Technology Product Manager Parenteral F - Mx H/F - Nemera

With sales of €700m and 3,300 employees worldwide, Nemera is one of the leading global manufacturers of complex drug delivery systems for the pharmaceutical industry, offering to patients a broad product portfolio which includes inhalation devices, injection devices, nasal and dermal pumps and ophthalmic delivery devices. Nemera has built very long lasting, strong relationships with the leading global pharmaceutical companies globally by providing high quality development, industrialization and manufacturing services. Nemera develops and manufactures its own IP product platforms but also offers also fully custom developments and contract manufacturing.

Nemera's manufacturing sites are located in the US, France, Germany, Brazil and Poland. The headquarters and Innovation Center for early device design and development are located in France (Lyon).
We have big ambitions at Nemera! We are growing our franchises and strengthening our capabilities.

At Nemera, we are passionate about developing innovative drug delivery solutions that truly make a difference in patients' lives. To support our continued growth, we are currently looking for passionate people ready to make a difference in the following open position : Technology Product Manager Parenteral.

This position is based in our Headquarters based in Lyon (7e) and reports to the Technical Product Directors of the Business Unit Parenteral Biologics Intimate Care and Oral.

Job purpose :

- As the technical and scientific reference for parenteral drug delivery systems (pens, auto-injectors, safety systems, on-body injectors, etc.), you translate patient and pharmaceutical customer needs into robust, differentiated and industrializable solutions.
- You manage innovation parenteral portfolio with Category Manager: identify key projects aligned with market and strategic priorities, define scope and ensure follow-up till completion.

Significant activities :

Product strategy & Innovation

- Define technical briefs of early stage by bringing the technical & innovative values
- Act as Program Manager & Product Development Leader until formal project launch
- Follow/report status of innovation funnel during portfolio reviews

Parenteral technical expertise & technology scooting

- Watch evolving parenteral drug delivery ecosystem (drug-container-device interactions, regulation, industrialization)
- Lead technology scouting, competitive benchmarking and proactive patent analyses
- Capitalize, structure and share summary of parenteral knowledge across the BU
- Challenge the scientific and technical robustness of concepts throughout development

External influence & partnership

- Participate in strategic customer meetings and build trusted relationships
- Assess and integrate external technologies (partnerships, licensing, M&A)
- Strengthen Nemera's scientific credibility through publications, conferences, webinars and standardization working groups
- Develop and manage a strong ecosystem of technology partners (suppliers, startups, research institutes, universities)

- Engineering degree
- > 15 years of experience in the pharmaceutical or medical device industry
- Strong expertise in parenteral drug delivery technologies
- Strong understanding of the parenteral market (customers, patients, competitors, partners)
- Broad technical background: mechanics, materials, injection/assembly/filling processes, electronics
- Solid understanding of regulatory and normative requirements.
- Strong network, leadership, and expert credibility
- Ability to connect technical innovation, market needs and patient usability
- Strong communication skills, from influencing international experts to simplifying complexity
- Pragmatic, proofofconceptoriented mindset
- Creative, strategic and analytically rigorous
- Fluent in English and French