Tech Transfer Project Manager
Manages end-to-end tech transfer of sterile animal-health products, coordinating cross-functional teams, budgets, and regulatory submissions to move processes from development into Argenta’s manufacturing network.
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Not listed
- Work setup
- Remote
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Contract
- Experience
- 3+ years
- Category
- Project management
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Bachelor's degree in pharmaceutical science, chemistry, biochemistry, engineering, or a related scientific discipline
- 5+ years of project management or technical experience in pharmaceutical or biotech manufacturing, with a minimum of 3 years directly managing sterile product tech transfer programs
- Demonstrated experience managing a concurrent portfolio of projects, including prioritization, resource balancing, and financial accountability
- Demonstrated experience with aseptic manufacturing processes, fill-finish operations, or lyophilization technology transfers
- Prior CDMO or multi-site transfer experience strongly preferred
Full description
At Argenta, we’re more than a company — we’re a global team, dedicated to healthier animals. We believe that when their lives are made better, we're all the better for it.
Founded in 2006, we support companies big and small to develop and manufacture health products for pets and livestock. Our trusted, innovative solutions and services cover every stage of the process, from molecule to market.
We’re in a unique position. We are the world’s only combined contract research and contract development and manufacturing organization (CRO/CDMO) dedicated to animal health.
Our uniqueness means:
- We are ambitious, growing and building a ‘one team’ culture, guided by our values.
- We are team players;
- We are doers;
- We are customer-centric;
- We are innovators.
We value diversity, as a global company, we get the richness of working with different people in different places whether it be location, stages of their career, their development, their role. We believe that when everyone works together and puts their best “paw” forward we will make the lives of the animals we care for, better.
With bases in New Zealand, the US, the UK and Europe, our 900+ colleagues are driven by our partnership approach and purpose: Healthy Animals. Let’s Make It Happen, Together.
TEAM PLAYERS who want to DO great work and find INNOVATIVE ways to make animals lives better through our CUSTOMER CENTRIC efforts should apply.
Argenta is currently looking to fill the role of Technical Project Manager at our Shawnee, KS location. This role is remote eligible with monthly travel to the Shawnee site required.
The Project Manager is responsible for guiding complex pharmaceutical development and commercialization initiatives from early planning through sustained supply. This role serves as the coordination hub between customers and internal technical teams, ensuring programs progress efficiently, compliantly, and in alignment with business commitments.
Key Accountabilities
Tech Transfer Leadership
- Lead end-to-end technology transfer projects for sterile products from originator sites or development into Argenta's manufacturing network
- Develop and own detailed tech transfer plans including stage-gate milestones, risk registers, regulatory submission timelines, and batch scheduling
- Coordinate and track all transfer deliverables — process characterization, analytical method transfer, cleaning validation, process validation, and sterility assurance activities
- Drive readiness reviews (process, equipment, QA, regulatory) to ensure site and product launch readiness