Develop and commercialize new products *Profile current vaccines against emerging animal pathogens *Improve and modify current products as per regulatory requirements and technological changes *Improve, profile and preserve animal pathogens, cultures and vaccine antigens *Improve production processes and technologies *Identify and implement new production, analytical and diagnostic technologies *Develop and integrate processes and technologies for large scale production *Continuously improve production equipment efficiencies *Research, develop and implement new and improved manufacturing technologies *Transfer technologies seamlessly to internal and external stakeholders *Provide relevant support services to other business units as per operational requirements (seed stocks, cells, troubleshooting, process auditing, customer complaints investigations and technical information and expert advice) *Execute allocated projects as per project plans *Keep abreast of current, relevant literature, technologies, and regulatory changes to inform internal product and process development activities *Develop peer-reviewed technical documents and outputs that advance the scientific outlook of OBP products *Comply with all national and international regulatory requirements relevant in the development of animal vaccine technologies and diagnostics *Comply with all applicable quality standards (ISO and GLP/GMP/GCP requirements and the Occupational Health and Safety Act and Company Regulations) *Assist with the implementation of ISO and GLP/GMP standards *Observe and comply with the OH&S Regulations *Update SOPs *Ensure testing is undertaken in terms of SOP and GLP/GMP *Contribute towards the mitigation of the department's risk profile by implementing sound governance and compliance processes and tools to identify and manage risks *Assist in monitoring relevant changes in the regulatory environment and ensure that appropriate operational controls are implemented to address new requirements within scope of control.