MS&T Specialist

We Are Teva

We’re Teva, a leading innovative biopharmaceutical company, enabled by a world-class generics business. Whether it’s innovating in the fields of neuroscience and immunology or delivering high-quality medicine worldwide, we’re dedicated to addressing patients’ needs now and in the future. Here, you will be part of a high-performing, inclusive culture that values fresh thinking and collaboration. You'll have the room to grow, the flexibility to balance life with work, and the opportunity to better health worldwide, together.

Our Team, Your Impact

Teva Canada is currently seeking a MS&T Specialist to join our team. Reporting to Director MS&T, the MS&T Specialist is responsible for planning, scheduling, co-ordination and tracking the group's work activities.

How You’ll Spend Your Day

Responsibilities of this role will include, but are not limited to:

• Lead or support transfer of processes from R&D/other commercial site to commercial sites at Teva Canada.
• Prepare and review technology transfer protocols, reports, batch records, and risk assessments.
• Coordinate process scale-up activities and engineering/validation batches.
• Ensure to participate and implementation of knowledge transfer between sending and receiving sites.
• Work closely with Production, QA, QC, Validation, Regulatory Affairs, Engineering, and Supply Chain teams.
• Coach staff through the provision of regular feedback in the form of status meetings, objective setting sessions, performance appraisals, counseling, discipline and the assignment of projects. Manage the activities of all indirect reports to ensure timely and effective completion of projects and tasks.
• Provide guidance and coaching to the other members of the Technical Services Group.
• Effective root cause analysis to determine cause for failure results. Review, challenge and execute preferred process to improve the process to cost savings or reduce deviations or cycle time.
• Work independently with responsibility to accommodate frequently changing and urgent priorities.
• Coordinate general knowledge on investigations and changing regulatory and/or global requirements within the Technical Services for the continuous improvement of investigation quality and compliance.
• Evaluate and report on investigation trends and CAPAs implemented by the QA.
• Act as a resource person to team staff, management and internal customers with respect to project status and information flow
• Serve in a supervisory capacity and communicates department's objectives. Participate in developing action plans for the improvement of the org. unit
• Ensure that all advice given to the specifications group team members as well as internal/external contacts and highly complex decisions made at this level are compliant with regulations governing their work.
• Attend the Technical Review meetings and update status reports of activities for rework, conversion projects, alternate suppliers, international submissions and scale-up etc.
• Review and approve change controls/batch records in timely manner
• Participate in product improvement, process design, and validation meetings as a means to move projects forward.
• Responsible for the manufacture of submission batches related to alternate raw material suppliers for Canadian, EU and U.S. Markets (exhibition and CBE batches).
• Assist Regulatory Affairs Department for filing & submission requirements.
• Initiate, participate, supervise, oversee and successfully complete Process Improvements, Cycle Time Reduction, Cost Reduction, and Scale up, Alternate API qualification, Technology transfer & Submission projects and meet the deadlines.
• Participate in re-design/ re-formulate existing products to maximize efficiency, capacity and quality.

Your Skills and Experience

• Bachelor of Science degree in pharmacy, chemical engineering or a related science; Master Degree in Science degree in pharmacy, chemical engineering or a related is preferred
• 7+ years of experience in drug development or scale-up, technology transfer of solids, and controller release dosage forms. 
• Minimum five (5) to seven (7) years' experience in formulation development/process development, technology transfer, process validation and/or production of solids and controlled release dosage forms.
• Demonstrated expertise in product development, process development, process validation, and GMP.
• Sound knowledge of ICH, Canadian and U.S. regulatory guidelines and quality assurance
• Excellent command of the English language, both verbal and written is essential.
• Highly organized and capable of handling multiple technical projects concurrently within a cross-functional team environment.
• Self-starter who can work with minimal supervision with strong leadership skills.

How We’ll Take Care of You

At Teva, better health starts from within, and that includes you. From day one, you’ll be supported with benefits designed to help you thrive in and out of work. This includes generous annual leave, reward plans, flexible working schedules (dependent on role), access to tailored health support, and meaningful ways to give back to the community.  When it comes to your career, you’ll be encouraged to explore, evolve, and shape your path. Twist, our one-stop shop for career development platform, gives you access to a wide range of possibilities, from learning programs and short-term projects to opportunities for internal growth. Here, you’ll be part of a culture that empowers you to reach your goals and prioritize your wellbeing every step of the way. 

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Teva Pharmaceuticals is committed to equal opportunity in employment. It is Teva's global policy that equal employment opportunity be provided without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, disability, pregnancy, medical condition, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, ancestry, veteran status, national or ethnic origin or any other legally recognized status entitled to protection under applicable laws. We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace for all. If you are contacted for a job opportunity, please advise us of any accommodations needed to support you throughout the recruitment and selection process. All accommodation information provided will be treated as confidential and used only for the purpose of providing an accessible candidate experience.