Job Description

The Senior Technical Manager MS&T for Drug Product, Finished Product provides technical expertise on manufacturing and packaging process design, process- and cleaning validation and resolution of technical issues. Acts as responsible Technical Transfer Lead to facilitate Product Transfers for legacy and new development products, performs due diligence evaluations for new projects and act as MS&T representative in an assigned Supplier Relationship Team (SRT) to provide technical & scientific process support to respective Supplier Relationship Teams (SRT).

Key Responsibilities:

• Represent the technical interface to external supplier to ensure robust product process capability

• Participate in supplier- and product evaluation and selection process

• Responsible for validation oversight at the external supplier

• Ensure successful and well-documented transfers and launches of products with external manufacturing involvement

• Perform Product/Technical Stewardship for defined key molecules

• Assess impact of technical changes, technical feasibility and scope / design of technical batches

• Lead or support root cause investigation of product and process failures

• Represent the interface to Sandoz internal Global Development (SGD) and supports SGD that new products and processes are well developed for commercial scale and entire product life cycle.

• Contribute to the registration strategy and ensure alignment of (regulatory).

What you will bring to the role:

• University Degree in Pharmacy, Biotechnology, Chemistry or equivalent (Master is desirable).

• Min 8 years in pharmaceutical manufacturing (aseptic operations), solid understanding of biotechnology and field of expertise (aseptic operations and device knowledge,..).

• Demonstrated accomplishments in a global/matrix environment.

• Strong project management experience and problem solving skills.

• Strong Technical expertise in (sterile) manufacturing process science and drug development.

• Experience with Tech Transfers is a plus.

• Fluency in English, Slovenian language is a plus.

What we offer:

Job location: Ljubljana.

Contract type: permanent contract with 6-month probation period.

Expected weekly working hours: 40

*Pay range (annual gross salary): €65,840 – €98,760 EUR

* Salary at Sandoz is based on job level, qualifications, specific skills, and work experience. Fully proficient candidates are usually placed around the market median, less experienced candidates lower in the range, and those with strong or niche expertise higher. When determining placement within the range, we also consider internal pay equity and external market data.

Our compensation package additionally includes:

• Annual bonus (STI) percentage of annual salary.

• Vacation allowance in 2026 it was €2,450.00 net.

• Christmas bonus in 2025 it was €2,100 gross.

• OurShare every year, an employee of Lek d.d. will be entitled to receive shares of Sandoz AG.

• Voluntary Additional Pension Scheme The company fully covers the contribution for your supplementary pension plan, amounting to 5.844% of your gross salary.

• Allowance for shift work (15%); rotational shifts (20%), night shift work (70%), Sunday/public holiday work (50%), overtime work (30%) – if applicable for position.

• Collective life and accident insurance (24/7 coverage).

• A hybrid work environment offering flexibility and remote work possibilities.

Ready for your next career move?
You are kindly invited to submit your application in English and Slovene, including a CV, by 21.07.2026.

Why Sandoz?

Sandoz is the global leader in Biosimilar and Generic medicines, a segment of the healthcare industry that delivers 80% of the world’s medicines at 30% of the cost, touching the lives of more than 1 billion people across 100+ countries! While we are proud of our achievements, we have the ambition to do more so that everyone can benefit from the basic human right of good health.

With investments in new development capabilities, production sites, new acquisitions and partnerships, we have the opportunity to shape a sustainable future for Sandoz and to help even more people gain access to low-cost, high-quality medicines.

Our momentum is 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 where diversity of thought is welcomed and where personal growth is supported! 

Join us in helping to make healthcare fairer and faster.

The future is ours to shape.

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:

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

#Sandoz

#Hybrid

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Manager proizvodnih znanosti in tehnologije zunanje oskrbe I (Drug Product, Finished Product) zagotavlja tehnično strokovno znanje pri načrtovanju proizvodnih in pakirnih procesov, pri validaciji procesov in čiščenja ter pri reševanju tehničnih izzivov. Deluje kot odgovorni vodja tehničnega prenosa (Technical Transfer Lead) in omogoča prenose izdelkov za obstoječe ter nove razvojne izdelke, izvaja skrbne preglede za nove projekte ter nastopa kot predstavnik MS&T v dodeljeni ekipi za upravljanje odnosov z dobavitelji (Supplier Relationship Team – SRT), kjer zagotavlja tehnično in znanstveno podporo procesom za posamezne ekipe SRT.

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