Director, Project Management TL, OSD Technology Transfers

Director, Project Management TL, OSD Technology Transfers

Location: Haarlem, Netherlands, 00 Company: Teva Pharmaceuticals Job Id: 67964

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.

The Project Management Team Leader for OSD Tech Transfers within Teva External Manufacturing is responsible for leading a global team of project managers who drive end-to-end execution of technology transfers (TT), site switches, and major lifecycle projects at Contract Manufacturing Organizations (CMOs/CDMOs). This role ensures that all OSD products transferred to CMOs meet Teva's expectations for timeline, cost, quality, compliance, and supply readiness while enabling seamless integration across R&D, MS&T, Quality, Supply Chain, Finance, and the CMO network.

Location: This role can be based in the Netherlands (Haarlem); US (Parsippany); Bulgaria (Sofia), Croatia (Zagreb) or India.

How You'll Spend Your Day

• Leadership & Team Management: Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing team of project managers responsible for tech transfers, and major changes at CMOs. Ensure consistent application of Teva's PM frameworks, templates, governance, and stage-gate processes. Set performance expectations and drive capability building.
• Portfolio Oversight & Governance: Own the portfolio for all OSD external manufacturing transfers, scale-ups, and network optimization projects. Prioritize resources in alignment with Teva's supply strategy, launch calendar, and R&D pipeline. Lead governance forums and provide status, risks, and decisions to leadership.
• Program Execution – Launches & Transfers: Ensure flawless planning and execution of TTs, site switches, scale-ups, and validation. Oversee creation of project plans including scope, timelines, cost, resources, validation, and risk. Ensure all deliverables are aligned to Teva's compliance and operational standards.
• Cross-Functional & External Collaboration: Partner with R&D, MS&T, GNPS, Portfolio, Quality, Supply Chain, Procurement, Regulatory, and Finance. Act as the primary interface between Teva and CMOs for execution, issue resolution, and troubleshooting. Ensure CMOs meet Teva GMP, quality, and supply expectations.
• Risk Management & Escalation: Implement structured risk tools across all projects. Drive proactive identification and mitigation of technical, quality, and supply risks. Escalate critical risks and support continuity planning.
• Financial & Operational Accountability: Track and control budgets; ensure transparency in CMO pricing and cost drivers. Support COGS optimization, yield improvements, and margin initiatives. Provide input for CMO selection and sourcing strategy.
• Process Improvement & Standardization: Enhance PM processes, tools, KPIs, and governance. Lead best-practice sharing across organization. Support digital transformation with project dashboards and integrated tools.

Your Skills and Experience

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Life Sciences, Pharmacy, Chemistry, or related field. 10+ years' experience in pharma operations, external manufacturing, MS&T, or project management. Experience leading complex technical projects in GMP environments. Strong knowledge of tech transfer, validation, and regulatory expectations. Excellent leadership and communication skills. Technical and operational understanding of external manufacturing. Strong project management discipline. Ability to influence and drive cross-functional alignment. Strong analytical and decision-making capability. High accountability, urgency, and execution mindset.

Also Good to Have: Advanced degree (MBA, MS, Engineering, Regulatory). Experience with OSD, LCO, sterile/aseptic ops, complex generics, biosimilars. PMP/PRINCE2 or Lean/Six Sigma certification. Experience working with CMOs/CDMOs.

How We'll Take Care of You

We offer a competitive benefits package, including: Comprehensive Health Insurance: Medical, Dental, Vision, and Prescription coverage starting on the first day of employment, providing the employee enrolls. Retirement Savings: 401(k) with employer match, up to 6% and an annual 3.75% Defined Contribution to the 401k plan. Time Off: Paid Time Off including vacation, sick/safe time, caretaker time, and holiday. Life and Disability Protection: Company paid Life and Disability insurance. Additional benefits include, but are not limited to, Employee Assistance Program, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Tuition Assistance, Flexible Spending Accounts, Health Savings Account, Life Style Spending Account, Volunteer Time Off, Paid Parental Leave, if eligible, Family Building Benefits, Virtual Physical Therapy, Accident, Critical Illness and Hospital Indemnity Insurances, Identity Theft Protection, Legal Plan, Voluntary Life Insurance and Long Term Disability and more. The total compensation may also include restricted stock units and discretionary awards, depending on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.