Head of Drug Product MSAT Synthetics Platform (Pharmaceutical Manufacturing)

Location: Ambarès, France

Salary: €114,800–€153,067 per year

Company

hirify.global is an R&D-driven biopharmaceutical company developing medicines and vaccines, with a focus on the immune system and innovative healthcare solutions.

What you will do

• Lead and develop a multidisciplinary Drug Product organization covering formulation, process development, engineering, maintenance, quality, and compliance.
• Define and execute the global Drug Product strategy for synthetic products across late-stage development, launch readiness, and commercial manufacturing.
• Drive formulation and process development for oral solid doses, semi-solids, liquids, and emerging formats.
• Oversee technology transfer, validation, commercial manufacturing support, troubleshooting, root-cause investigations, and process performance.
• Lead lifecycle management, platformization, standardization, harmonization, cost optimization, and continuous improvement across internal sites and external partners.
• Advance continuous manufacturing, PAT, advanced characterization, data-driven monitoring, digital twins, modeling, and data integrity frameworks.

Requirements

• Ph.D. or advanced degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, or a related field.
• Approximately 12 or more years of pharmaceutical industry experience, including senior leadership roles.
• Strong expertise in drug product development and manufacturing, including formulation, process development, scale-up, and validation.
• Deep knowledge of CMC, GMP, and global regulatory frameworks including ICH, FDA, and EMA.
• Experience with regulatory submissions, health authority interactions, commercial manufacturing support, and lifecycle management.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams in a complex global matrix organization.

Nice to have

• Experience managing broad small-molecule drug product portfolios.
• Experience with digital transformation, advanced manufacturing technologies, continuous manufacturing, PAT, and data science applications.
• A strong external network in the pharmaceutical and scientific community.

Culture & Benefits

• Opportunity to contribute to medicines and vaccines that improve health outcomes worldwide.
• Collaboration across R&D, Manufacturing, Quality, Regulatory, Digital, internal sites, and external partners.
• Employee benefit programs may be available.
• Equal-opportunity workplace committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion.