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argenx

Device Project Leader

argenx

. Lead assigned drug-delivery device and combination-product projects from initiation through development, industrialization, submission, launch readiness, and lifecycle management .

Posted 10/21/2026full-timeRemote • SwitzerlandSeniorWebsite

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Demonstrates extensive experience in leading drug-delivery device and combination-product projects, integrating cross-functional requirements, and ensuring compliance with regulatory standards. Proficient in managing project plans, design controls, risk management, and technical documentation throughout the product lifecycle.

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Combination-Product DevelopmentCross-Functional Project LeadershipDesign ControlsRisk ManagementTechnical Documentation

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Hard Skills
Project ManagementDesign TransferHuman Factors EngineeringIndustrializationRegulatory ComplianceVerification and ValidationUsability EngineeringDrug-Device InterfacesPrefilled Syringes DevelopmentAutoinjectors Development
Soft Skills
LeadershipCommunicationCollaborationProblem-SolvingDecision-Making
Industry Keywords
Pharmaceutical SciencesBiotechMedical DevicesClinical SupplyManufacturingQuality AssuranceCMCRegulatory AffairsPrimary PackagingGlobal Device Requirements

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Lead assigned drug-delivery device and combination-product projects from initiation through development, industrialization, submission, launch readiness, and lifecycle management
  • Translate device and product-presentation strategy into integrated project plans
  • Align cross-functional teams and external partners and drive delivery against scope, quality, timeline, budget, and risk objectives
  • Own project plans covering deliverables, milestones, dependencies, resources, budget, risks, decisions, and escalation routes
  • Lead cross-functional device project teams across development, industrialization, clinical supply, registration, and launch readiness
  • Monitor performance, assess trade-offs, initiate recovery or contingency plans, and provide leadership updates
  • Lead project-team and design-review meetings and track decisions, actions, owners, and due dates
  • Coordinate development of prefilled syringes, safety systems, autoinjectors, large-volume or on-body delivery systems, secondary packaging, and instructions for use
  • Integrate user, product, technical, manufacturing, quality, regulatory, clinical, and commercial requirements
  • Oversee design-control deliverables including design inputs and outputs, design reviews, verification, validation, usability engineering, risk management, design transfer, and technical documentation
  • Ensure Design History File deliverables are planned, assigned, traceable, review-ready, and aligned
  • Serve as the operational contact across CMC, Regulatory, Quality, Clinical, Clinical Supply, Manufacturing, Commercial, Procurement, Finance, and other functions
  • Lead governance with device manufacturers, technology partners, CDMOs, testing laboratories, human-factors providers, consultants, and packaging suppliers
  • Integrate partner plans and deliverables, contribute to statements of work and budgets, monitor performance, and escalate risks
  • Embed regulatory, quality, design-control, risk-management, and human-factors requirements in project execution
  • Coordinate device documentation and submission content and support regulatory responses
  • Coordinate formative and validation human-factors activities and translate outputs into design, labeling, risk-management, and submission actions
  • Ensure compliance with internal procedures and global device and combination-product requirements

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Master's degree in life sciences, engineering, pharmaceutical sciences, or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant experience
  • Typically 10+ years of relevant experience in pharma, biotech, or medical devices
  • Substantial experience in combination-product development and cross-functional project leadership
  • Experience leading multidisciplinary teams through major development milestones
  • Strong working knowledge of design controls, risk management, human factors, design transfer, industrialization, and technical documentation
  • Experience managing external development, technology, manufacturing, or testing partners
  • Good understanding of parenteral drug-product development, primary packaging, drug-device interfaces, and regulatory expectations in major markets
  • Excellent English communication skills
  • Willingness to travel for partner, study, and manufacturing-site activities

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Short-term incentives program
  • Long-term incentives program
  • Equal consideration in an inclusive environment
  • Equal opportunity employment