Development Manager

Job Description

JOB DESCRIPTION

We are looking for two pharmaceutical experts for product industrialization work at the production interface in Espoo. Your area of expertise is tablet and capsule formulations. Your responsibilities include e.g. the industrialization of new products (final stage product development), technology transfers and problem-solving for products already on the market, and other product maintenance tasks at the production interface.

Positions are temporary, one position is until 31.8.2026 and another until 30.10.2026. The working model is hybrid and the office location may be in Espoo, or Turku. The work occasionally requires working during production of test batches in evening and night shifts. Depending on previous experience, the job may be filled as Development Manager or Senior Development Manager.

Your Key Responsibilities

You will act as a pharmaceutical expert in designated product and operational development projects, and your tasks will include:

• Transferring and developing product manufacturing processes to production, including planning, implementation, and reporting of related change controls.
• Organizing and monitoring trial batches in production.
• Evaluating and documenting research results, and planning the next stages of product development.
• Planning, implementing, and reporting product process validations.
• Preparing CMC and regulatory documentation.

You will work closely with production, quality assurance, quality control, technical experts, and external partners on a daily basis.

What We Offer

We offer you a diverse and varied role in a successful company, as well as opportunities for professional development. You will work in a top team in a multidisciplinary and international environment with various stakeholders. You will have the opportunity to utilize and grow your expertise through a diverse product range and exciting projects. You will be supported by a skilled and friendly team with good team spirit and helpful colleagues. You will have senior-level experts as colleagues and receive comprehensive onboarding for the role.

At Orion, your work creates true impact and well-being for our customers, patients and society at large. Our culture of friendliness, respect, mutual appreciation and diversity creates a safe working environment where you can strive for excellence. We offer a wealth of career paths and development opportunities that support the development of innovative solutions and improving the quality of life.

Our expectations

You have a suitable higher education degree (Master in Science (Pharm.), Engineer). Knowledge of tablet manufacturing processes or formulation development is considered an advantage. You are the person we are looking for if you have a genuine interest and desire to work closely at the tablet production interface as a pharmaceutical expert and want to learn more about commercial-scale manufacturing. This role offers you a unique opportunity to do so.

As a person, you are proactive, solution-oriented, innovative, and have a positive attitude towards challenging tasks. You work naturally both independently and in a team, and you have good networking and communication skills. You are capable of theoretical and analytical thinking, but you are also a practical doer who acts promptly and professionally to get things done. You are ready to challenge yourself in diverse tasks and want to develop yourself and your skills. You manage your tasks even when you have multiple assignments simultaneously. You communicate fluently in Finnish and English (write and speak).

How To Apply And Additional Information

Please apply as soon as possible, but no later than on Sunday, April 20th. For more information about the position, please contact Team Leader Iiris Mainio phone 050 966 5713 (April 8th at 9-9.45 or April 14th at 15-15.30). Please send your CV and cover letter through the system. We typically review applications already during the application period and may start interviewing candidates before the application deadline. Therefore, we invite you to send your application as soon as possible.

Approved medical examination which also includes drug testing is required prior to the employment. We will also carry out a security clearance prior to the employment for the selected person.

Unit Description

The Commercial Product Development & Lifecycle Management (CPD&LCM) organization is responsible for maintaining, enhancing, and further developing the products in Orion's portfolio. We also handle technology transfers and the industrialization of Orion's original products (final stage product development). The open position is in the tablet group, which consists of approximately 50 people in Espoo, Turku, and Kuopio.

Orion's Global Operations covers the entire pharmaceutical manufacturing process, from sourcing of raw materials to the manufacture of products, packaging and delivery to customers. We are also responsible for the industrialization of new products and product life cycle management.

In Global Operations we have approximately 1,600 professionals working in Production, our external supplier network (Externally Sourced Operations) and Fermion Oy (API manufacturing and marketing). In addition, the organization includes Supply Chain & Procurement, Technical Operations, Facility Management, EHS (Environment, Health and Safety), CPD&LCM (Commercial Product Development & Product lifecycle management) and Operations Development.

About Us

Orion is a globally operating Finnish pharmaceutical company – a builder of well-being for over a hundred years.

Orion provides meaningful work for more than 3,600 Orionees in Finland and abroad. Orion is known as a responsible and reliable employer where we value each other, strive for the best and build for tomorrow.

We develop, manufacture and market human and veterinary pharmaceuticals and active pharmaceutical ingredients. Orion has an extensive portfolio of proprietary and generic medicines and consumer health products. The core therapy areas of our pharmaceutical R&D are oncology and pain. Proprietary products developed by Orion are used to treat cancer, neurological diseases and respiratory diseases, among others.

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