diseases. MSD operates multiple divisions, including Human Health, Animal Health, and Research & Development. With approximately 75,000 employees worldwide and a significant investment in research and development, MSD is committed to improving global health through its scientific advancements. Additionally, the company places a strong emphasis on diversity, inclusion, and corporate responsibility. MSD’s operations extend worldwide, offering opportunities in numerous regions and promoting diversity and innovation in all aspects of its business.

📋 Description

• Lead and act as the primary interface on technical issues between Technical Operations and external partners • Provide technical leadership for commercialization and manufacture of drug substance • Provide technical guidance, assess technology viability in proposed process configurations, verify adherence to standards, and ensure technically sound deliverables • Collaborate with procurement, external manufacturing operations, external quality, regulatory, and other stakeholders to evaluate external partners • Execute technical due diligence assessments at external partners • Ensure technology transfers are positioned for successful business outcomes • Execute technical transfers and receiving-site readiness activities • Identify and assess partner risks and develop mitigation plans • Execute validation strategies for new and existing products • Support external partners in resolving production issues and optimizing processes and capacity • Support, coordinate, and manage complex investigations with affected manufacturing sites • Technically review external partner change requests, deviations, and master batch record changes • Minimize duplication of efforts between external partners and company systems • Drive and support continuous process verification and process performance monitoring for assigned products • Interpret regulatory requirements and partner with Operations, Quality, and external partners to develop efficient compliance approaches

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, biological/chemistry sciences or related discipline • Minimum of 10 years of relevant work experience in manufacturing, including process start-up, routine manufacturing and/or technical transfer • Minimum of 5 years of experience in Drug Substance, including leading Drug Substance Technical Transfers and/or commercial manufacturing • Ability to work effectively across boundaries and build collaborative relationships with internal teams and external partners • Strong professional and interpersonal communication skills • Authentic and inclusive people leadership; ability to engage others and create a psychologically safe, collaborative culture • Ability to multitask and work within tight deadlines • Experience with change control procedures and systems • Flexibility, ability to work independently, and excellent organizational skills • Strong knowledge of Quality systems, Drug Substance Manufacturing and Validation • Strong analytical problem-solving skills, root cause analysis, and risk assessment/mitigation • Excellent command of English, written and oral • Willingness to travel 10–20% • Preferred: experience in mAb DS production • Preferred: experience in conjugation processes • Preferred: Lean Manufacturing / Six Sigma experience • Preferred: project management experience • Preferred: knowledge of worldwide regulatory requirements and experience supporting regulatory inspections

🏖️ Benefits

• No relocation • Remote work arrangement • English-language work environment • Travel limited to 10–20% as a role requirement (not a benefit)