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 3 - 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.
