Job Description

Pharmaceutical Technology and Development (PT&D) is the bridge that turns brilliant science into actual medicines that help millions of people. We work across the entire value chain, designing and delivering active ingredients, formulations, and devices required to support new medicines – from supplies for use in early toxicology studies and clinical trials to developing the technology to ensure drugs can be scaled up for commercial manufacture and ultimately continuing to ensure that these medicines can be manufactured for supply to patients. Within PT&D, in Chemical Development we believe that nothing is impossible, and we are determined to push the boundaries of science to deliver medicines to our patients. We combine people’s deep technical knowledge and understanding with their talent and drive to design, develop and optimise synthetic routes that deliver the active pharmaceutical ingredients of our medicines in a sustainable, commercially viable way. We believe in innovation and continuous improvement, working closely with colleagues in academia and across industry, to ensure that we apply the newest technologies and principles in the processes we develop. Chemical Development are responsible for development, launch and lifecycle management of our commercial active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) at AstraZeneca. We are committed to right first-time technology transfer and process validation alongside maintaining continuity of supply, license to operate and continuous improvement to deliver business value through optimisation of manufacturing processes and supply chain design. AstraZeneca currently manufactures a high percentage of API externally at Contract Manufacturing Organisations (CMOs) and our internal manufacturing landscape is evolving. We are looking for a Product Lead to enable commercialisation and continuity in on-market support.