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 (Ph D a plus). 15+ years of experience in API industrialization, process development, or pharmac

📌 Api industrial manufacturing (Italia)
🏢 Chiesi Farmaceutici
📍 Italia