Director, Integrated Risk Management Lead

We Are Teva

We’re Teva, a leading innovative biopharmaceutical company, enabled by a world-class generics business. Whether it’s innovating in the fields of neuroscience and immunology or delivering high-quality medicine worldwide, we’re dedicated to addressing patients’ needs now and in the future. Here, you will be part of a high-performing, inclusive culture that values fresh thinking and collaboration. You'll have the room to grow, the flexibility to balance life with work, and the opportunity to better health worldwide, together.

Our Team, Your Impact

The Risk Management Leader for External Manufacturing at Teva Pharmaceuticals is responsible for establishing and executing a proactive, end-to-end risk management framework across Teva’s global CDMO/CMO network supporting generics, complex generics, biosimilars, specialty medicines, and sterile/aseptic operations.

The role ensures the resilience, compliance, and continuity of Teva’s external supply by driving structured risk assessment, quantification, mitigation strategies, early-warning detection, and governance processes.

Location

This role can be based in Bulgaria (Sofia), Croatia (Zagreb) or India. 

How You’ll Spend Your Day

1. Teva External Manufacturing Risk Strategy & Governance

• Develop the right ExM integrated risk framework which needs to align with existing frameworks in TGO / other functions
• Implement, and maintain ExM standardized integrated risk management framework
• Lead risk governance processes and escalation pathways.
• Ensure full ExM risk map is established, regularly updated and mitigations are carried out by operational units and functions as planned.
• Measure effectiveness of the framework on an on-going basis through improvement rate of CSL, reduction of crisis situations, and maturity assessments of the organization.

2. Supply Continuity & Operational Risk

• Identify and quantify risks impacting supply reliability.

3. GMP, Quality & Compliance Risk

• Partner with Teva Quality to integrate GMP and regulatory risks.

4. Financial, Contractual & Supplier Stability

• Ensure financial, geopolitical (including healthcare policies evolution), and corporate stability of CMOs are included in the overall risk assessment methodology
• Ensure financial, contractual and supply risks related to unexpected evolution of demand are also well included in the overall risk assessment methodology

5. Digital Tools, Analytics & Insights

• Implement digital dashboards, analytics, and predictive tools.
• Integrate risk data with Teva supply chain/quality systems.

6. Culture, Training & Ways of Working

• Train Teva ExM teams on risk methodologies.
• Promote transparency and proactive risk mitigation.
• Lead cross-operational units collaboration and standardization.

Your Skills and Experience

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Life Sciences, Chemistry, Supply Chain, or related.
• Certification in risk management desirable.

Experience

• 10+ years pharmaceutical/biopharma experience.
• 5+ Experience with risk frameworks in global networks.
• Experience with external manufacturing networks and associated challenges.
• Experience with digital risk tools.
• Consulting experience in risk management highly desirable.

Capabilities & Behaviors

• Highly organized and structured.
• Analytical and structured problem-solving.
• Executive communication and influencing.
• Collaboration, adaptability, and resilience.
• Patient-focused decision-making.

How We’ll Take Care of You

At Teva, better health starts from within, and that includes you. From day one, you’ll be supported with benefits designed to help you thrive in and out of work. This includes generous annual leave, reward plans, flexible working schedules (dependent on role), access to tailored health support, and meaningful ways to give back to the community.  When it comes to your career, you’ll be encouraged to explore, evolve, and shape your path. Twist, our one-stop shop for career development platform, gives you access to a wide range of possibilities, from learning programs and short-term projects to opportunities for internal growth. Here, you’ll be part of a culture that empowers you to reach your goals and prioritize your wellbeing every step of the way. 

Reports To

Senior Director of Business Operations - ExM

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