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Virbac

Develops animal health care products worldwide

Industrial Studies Manager, MSAT

Bioprocess & BiomanufacturingConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeCarros, FranceNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • A Bac+5 qualification, an engineering degree, or equivalent, specialized in industrial development and product transfers.
  • More than 10 years of experience in the pharmaceutical or veterinary industry, ideally in MSAT or industrial development.
  • Fluent French and English, spoken and written.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the technical reference for industrialization of new products and optimization of the existing industrial setup within the MSAT department.
  • Lead feasibility studies and industrial transfers for new products or major product modifications within Life Cycle Management.
  • Ensure process robustness, control of quality, cost, and schedule risks, competitiveness, and regulatory compliance with GMP before transition to routine industrial production.
  • Interface between Development (R&D), internal production, and external partners (CDMOs) to ensure technical feasibility, profitability, and process compliance for launches and internal or external transfers.
  • Evaluate technical feasibility for new products or technologies; identify production-line or contractor bottlenecks that could affect time to market; verify capacity alignment for critical equipment and laboratories; assess technology maturity and scale-up risks; identify technical discontinuities during transfers; define industrial strategy with production sites; and present study results to the Board.
  • Collaborate with Management Control to establish initial projected industrial cost price (PRI) for new products, determine and provide technical inputs for standard-cost calculations, identify project-stage cost-of-goods-sold optimization opportunities, and provide internal industrial cost data for make-or-buy comparisons with contractor quotations.
  • Coordinate innovation phases during industrialization and ensure transition to execution and/or routine production.
  • Conduct technical feasibility studies for existing-product transfers, covering process and analytical aspects, and co-develop financial studies.
  • Participate as a technical expert in contractor evaluation visits and supplier audits to validate the robustness of their operations.
  • Perform gap analyses and lead internal and external technology transfers.
  • Define project schedules, budgets including CAPEX and OPEX, and required resources; monitor projects using internal tools such as Triskell and Microsoft Project.
  • Facilitate multidisciplinary project teams involving Production, Quality Assurance, Quality Control, R&D, Maintenance, and Supply Chain.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience in MSAT or industrial development.

About the Company

Virbac

Develops animal health care products worldwide

Virbac provides care, hygiene and nutrition products to prevent, diagnose and treat animal diseases. Its offerings are designed for veterinarians, farmers and pet owners worldwide, delivering complete animal-health solutions through a global network of production sites, sales subsidiaries and R&D centers across five continents. The product approach combines prevention, diagnosis and treatment in veterinary medicine, not limited to a single animal type. What sets Virbac apart is its scale and mix: a broad international footprint (production sites in 12 countries, sales subsidiaries in 36) and a substantial share of sales outside Europe, with a clear focus on both companion animals (roughly 61% of 2025 sales) and farm animals (39%). The company aims to advance animal health by empowering those who care for animals daily, helping people and animals live better together.

Company size
1,001-5,000
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Carros, France
Founded
1968

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