Launch and LCM Project Manager

Are you looking to save the lives of patients worldwide and contribute to Xellia Pharmaceuticals’ growth and transformation through managing agile and innovative launches?

Xellia Pharmaceuticals has ambitious plans to become an Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) world leader beyond its current critical anti-infectives portfolio and with that comes an increasing number of launches and projects which have the Launch and Demand Planning team expanding.

In this role, you will drive end-to-end projects for designated molecules and franchises throughout the traditional stages of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) or Finished Dosage Forms (FDF) product Introduction, Growth, Maturity and Decline (including termination). In doing so, you will be expected to gain consensus and buy-in across all levels of the organization, partnering with Sales, Production Sites, Quality, R&D, Finance and Manufacturing Science and Technology (MS&T) to secure optimal decisions, strengthen operational effectiveness and improve profitability.

Launch and LCM Project Managers are pivotal collaborators throughout the value-chain and probably the contributors with the single largest network of meaning connections across the company.

Your key tasks will include:

• Initiate launch projects as per the Lead-to-Launch framework and other Lifecycle Management models.
• Prepare new product launches including but not limited to the drafting, resourcing and cross-functional endorsement of granular project milestones.
• Lead launch projects.
• Monitor and track (e.g., monthly launch reports) all activities connected to launches and Lifecycle Management of products produced across Xellia Pharmaceuticals manufacturing sites or by Contract Manufacturing Organizations.
• Engage stakeholders across an enterprise-wide community of multidisciplinary collaborators.
• Coordinate technical transfers (alongside R&D Project Manager) focusing on the operational launch readiness (regulatory, quality control and downstream supply chain processes).
• Manage changes of primary component (stoppers, vials, caps, etc.) and other equivalent Lifecycle alterations.

A dynamic colleague with personal drive

To succeed in this position, you should be capable of juggling across several tasks and opportunities at once, interact broadly in a motivating and engaging way and maintain a forward-looking “one-step ahead” mentality.

No one day is the same and different projects bring different challenges which makes finding solutions, as a team, a thrilling and fulfilling prospects.

Moreover, you should have:

• A bachelor’s and master’s degree within life sciences, engineering or equivalent.
• Previous experience (at least 3 years or more) from a similar position.
• Good knowledge of the Pharmaceuticals and preferably generics industry (ideally anti-infective).
• Impactful stakeholder management and communication skills in a multicultural environment
• Good knowledge of supply chain dynamics and Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) requirements.
• Strong command of Project Management, customer relationship management and continuous process improvements (e.g., Lean Six Sigma methodology).

Room for development and responsibility

At Xellia, every single colleague counts. As a small company, we are good at making room for the individual. If you seek out development, knowledge or more responsibility, you will rarely get no and it gives you the opportunity to dive into your area. Because we know that the belief in talent combined with the desire to grow is the recipe for growth. Both for you and for us.

Are we your new colleagues?

Send us your application as soon as possible or no later than August 10th, 2025. To ensure current GDPR legislation, we only receive applications via the job advertisement.

If you have any questions about the position, please feel free to contact (Associate Director Launch and Demand Planning, Juan Martín Ciganda) at juan-martin.ciganda@xellia.com.

We look forward to hearing from you.