Technology Transfer Expert

**Call for Applications - Technology Transfer Expert**:

- Location: Switzerland, or remote with regular professional travels in EU, US and LMICS_
- Contract: fixed term (18 months) employment or consultancy with a possibility to extend_**About Medicines Patent Pool**:
The Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) is a dynamic and innovative public health organization dedicated to improving global health outcomes by accelerating access to life-saving medicines and fostering their sustainable and affordable production. Through licensing and technology transfer, MPP works collaboratively with stakeholders across the pharmaceutical landscape, including patent holders, manufacturers, and global health organizations, to ensure medicines reach those who need them most.

At the heart of our mission is a commitment to sustainability, affordability, and regional manufacturing to empower low
- and middle-income countries reached by enabling the production of high-quality medicines locally. In addition, MPP supports pandemic preparedness and enhances inter-pandemic resilience, ensuring that health systems are equipped to respond effectively to both current and future global health challenges.

Joining MPP means becoming part of a team that is driving innovation in public health, building sustainable manufacturing ecosystems, and transforming lives through equitable access to essential medicines.

**Position Overview**:
Since 2021, MPP has co-led the mRNA Technology Transfer Programme with the World Health Organization (WHO), with the aim of supporting the development and dissemination of mRNA technology to enhance regional manufacturing capacity. This initiative has established a robust mRNA technology platform, which is being shared with 15 manufacturing partners in low
- and middle-income countries through a multilateral technology transfer model. These efforts are designed to ensure equitable access to mRNA vaccines and therapeutics while strengthening local production capabilities.

The programme has already achieved important milestones, including the successful establishment of the mRNA platform and the readiness of manufacturing partners to adopt the technology. Looking ahead, 2025 and 2026 will focus on the implementation of the technology platform at the receiving manufacturing partners and product development activities, to enable the manufacturing partners to produce mRNA-based vaccines and therapeutics for inter-pandemic use and beyond.

While mRNA technology has been a major focus, MPP is also actively exploring additional technology platforms to address the broader needs of its manufacturing partners. These efforts reflect MPP’s commitment to supporting sustainable manufacturing ecosystems that can respond effectively to global health challenges.

Building on this effort, MPP is seeking a **Technology Transfer Expert** to join its team and play a key role in advancing the development, transfer, and implementation of innovative health technologies with manufacturing partners worldwide.

**Main Duties/Responsibilities**

Reporting to the Director of Technology Transfer, the main activities of the Technology Transfer Expert will be to support the Medicines Patent Pool and its partners by providing expert technical support to the Medicines Patent Pool’s work related to technology transfer, enhancement of biologics local production capacity in LMICs, the WHO initiatives on local production and in any other initiative concerning production partnerships. The Technology Transfer Expert will:

- Serve as a technical expert in the assessment and selection processes of the new technology recipients.
- Provide technical support to the technology or product transfers from originators to recipient manufacturers in order to increase access of biological health products in the LMIC.
- Provide technical guidance on product/technology evaluations, technical feasibility studies, and gap assessments.
- Lead technical inputs in product development and validation activities, including analytical development, process scale-up, process robustness studies, product characterization, process and analytical validation.
- Contribute to ensuring compliance to GMP standards and regulatory requirements in the industry.
- Work with the MPPs project managers and legal team on the technical terms of in-licencing / out-licensing contracts.
- Design/ author the Technology Transfer package contents and compile the technology transfer plan together with MPPs project manager and partners.
- Support MPPs projects manager and partners in monitoring project progress.
- Provide technical support to the originator and the receiving units during the technology transfer.
- Investigate and support resolution of technical issues occurring during the transfer; contribute to design of corrective measures, change controls and risks management.
- Prepare scientific overviews and presentations for trainings, promotional and partnership events.
- Improve the visibility of