Opportunity Description:

We are seeking an experienced leader with passion for strategic leadership, mentoring others and driving technical innovations to solve challenging problems. This role will provide analytical leadership within process development teams consisting of organic chemists, chemical engineers, analytical scientists and to support an increasingly complex portfolio of small molecules and milla-molecular (ADCs, peptides, oligonucleotides) drug candidates from phase 1 to commercialization. Overall responsibilities of this role may include: •Providing strategic analytical leadership to multiple portfolio projects in alignment with other function leads to enable chemical route innovation, process invention and process characterization. •Developing phase appropriate analytical control strategies and coordinating method invention, optimization, validation and transfer to support route and process development, internal and external manufacturing, compliance needs and regulatory submissions. •Partnering with other Analytical Functions across Product Development and Commercial organizations to integrate/align analytical control strategies and influence specification setting and IND/NDA submission content. •Capability to adapt and grow within a dynamic environment involving both internal and external development activities. Leadership in innovative analytical approaches to solve challenging problems by collaborating with subject matter experts and project teams. •Seeking opportunities to influence/mentor other scientists in the team, the wider analytical community (through lesson learned and workflow/process enhancement) or the external community (through consortium, presentations and publications). •Accountability for identifying opportunities and/or implementing solutions (including continuous processing, automation, screening, smart technology and other innovative tools) to improve efficiency, productivity and quality. Qualifications/Requirements: •Ph.D. or Masters in analytical, organic chemistry or engineering is required. Proven track record and experience directly relevant to the role is critical to success. Experience in working across matrixed and/or externalized teams highly desirable. •8+ years of work experience including analytical project leadership and problem solving in the pharmaceutical industry. Experience in supporting API process development is preferred. Experience with late stage registrational filings is a plus. •Demonstrated expertise in a wide variety of analytical techniques is highly preferred. •Demonstrated commitment to safety. •Excellent interpersonal, time management, collaborative, team building, and communication skills are desired to ensure effective collaborations within matrix teams. Demonstrated performance against cooperation principles and enterprise mindset.