Tech Transfer Project Manager

Title: Tech Transfer Project Manager

Location: Shawnee, Kansas, United States

Department: Project Management

Employment Type

Permanent-Full Time

Minimum Experience

Experienced

Job Description:

At Argenta, we’re more than a company — we’re a global team, dedicated to healthier animals. We believe that when their lives are made better, we're all the better for it. 

Founded in 2006, we support companies big and small to develop and manufacture health products for pets and livestock. Our trusted, innovative solutions and services cover every stage of the process, from molecule to market. 

We’re in a unique position. We are the world’s only combined contract research and contract development and manufacturing organization (CRO/CDMO) dedicated to animal health. 

Our uniqueness means: 

• We are ambitious, growing and building a ‘one team’ culture, guided by our values.  

• We are team players; 

• We are doers; 

• We are customer-centric; 

• We are innovators. 

We value diversity, as a global company, we get the richness of working with different people in different places whether it be location, stages of their career, their development, their role. We believe that when everyone works together and puts their best “paw” forward we will make the lives of the animals we care for, better. 

With bases in New Zealand, the US, the UK and Europe, our 900+ colleagues are driven by our partnership approach and purpose: Healthy Animals. Let’s Make It Happen, Together. 

 

TEAM PLAYERS who want to DO great work and find INNOVATIVE ways to make animals lives better through our CUSTOMER CENTRIC efforts should apply.  

 

Argenta is currently looking to fill the role of Technical Project Manager at our Shawnee, KS location. This role is remote eligible with monthly travel to the Shawnee site required. 

 

The Project Manager is responsible for guiding complex pharmaceutical development and commercialization initiatives from early planning through sustained supply. This role serves as the coordination hub between customers and internal technical teams, ensuring programs progress efficiently, compliantly, and in alignment with business commitments. 

 

Key Accountabilities

Tech Transfer Leadership

• Lead end-to-end technology transfer projects for sterile products from originator sites or development into Argenta's manufacturing network
• Develop and own detailed tech transfer plans including stage-gate milestones, risk registers, regulatory submission timelines, and batch scheduling
• Coordinate and track all transfer deliverables — process characterization, analytical method transfer, cleaning validation, process validation, and sterility assurance activities
• Drive readiness reviews (process, equipment, QA, regulatory) to ensure site and product launch readiness
• Proactively identify and resolve risks related to sterile process complexity, contamination control, and supply continuity

 

Portfolio & Priority Management

• Manage a concurrent portfolio of sterile tech transfer and lifecycle programs, balancing scope, resource, and schedule across multiple clients and projects simultaneously
• Set and communicate clear priorities across the portfolio in alignment with business objectives, client commitments, and site capacity
• Identify and resolve cross-project dependencies, resource conflicts, and scheduling constraints in a proactive and structured manner
• Provide regular portfolio-level reporting to PMO leadership and senior stakeholders, with clear visibility of progress, risks, and decision points across all active programs

 

Financial Management

• Own project budgets from initiation through close-out, ensuring accurate forecasting, cost tracking, and variance reporting throughout the project lifecycle
• Monitor project financials against agreed scope, flagging out-of-scope activities and driving change order processes in a timely manner
• Work closely with finance and commercial teams to ensure project revenues, costs, and margins are accurately reflected and actively managed

 

Client & Stakeholder Partnership

• Serve as the primary point of contact for clients throughout the tech transfer lifecycle, maintaining transparency on progress, risks, and decisions required
• Translate client technical and commercial requirements into detailed, executable project plans aligned with Argenta's capabilities
• Partner with business development and commercial teams to support proposal scoping and client onboarding for new sterile transfer programs
• Ensure alignment between client expectations, regulatory obligations, and operational execution at the receiving site

 

Cross-Functional Coordination

• Lead multidisciplinary project teams across manufacturing operations, MS&T, QA/QC, regulatory affairs, supply chain, procurement, and engineering
• Facilitate structured project meetings, maintain RAID logs, and drive accountability across all workstreams
• Manage the critical path through aseptic process design, equipment qualification (IQ/OQ/PQ), analytical transfer, and validation campaigns
• Coordinate seamless handover from tech transfer into commercial supply, including batch record readiness and release strategy

 

Qualifications

Education & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in pharmaceutical science, chemistry, biochemistry, engineering, or a related scientific discipline
• 5+ years of project management or technical experience in pharmaceutical or biotech manufacturing, with a minimum of 3 years directly managing sterile product tech transfer programs
• Demonstrated experience managing a concurrent portfolio of projects, including prioritization, resource balancing, and financial accountability
• Demonstrated experience with aseptic manufacturing processes, fill-finish operations, or lyophilization technology transfers
• Prior CDMO or multi-site transfer experience strongly preferred

Skills & Competencies

• Deep understanding of sterile manufacturing requirements including contamination control strategy, cleanroom operations, and Annex 1 compliance
• Ability to critically evaluate technical risks in process, analytical, and equipment domains and translate these into project-level risk mitigation plans
• Strong command of validation lifecycle activities (process, cleaning, analytical method transfer)
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Smartsheet, change control and ERP systems