External Manufacturing Operations Associate

**Make your mark for patients.**

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An exciting journey lies ahead. Will you join us in pushing the boundaries of what’s possible?

**External Manufacturing Operations Associate**

To strengthen our **Bio DS External Manufacturing department,** based in our **site **in **Bulle**, **Switzerland**, we are looking for a talented individual to fill the position of**:External Manufacturing Operations Associate **for **Bio Drug Substances**.

**As an External Manufacturing Operations Associate you will manage biological Contract Manufacturing Organizations (CMOs) to ensure the supply of biological Drug Substances with the required quality, quantity, timing, and cost, following established quality and manufacturing agreements.**

**You like to work in an environment where you can**:

- Be part of an ambitious organization with promising biopharma products pipeline.
- Be part of a great team who shares a collaborative spirit.
- Have a broad scope by contributing to manage cross-functional activities.
- Operate at the interface between UCB and CMO’s.

**You will contribute to**:

- Efficiently manage operational activities related to Biological Drug Substance Manufacturing at CMO.
- Plan and track budget adherence together with finance, accounting, and procurement.
- Organize governance meetings with CMO and follow up with internal and external stakeholders
- Timely issue, review, and approval of required GMP documentation, internally and from CMO (process description, batch records, change controls, deviations, technology transfer protocols/reports, validation master plans/reports, process validation protocols/reports).
- Ensure effective implementation of launch strategies and/ or lifecycle management projects.
- Travelling to CMO or other UCB sites, as required (~10%).

**Interested? For this position you’ll need the following** **education, experience, and skills**:

- Minimum Education level: Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences.
- Minimum 2 to 5 years in biotech / biopharma industry, in development or manufacturing roles or similar to the advertised job posting.
- Expertise in bio-manufacturing processes and in technical / regulatory documentation writing and review.
- Experience in technical/project management roles in pharmaceutical or other regulated industry.
- Understanding of analytical development for recombinant protein products, including analytical characterisation and routine release testing is a plus.
- Strong communication skills, able to work cross-functionally and excellent spoken and written in English (C1), French is an advantage.
- Self-supported, organised, and rigorous Team working mindset.

**Why you should apply**

At UCB, we strive to attract passionate and outstanding talents who thrive on change and are ready to bring real value to patients. Working for us you’ll discover a place where you can grow and express your full potential. We place an emphasis on innovation, collaboration, and impact. Through meaningful recognition and a motivating work atmosphere, we aim to provide an optimal experience by caring about and valuing our employees - just as we do for the patients we serve.

**About us.**

UCB is a global biopharmaceutical company, focusing on neurology and immunology. We are around 7,600 people in all four corners of the globe, inspired by patients and driven by science.

At UCB, everything we do start with a simple question: “How will this create value for people living with severe disease?”. We are on a journey to become the patient-preferred biopharma leader by delivering medicines and solutions that improve lives. We want to ensure the creation of patient value, now and into the future, while contributing to a society where a population of 8 billion people and more should be able to live a good life within limited resources of one planet.

UCB and its subsidiaries encourage diversity and inclusion in the workplace; we are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race/color/religion/sex/national origin/veteran/disability/age/sexual orientation/gender identity.