• Strategically plan production, marketing and sales, and interact with many organizational departments and customers.
• Product management duties including pricing, product launches, and execution of promotional activities.
• First line technical service response with backup from Engineering.
• Train employees such as salespeople and customer service representatives to assist in optimizing sales and customer satisfaction.
• Interact directly with customers to improve the product and understand the customers' needs and the product's future direction.
• Manages projects in the organization that bring a new product from a concept to its launch into the marketplace.
• Monitor pharmaceutical industry trends and provide expertise and advice to drive product development.
• Enhance the existing products the organization produces or develop new products.
• Provide support to the design and engineering team in the development of the new product.
• Evaluates market trends and suggest new product development or changes to the existing product line in an organization.
• Ensure the profitability and continued growth of Esco products.

• Bachelor’s degree or Masters in Pharmacy, or Pharmaceutical Engineering.
• Strong working knowledge of pharmaceutical manufacturing workflow (formulation and downstream processing).
• Two to three years of experience as a product specialist, preferably in the pharmaceutical industry, field applications, or technical support of manufacturing hardware.
• Knowledgeable on GMP and FDA guidelines for pharmaceutical processing (sterile/non-sterile and hazardous/non-hazardous).
• Proficiency in computer skills in Microsoft Office Suite products.
• Willingness to travel 75% of the time, overseas travel, and occasional last-minute travel within your specified geographic region to attend nationwide meetings and tradeshows.
• Ability to work on a fast-paced start-up working environment.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Strong communication skills and willingness to take the initiative for improvement.

Desired Characteristics

• Strong presentation skills (public speaking desired).
• Demonstrated ability to manage and resolve conflict, verbally and in writing, to external customers and team locally and globally.
• Willingness to adapt to changing work environment.
• Experience in working in a GMAP facility.
• Experience in actual pharmaceutical manufacturing process.
• Knowledge of basic GMP manufacturing workflow for sterile and non-sterile.