Senior Commercial Process Manager

The Position 

Shape efficient and future‑ready commercial manufacturing processes across the full product lifecycle.

As a Senior Commercial Process Manager, you will play a key role at the interface between development, production, and quality. You will drive the successful transfer of innovative pharmaceutical products into commercial manufacturing and support them throughout their entire product lifecycle.
Working in a global, interdisciplinary environment, you will make well‑founded strategic decisions and contribute your expertise to key projects and governance bodies.

Take the opportunity to assume responsibility and actively shape the future of our production – we look forward to receiving your application.

This position can be filled in Ingelheim or Biberach 

Discover our Biberach site: xplorebiberach.com

Tasks & responsibilities 

• As Senior Commercial Process Manager, you are responsible for the commercial manufacturing processes of assigned chemical drug substances, with a particular focus on synthetic peptides and oligonucleotides.
• You lead interdisciplinary project teams across the entire product lifecycle and drive the preparation and execution of product launches.
• Within lifecycle management, you lead technology transfers between internal and external sites and ensure cross‑site governance of manufacturing process compliance and change management for drug substances.
• You represent the Drug Substance function at the interface with development departments (e.g. R&D) during the development of synthetic peptides and oligonucleotides.
• You lead and/or contribute to strategic initiatives in launch or development, preparing the organization for future improvement measures (e.g. accelerated development, reduced time to market, novel therapeutic products).
• You ensure a long‑term, stable, cost‑efficient, registration‑compliant and GMP‑compliant supply of drug substances to all relevant global markets and regions.

Requirements 

• University degree with a PhD, preferably in chemistry or a related field
• Extensive years of experience in various roles within the pharmaceutical industry, ideally in Operations, Regulatory Affairs, and Drug Substance Development
• Proven ability to lead cross‑functional matrix teams in an international environment, supported by strong project management expertise
• Practical experience in API manufacturing under cGMP conditions or in GMP process development
• Experience in solid‑phase peptide synthesis, preparative HPLC, or solid‑phase oligonucleotide synthesis is an advantage
• Experience in the field of ADCs is an advantage
• Strong regulatory and compliance expertise
• Team‑oriented mindset, strategic thinking, high level of commitment and flexibility, as well as willingness to travel for business
• Very good command of English, written and spoken, with several years of experience in an international business environment

Applications from persons with severe disabilities are warmly welcomed. In cases of equal qualifications, such applicants will be given preferential consideration in the selection process.   

Ready to contact us?  

If you have any questions about the job posting or process - please contact our HR Direct Team, Tel: +49 (0) 6132 77-3330 or via mail: hr.de@boehringer-ingelheim.com 

Recruitment process: 

Step 1: Online application - The job posting is presumably online until May 7th, 2026
Step 2: Virtual meeting starting in April
Step 3: On-site interviews in May