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At USP, we believe that scientific excellence is driven by a commitment to fairness, integrity, and global collaboration. This belief is embedded in our core value of Passion for Quality and is demonstrated through the contributions of more than 1,300 professionals across twenty global locations, working to strengthen the supply of safe, high-quality medicines worldwide.\nAt USP, we value inclusive scientific collaboration and recognize that attracting diverse expertise strengthens our ability to develop trusted public health standards. We foster an organizational culture that supports equitable access to mentorship, professional development, and leadership opportunities. Our partnerships, standards, and research reflect our belief that ensuring broad participation in scientific leadership results in stronger, more impactful outcomes for global health.\nUSP is proud to be an equal employment opportunity employer (EEOE) and is committed to ensuring fair, merit-based selection processes that enable the best scientific minds-regardless of background-to contribute to advancing public health solutions worldwide. We provide reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities and uphold policies that create an inclusive and collaborative work environment.\nBrief Job Overview\nThe Senior Technical Manager will serve as a technical lead for donor- and program-funded initiatives across supply chain technical assessment and lab-based advanced manufacturing. This role will support execution through route scouting, process development, scale-up, technology transfer support, technical assessment, workstream coordination, and high-quality project deliverables. The position is suited for a technically strong, execution-oriented professional who can translate complex manufacturing, process chemistry, and supply chain questions into practical workplans, laboratory activities, technical assessments, and clear deliverables.\nHow will YOU create impact here at USP?\n As part of our mission to advance scientific rigor and public health standards, you will play a vital role in increasing global access to high-quality medicines through public standards and related programs. USP prioritizes scientific integrity, regulatory excellence, and evidence-based decision-making to ensure health systems worldwide can rely on strong, tested, and globally relevant quality standards.\nAdditionally, USP’s People and Culture division, in partnership with the Equity Office, invests in leadership and workforce development to equip all employees with the skills to create high-performing, inclusive teams. This includes training in equitable management practices and tools to promote engaged, collaborative, and results-driven work environments.\nThe Senior Technical Manager has the following responsibilities:\nTechnical Implementation and Lab-Based Project Execution\nLead technical implementation workstreams for supply chain technical assessment and lab-based advanced manufacturing projects.\nPlan and coordinate laboratory-based activities, including route assessment, process development, scale-up, troubleshooting, purification, characterization, and technology evaluation.\nApply process chemistry, API development, CMC, and advanced manufacturing expertise to practical project challenges.\nDevelop and review technical plans, protocols, reports, briefing materials, and project documentation to support high-quality execution and decision-making.\nSupply Chain Technical Assistance and Advisory Support\nConduct structured technical, market, literature, and database reviews to assess API and KSM manufacturing routes, suppliers, technologies, cost drivers, and supply vulnerabilities.\nEvaluate manufacturing processes, sourcing structures, technical feasibility, supply-market dynamics, and risk factors to identify practical mitigation options.\nContribute to technoeconomic analyses, due diligence, supplier and route evaluations, and risk-based assessments that support supply chain resilience decisions.\nTranslate complex scientific, manufacturing, and supply chain information into clear recommendations, implementation approaches, and decision-support materials.\nProject Leadership and Matrixed Team Coordination\nServe as the technical implementation lead for defined project workstreams, with responsibility for coordinating scope, timelines, quality expectations, and deliverables.\nLead matrixed technical contributors, including internal subject matter experts, external collaborators, and project management partners.\nTranslate project priorities into actionable workplans that are technically credible, operationally feasible, and aligned with resources and constraints.\nTrack progress, manage follow-up actions, monitor risks and dependencies, escalate issues, and support timely completion of project milestones.\nWho is USP Looking For?\nThe successful candidate will have a demonstrated understanding of our mission, commitment to excellence through inclusive and equitable behaviors and practices, ability to quickly build credibility with stakeholders, along with the following competencies and experience:\nPh.D. in Organic Chemistry with minimum 5 years of industrial experience in API or fine chemical industries; or M.Sc. in Organic Chemistry with minimum 10 years of industrial experience in API or fine chemical industries.\nDemonstrated independence, broad workstream ownership, and strong matrix leadership across execution-focused technical programs.\nHands-on experience in laboratory-based process development, route assessment, optimization, scale-up, characterization, or troubleshooting for APIs, fine chemicals, NCEs, or related target molecules.\nStrong foundation in synthetic organic chemistry, modern analytical techniques, reaction monitoring, process optimization, and practical route selection for API or fine chemical development.\nDemonstrated ability to conduct independent literature reviews, design or assess synthetic routes, evaluate reagents and raw materials, and develop technically feasible experimental or implementation plans.\nDemonstrated ability to synthesize scientific, manufacturing, quality, regulatory, and supply chain information into practical recommendations and implementation plans.\nExperience planning and delivering technical work in accordance with project scope, quality requirements, timelines, budgets, and applicable documentation standards.\nAbility to lead matrixed teams, influence without direct authority, and integrate technical, operational, and programmatic perspectives.\nStrong written and oral communication skills, including the ability to prepare technical reports, briefing materials, SOPs, protocols, and project deliverables.\nAdditional Desired Preferences\nExperience in one or more funded technical programs, including donor-funded, government-funded, or internally funded initiatives.\nExperience in pharmaceutical manufacturing and supply chains, API process development, route scouting, scale-up, technology transfer, CMC, quality, GMP manufacturing, or advanced manufacturing technologies.\nExposure to relevant technical areas such as flow chemistry, process analytical technologies, continuous manufacturing, catalysis, biocatalysis, green chemistry, data science, cheminformatics, or technoeconomic analysis.\nExperience with technical due diligence, risk-based evaluations, supplier assessments, route evaluations, scientific reports, publications, patents, presentations, or other high-quality technical documentation.\nDemonstrated interest and capability to take on increasing responsibility across complex technical programs and execution-focused initiatives.\nSupervisory Responsibilities\nNo.\nBenefits\nUSP provides the benefits to protect yourself and your family today and tomorrow. 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