MS&T Head Anti-Infectives (d/f/m) | Kundl, Austria

Sandoz is going through an exciting and transformative period as a global leader and pioneering provider of sustainable Biosimilar and Generic medicines. By creating a new and ambitious path, it will provide a unique opportunity for us all, both professionally and personally. Join us, the future is ours to shape!

The MS&T Head (d/f/m) Kundl leads the site’s MS&T organization, ensuring strong scientific oversight of manufacturing processes and technical changes, maintaining and enhancing technical knowledge and capabilities, and securing robust product and technical stewardship across all process units and site functions.

Your responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Lead the MS&T organization, ensuring quality, compliance, and continuous improvement across all technical operations.
• Ensure robust product stewardship with end-to-end technical oversight of all products and manufacturing processes.
• Assign and oversee technical ownership (product stewards, process experts, packaging experts) for all products and operations.
• Strengthen process robustness by driving process improvements and resolving technical issues with site and global teams.
• Manage technical changes and change control activities, ensuring cross-functional alignment and regulatory compliance.
• Act as site technical interface with Health Authorities and review or release regulatory content as required.
• Own validation and technical transfer activities, including the Validation Master Plan, ongoing process verification, and product transfers.
• Lead MS&T people and organizational development, including career paths, succession planning, training, talent pipelining, and knowledge management.

What you’ll bring to the role:

• Master’s degree in pharmacy, engineering, chemistry, biology, or equivalent professional experience.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in the pharmaceutical or life science industry within a GMP environment, ideally in commercial manufacturing.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in operations management and execution.
• Strong background in Operational Excellence, with lean or OpEx qualifications preferred.
• Proven ability to drive quality and compliance improvements across an organization.
• Experience leading large, multidisciplinary teams with strong organizational and cultural awareness.
• Excellent communication skills in German and English, including written, verbal, and presentation abilities.
• High adaptability and resilience, with strong collaboration skills and the ability to manage pressure.

You´ll receive:

• Attractive salary with incentive program
• Modern company pension scheme
• 14 weeks of paid parental leave
• Additional days off (bridge-days)
• Subsidized meals in our canteen
• Company Kindergarden and summer camps for children
• Wellbeing & mental health offers
• Learning and development options for your personal and professional growth
• Worldwide career opportunities

In accordance with Austrian law, we are obliged to disclose the minimum salary as stated in the collective bargaining agreement. For this position the minimum salary is EUR 85.704,64/year (on a full-time basis).

The actual salary will be significantly higher, as we strive to maintain a competitive position in the market and consider your previous experience, qualifications and individual competencies.

Why Sandoz?

Generic and Biosimilar medicines are the backbone of the global medicines industry. Sandoz, a leader in this sector, provides more than 800 million patient treatments to over 700 million patients every year and while we are proud of this achievement, we have an ambition to do more!

With investments in new development capabilities, state-of-the-art production sites, new acquisitions, and partnerships, we have the opportunity to shape the future of Sandoz and help more patients gain access to low-cost, high-quality medicines, sustainably.

Our momentum and entrepreneurial spirit are powered by an open, collaborative culture driven by our talented and ambitious colleagues, who, in return for applying their skills experience an agile and collegiate environment with impactful, flexible-hybrid careers, where diversity is welcomed and where personal growth is encouraged!

Are you ready to join us? Then we look forward to your application!

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:

We are committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and fostering diverse teams, that represent the patients and communities we serve.

If you require assistance during the application process due to a medical condition, physical disability, or a neurodiverse condition, please contact us at jobs.austria@sandoz.com.