Senior Process Engineer MSAT

At Bristol Myers Squibb, our employees often ask, “Who are you working for?”—a question that fuels collaboration, accountability, and urgency in our work. Our purpose-driven culture inspires us to discover, develop, and deliver innovative medicines to prevail over serious diseases. We offer uniquely interesting and meaningful work, opportunities for growth, and a supportive environment that values inclusion, wellbeing, flexibility, and comprehensive benefits. This is work that transforms the lives of patients, and the careers of those who do it.

Bristol Myers Squibb Netherlands

Bristol Myers Squibb has been active in the Dutch market for over 50 years, employing people across a range of activities and business units in Utrecht, The Netherlands.

The Netherlands is also home to our first European Cell Therapy facility, located at the Leiden Bio Science Park, the largest life sciences cluster of The Netherlands. This new state of the art facility is focused on commercial manufacturing with capabilities for multi-product Cell Therapy manufacturing. You can become part of this exciting journey. Check out this video if you want to know more about it!

The Netherlands has everything it takes to become the medicines hub of Europe, the so-called Boston by the North Sea. As we continue to expand our footprint by building this new site, we are looking to grow our team.

Would you like to become an important chain in our worldwide network to bring this new personalized treatment to patients suffering from blood cancer? Join us and be a game changer!

For more information about Bristol Myers Squibb Netherlands, visit us at bms.com/nl or careers.bms.com/nl

Position Summary 

The Senior Process Engineer is responsible for supporting the Technology Transfer and production of BMS CAR-T products for both global clinical trials and commercial supply. 

They serve as the process SME, collaborating with SMEs from the Development, Manufacturing, and Quality teams, while providing key technical support during the technology transfer stage of projects. 

The Senior Process Engineer supports the resolution of process deviations, the evaluation and implementation of process changes and provides continuous improvement support to Manufacturing Operations to ensure rapid, flawless, compliant, and cost-effective delivery of quality products. 

This position is based in Leiden, The Netherlands.

NOTE: This position requires shift work with family-friendly working hours. Occasional travel for training purposes may also be required.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Continuously monitor, analyze, and optimize the end-to-end process and anticipate and permanently resolve issues that may arise during production.
• Provide technical input and act as lead investigator for process related deviations, ensuring compliance with internal standards and regulatory requirements.
• Author, review and approve the content of technical documentation (e.g. investigations, changes, SOPs and batch records, protocols and reports)
• Acts as SME and leads interactions on behalf of MSAT during production campaigns in both the shopfloor and Front-Line Support. Provide prompt input on resolution of events occurring during manufacturing. Responsible for troubleshooting.
• Support the change initiatives and the implementation of process improvement initiatives. Drive and own change controls and change actions and be responsible with MSAT impact assessments.
•  Participate in initiatives to ensure safe and compliant cGMP operations.
• Interacts with SMEs in the network to exchange lessons learned and improve process/operations.
• Act as SME for processes being technology transferred into the BMS Leiden Cell Therapy Facility.
• Ability to work in shifts to continuously provide support to manufacturing operations
• Actively Support regulatory inspections as process SME when required.
• Lead internal collaboration with other MSAT functions for data collection, analysis, and interpretation and with cross-functional teams including Manufacturing, Quality Assurance and Supply Chain.
• Lead interactions with Engineering/Maintenance on the design and implementation of new technology and new systems/facilities/equipment related to production process needs
• Proactively identify and mitigate risks in manufacturing operations that could negatively impact delivery of safe and effective therapies to patients and lead the continuous optimization of the process.
• Lead project teams, coordinate the execution of technical projects and develop presentations to disseminate results to project stakeholders and senior management.
• Leads the interactions with a cross-functional team in to ensure readiness prior to production campaigns.
• Execute test plans and other risk mitigation exercise as part of complex (major and critical) investigations (e.g. Root cause analysis and CAPAs for OOS or batch termination) including lab activities

Specific Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:   

• Advanced Knowledge of facility/clean room design, process design or equipment, automation.
• Hands-on experience with single-use technologies, closed systems, or cold chain/cryogenic technologies. 
• Experience working with external parties and/or leading cross-functional teams.
• Strong verbal/written communication skills and stakeholder engagement
• Experience with the start-up, process transfer or set up of the new manufacturing facilities.

Education/Experience/ Licenses/Certifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant science or engineering discipline.  Advanced degree preferred. 
• Preferably 5 or more years of manufacturing support or related experience in the biopharmaceutical industry (preferably in MSAT, manufacturing or process development roles).
• Travel: This position requires up to 5% of travel

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Why You Should Apply

Around the world, we are passionate about making an impact on the lives of patients with serious diseases. Empowered to apply our individual talents and diverse perspectives in an inclusive culture, our shared values of passion, innovation, urgency, accountability, inclusion and integrity bring out the highest potential of each of our colleagues.

Bristol Myers Squibb recognizes the importance of balance and flexibility in our work environment. We offer a wide variety of competitive benefits, services and programs that provide our employees with the resources to pursue their goals, both at work and in their personal lives.

We hire for skills and capabilities, not just credentials – if this role excites you, but doesn’t perfectly match your resume, we encourage you to apply anyway.

How We Work

Where you work matters – because collaboration, innovation and patient impact happen in many settings. Our roles are structured across four work models: site-essential, site-by-design, field-based and remote-by-design. The model assigned to this role is based on its core responsibilities. Learn more at https://careers.bms.com/ways-of-working.

Supporting People with Disabilities

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