API Industrial Manufacturing & LCM Sr Director

API Industrial Manufacturing & LCM Sr Director Date: 2 Jul 2026

Business Area: Industrial Operations & HSE

Job Type: Direct Employee

Contract Type: Permanent

Location: Parma, Italy. The role offers flexibility, combining on‑site presence with remote work.

Responsibilities

Account for the API industrialization strategy, aligning with commercial priorities and portfolio plans.

Ensure predictable time‑to‑market and reliable supply for new and existing APIs.

Provide senior leadership input into new opportunity evaluation and collaborate in due diligence processes.

Accountable for the Life Cycle Management (LCM) strategy, including robustness, capacity evolution, cost optimization, and second sourcing.

Proactively identify and mitigate supply, obsolescence, and margin‑erosion risks over the product life cycle.

Support evaluation of manufacturing process changes, deviations, and control strategy definition.

Serve as senior technical and industrial partner to Procurement, R&D, Quality, and Supply Chain to drive drug product industrialization and LCM.

Collaborate with environmental sustainability unit to support sustainable supply chain and products.

Support negotiations.

Influence portfolio, investment, and prioritization decisions through industrial and market insight.

Ensure API industrialization and life‑cycle activities comply with GMP, regulatory requirements, and customer agreements.

Anticipate and manage industrial and supply‑chain risks with an enterprise‑level perspective.

Act as senior technical contributor during audits.

Assess, reduce, and mitigate supply‑chain and life‑cycle risks through proactive industrial leadership.

Strengthen the organization’s technical credibility with strategic stakeholders.

Drive cross‑functional collaboration to deliver commercial advantage.

Qualifications

Degree in Chemistry, Industrial Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or related fields (PhD a plus).

15+ years of experience in API industrialization, process development, or pharmaceutical operations.

Strong background in GMP environments and API life‑cycle management.

Business‑oriented mindset with ability to convert industrial complexity into sustainable commercial advantage.

Good regulatory background.

Competence in HSE topics (Containment, HAZOP, REACH, CLP, safety regulation).

Understanding of IP landscape (patents, freedom to operate, licensing constraints).

Strategic mindset with strong scientific and industrial orientation.

Proven ability to work in complex, cross‑functional global teams and matrix organization.

Strong problem‑solving and decision‑making skills.

Excellent stakeholder management and influencing capabilities.

Effective communication skills (with both technical and commercial stakeholders) and ability to translate complexity into action.

Compensation The minimum salary for this role is €92,000, aligned to our established salary framework. The final offer will reflect the candidate’s skills, experience, qualifications, and internal equity considerations.

This role is eligible to participate in an annual bonus scheme, subject to company and individual performance.

Benefits We offer a comprehensive benefits package including company car, pension, private medical insurance, wellbeing programme, flexible benefits programme, comprehensive healthcare, work‑life balance initiatives, robust relocation support, flexible working arrangements, remote work options, and tax assistance services for foreign colleagues.

Equal Opportunity Statement Chiesi is an equal‑opportunity employer committed to hiring a diverse workforce at all levels of our business. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment based on attitude and merit, without regard to race, national origin, age, sex, religion, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, military status, gender identity or expression, or any other basis protected by applicable laws. This policy applies to all aspects of employment, including hiring, transfer, promotion, compensation, eligibility for benefits, and termination.

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