Process Development Scientist

I am seeking an experienced Process Scientist in drug product formulation, vial filling, pre-filled syringe filling, lyophilization and vial capping to join the Process Development Commercial Support team within a leading Biopharmaceutical company. The team is responsible for providing process and product support to drug product formulation and fill-finish operations as drug product process SMEs

*Hybrid role

Key Skills necessary for this role:

• Process Development Experience – New Tech Transfer
• New product introduction or process improvement experience in a GMP environment would be advantageous
• Product and process investigation support – deviation or non-confirmative experience
• Continuous improvement projects to improve process performance and productivity

Duties include:

• Act as a drug product process development technical expert to provide swift and innovative solutions to complex challenges in drug product formulation, vial filling, pre-filled syringe filling, lyophilization and vial capping.
• Key contributor to product and process investigations, responsible for assessing product and process impact.
• Leads continuous improvement projects to improve process performance and productivity.
• Assess product impact associated with proposed changes to commercial processes under the change control process.
• Generate product impact assessments associated with process excursions and deviations, with reference to product technical documentation.
• Support new product introduction team, as a process subject matter expert; This would include but is not limited to, recipe development and protocol execution, as well as troubleshooting and investigation support.
• Review and approve changes to operating procedures, electronic batch records, and product documentation.
• Identifies and implements operational opportunities for current and new sterile operations
• Risk assessments and mitigation projects relating to line performance
• Perform process gap analysis and developing strategies to close gaps.
• Data trend analysis for all performance aspects of the area.
• Troubleshooting performance trends.

The chosen candidate will work in a collaborative manner within the process teams structure and contribute as a member of cross functional teams within the local organization and functional team globally.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor’s or Masters degree in Science, Engineering or related discipline with 6 years experience in a similar role OR PhD and 3 years of directly related experience.
• Typically 4-6 years drug product experience in areas such as drug product formulation, vial/pre-filled syringe filling or lyophilisation
• Qualification in Lean and 6-sigma methodologies would be an advantage.
• New product introduction (NPI), process development, MSAT experience in a GMP environment would be advantageous.
• Demonstrated leadership skills with the ability to build teams and operate across functional boundaries, both internal and external.