Leading Scientist Analytical Characterization (d/f/m)

Job Description Summary

Lead and manage projects or functional activities, ensuring alignment with scientific and operational goals. Independently plan, design, perform, document, and interpret complex scientific or developmental work using state-of-the-art approaches. Take responsibility for assigned operational and leadership tasks, contributing to a high-performing and collaborative environment.

Job Description

Sandoz continues to go through an exciting and transformative period as a global leader and pioneering provider of sustainable Biosimilar and Generic medicines. As we continue down this new and ambitious path, unique opportunities will present themselves, both professionally and personally. Join us, the future is ours to shape!

Your Key Responsibilities:

Your responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Independently manage project activities in the area of analytical characterization (e.g. method-development for characterization of the API, as well as their optimization, validation, -transfer including the know-how and troubleshooting, and ensure their implementations etc.) and contribute to project-specific strategy decisions.
• Represent the function in technical teams (e.g. global CMC team); perform all project tasks (e.g. design, plan, and support conducting scientific experiments; actively contribute to budget and resource forecast etc.) and responsibilities related to own scope of work, as well as assist leadership team in setting goals, performance evaluations, and development planning discussions with team members.
• Review and approve analytical results. Ensure integrity of data. Interpret results within relevant context, draw the right conclusions and share with the analytical sub-team.
• Author development reports, study protocols, laboratory procedures, or project-related SOPs; write scientific documents for key collaborators (e.g., other line units, health authorities). In particular: coordinate and compile high quality analytical registration documents for HA submissions and write publications, patents; interact with Health Authorities where appropriate; act as technical expert in audits and inspections

What you’ll bring to the role:

Essential Requirements:

• Technical expert studies with PhD with 3 years of relevant experience or Master of Science with 6 years of relevant experience or equivalent (not PhD with 6 years experience).
• Expert knowledge in structural characterization of biopharmaceutical products, excellent laboratory and technical expertise (analysis of proteins, antibodies by e.g. chromatography, electrophoresis, mass spectrometry, biophysical methods. Data evaluation).
• Thorough understanding of development activities and –processes in biopharmaceutical industry.
• Knowledge and experience on relevant regulatory guidelines and understanding of regulatory expectations (FDA, EMA).
• Proficient scientific/technical writing skills (to compile analytical reports and submission documents in English), and excellent presentation and communication skills.
• Fluent in English (oral and written).

You’ll receive:

Sandoz has an employee-first approach and that’s why your personal growth is so important to us. You will have access to Coursera and other learning platforms with more than 200,000 learning videos and 5000+ courses.

In addition to the various learning opportunities, we offer company benefits, such as:

• 30 days of annual leave
• Holiday allowance
• Additional rewards for special occasions (e.g. service length awards, marriage celebration, etc.)
• Company pension schemes and capital formation benefits
• Parental leave
• Other offerings, such as bike leasing

Why Sandoz?

Generic and Biosimilar medicines are the backbone of the global medicines industry. Sandoz, a leader in this sector, provided more than 900 million patient treatments across 100+ countries in 2024 and while we are proud of this achievement, we have an ambition to do more!

With investments in new development capabilities, production sites, new acquisitions, and partnerships, we have the opportunity to shape the future of Sandoz and help more patients gain access to low-cost, high-quality medicines, sustainably.

Our momentum is powered by an open, collaborative culture driven by our talented and ambitious colleagues, who, in return for applying their skills experience an agile and collegiate environment with impactful, flexible-hybrid careers, where diversity is welcomed and where personal growth is supported! 

Join us!

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:

We are committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.

Hiring decisions are only based on the qualification for the position, regardless of gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, age and disability.

The law provides for severely disabled / equal applicants the opportunity to involve the local representative body for disabled employees (SBV) in the application process. If you would like to request this, please let us know in advance as a note on your CV.

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Skills Desired

Coaching Skills, Data Science, Environment, Experiments Design, Health And Safety (Ehs), Laboratory Equipment, Manufacturing Process, Sop (Standard Operating Procedure), Technical Writing