Senior Formulation Scientist

Sandoz is going through an exciting and transformative period as a global leader and pioneering provider of sustainable Generic and Biosimilar medicines. Our purpose is to pioneer access for patients by developing and commercializing novel, affordable approaches that address unmet medical needs. Our broad portfolio of high-quality medicines, covering all major therapeutic areas, accounted for 2022 sales of USD 9.2 billion.

Join us as a Founder of our ‘new’ Sandoz

**Your Key Responsibilities**:
Your responsibilities include, but not limited to:

- Design, plan and perform/supervise scientific experiments and contribute to project related scientific/technical activities under mínimal supervision (e.g., interpret and report results, generate and evaluate data, draw relevant conclusions, optimize existing methods/processes).
- Generate scientific documents to hand over to internal and/or external partners (e.g., MST, STO, authorities, external companies) and support generation of international registration documents under mínimal supervision.
- Evaluate and initiate request of infrastructure/equipment and required investments (e.g. system ownership).
- Generate lab procedures or SOP’s, generate protocols and reports.
- Lead technical meetings during product development.
- For project-focused role: Lead assigned functional sub-teams; represent own function in technical teams (e.g. global CMC team) and fulfill all project tasks and responsibilities related to the own discipline.
- Communicate, address and solve problems (e.g. deviations and unexpected results from experiments) within own and broader area of responsibility; communicate effectively across organizational interfaces; lead the transfer of know-how or procedures to other departments or external contractors, including troubleshooting and on-site training; may require travel
- Report and present scientific/technical results internally and contribute to publications, presentations, and patents.
- Own and utilize special tools/equipment and/or specialized facilities for product development, for example statistical analysis of data and design of experiments.
- Actively participate in knowledge exchange. Train and coach associate scientists and technicians, temporary employees, and employees under training/education.
- Adherence to Sandoz standards, in particular quality (cGxP, data control), ethical, health, safety, environment (HSE), and information security (ISEC).
- Support during internal and external audits and inspections.
- Wir sind bestrebt, ein hervorragendes, integratives Arbeitsumfeld und ein vielfältiges Team aufzubauen, das die Patienten und Gemeinschaften, denen wir dienen, repräsentiert._

**What you’ll bring to the role: -**
PhD with at least 3 years relevant experience or BSc / MSc. scientific degree with at least 5 years of work-related experience
- Fluent in English (written and spoken)

Experience/Professional Requirement: - Experience in development of final dosage forms of hard to make products
- Strong scientific skills allowing the drawing of accurate assumptions from limited data to assess the next step in a development program.
- An understanding of experiment and validation design and the requirements when documenting protocols for these exercises
- An understanding of the parameters involved in scaling up of formulation processes.
- Technical/scientific protocol and report writing skills
- DOE (Design of Experiments)
- QbD (Quality by design) and quality risk management
- Strong communication and presentation skills
- Able to communicate and lead projects in multicultural environment.
- Proven ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects.
- Good knowledge of relevant software tools (e.g. MS Office, statistical programs)

**Why Sandoz?**
Generic and Biosimilar medicines are the backbone of the global medicines industry. Sandoz, a leader in this sector, touched the lives of almost 500 million patients last year and while we are proud of this achievement, we have an ambition to do more

With investments in new development capabilities, state-of-the-art 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.

The future is ours to shape

**Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion (hard coded in Brassring)**:
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.

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