Job Description

#LI-Hybrid
Location: Targu Mures, Romania
Relocation Support: This role is based in Targu Mures, Romania. Novartis is unable to offer relocation support: please only apply if accessible.

Unlock the opportunity to shape how life-changing medicines are brought to patients—reliably, safely, and efficiently. As a Process Expert, you will be the front-line technical and scientific partner for manufacturing, keeping processes on track while continuously improving quality, productivity, and compliance. Your expertise will help teams solve complex process challenges, strengthen inspection readiness, and drive meaningful improvements that protect patients and ensure uninterrupted supply.

Key Responsibilities:

• Act as Subject Matter Expert for assigned products and manufacturing processes, ensuring reliable and compliant execution.
• Provide technical support to ensure timely process execution and maintain business continuity in manufacturing.
• Collaborate on process deviations and support investigations to identify root causes and implement corrective actions.
• Manage process changes through formal change control procedures, ensuring full compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Support validation strategies, qualification activities, and ongoing process verification to ensure consistent product quality.
• Prepare for and support internal and external inspections, ensuring readiness and adherence to regulatory expectations.
• Analyze process performance trends and contribute to continuous improvement, innovation, and product quality reviews.
• Lead or support operational excellence initiatives, driving productivity improvements, data utilization, and process optimization.

Essential Requirements:

• University degree in a scientific or engineering field such as pharmacy, chemical engineering, engineering or pharmaceutical technology.
• Minimum two years of experience supporting manufacturing processes.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing processes and ability to quickly learn complex production technologies.
• Knowledge of quality standards and regulatory requirements within pharmaceutical manufacturing.
• Experience working with manufacturing execution systems and enterprise resource planning systems.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders across different functions.

Desirable Requirements:

• Experience in manufacturing in a regulated pharmaceutical environment.

Skills Desired

Data Analytics, digital skills, General Hse Knowledge , gmp knowledge, process excellence, Resilience