Technical Project Lead - Sustainable Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

About VIONIX™

VIONIX Pharma Ltd (UK) builds AI driven systems to reduce material waste and carbon emissions in pharmaceutical manufacturing. Our work sits at the intersection of process engineering, materials science, and manufacturing intelligence.

VIONIX ZERO™

• AI optimised solvent and excipient recovery, and
• bio intelligent, biodegradable pharmaceutical packaging

Role Overview

Technical Project Lead

Key Responsibilities

• Own day to day execution of the 

  VIONIX ZERO™

   v0.9 programme in India
• Translate high level technical objectives into executable work plans
• Manage timelines, risks, and dependencies
• Deliver documented, auditable outputs on time and within budget
• Coordinate bench scale solvent and excipient recovery experiments
• Support AI driven process optimisation activities
• Oversee development of biodegradable polymer packaging prototypes
• Ensure accurate data capture, reproducibility, and documentation
• Manage work through Indian CROs, labs, and pilot facilities
• Control scope, cost, and quality of third-party work
• Enforce data quality, confidentiality, and IP discipline
• Provide structured weekly updates to the UK project team
• Prepare handover packages for UK validation and review
• Operate under NDA and commercially restricted protocols

What Success Looks Like

By the end of the project, you will have delivered:

• v0.9 solvent recovery datasets with measurable efficiency improvements
• v0.9 biodegradable packaging prototypes with validated performance data
• Clean experimental documentation suitable for UK academic and Innovate UK review
• A complete, structured handover for Phase 2 or pilot scale work, ready for Project 2

Required Qualifications & Experience

MSc / PhD (or equivalent experience)

• Chemical Engineering
• Pharmaceutical Sciences
• Materials / Polymer Science
• Process Engineering

5+ years of hands on experience in:

• pharmaceutical manufacturing,
• process development,
• materials R&D, or
• applied engineering

Experience running lab scale or pilot scale experiments

Strong project execution and problem solving skills

Excellent written and spoken English

Experience working with CROs, CMOs, or contract labs

Familiarity with GMP adjacent environments

Exposure to data driven or AI assisted process optimisation

Prior collaboration with EU or UK teams

Why Join

• Work on a real Innovate UK funded programme
• Operate at the frontier of AI enabled sustainable manufacturing
• High autonomy, low bureaucracy
• Strong performers may progress to Phase 2 leadership or long term roles

Job Type: Full-time; Benefits: Flexible schedule, Work from home.

Application Question(s): answer in email to sonia@varunegroup.com along with your CV

• Outputs from your work will be reviewed in the UK by the UK Government's technical and scientific leads. What does that change about how you work?
• How do you decide what not to do when budget is limited?
• Describe how you have handled confidential or proprietary technical work in the past.
• Give an example of how you ensured experimental or process data was clean, reproducible, and suitable for external validation.
• Have you managed work through external labs, CROs, or contract manufacturers? Describe: how you scoped the work,how you controlled cost and timelines, and how you ensured data quality.
• You are given a high-level technical objective but no step-by-step plan. Explain how you would break it down into executable tasks in the first two weeks.
• Describe a project where you had to deliver technically credible results under tight time, budget, and infrastructure constraints. What was the objective? What were the constraints? What did you personally own end-to-end? What was actually delivered?
• Confirm you have 5+ years experience relating to this role. Applicants who do not meet the criteria will be auto-rejected.