Product Steward (m/f/d)

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Job Description Summary Be the expert for your product! As a Product Steward, you own the process knowledge throughout the commercial lifecycle, ensuring robust, validated, and continuously improving processes. You act as the key technical partner, driving seamless collaboration across functions and sites. This role is based in Schaftenau / Austria. Novartis is unable to offer relocation support for this role: please only apply if this location is accessible for you. Job Description: Key responsibilities: - Maintain oversight and knowledge of the entire manufacturing process for assigned products across their lifecycle. - Act as Single Point of Contact (SPOC) for technical/scientific process support and global MS&T interface. - Create and maintain product-specific Quality Risk Assessments (QRAs). - Monitor critical process variables using statistical analysis and ensure state of control. - Define and implement validation strategies (process, cleaning, packaging) and support validation activities. - Coordinate technical transfers and validation batches at the site. - Review Annual Product Quality Reviews (APQR) and adapt control strategies as needed. - Drive harmonization and optimi...