Principle Pharmaceutical Scientist

AbbVie

Ludwigshafen, Germany

Description

  • Provide technical support for the manufacturing of commercial products and products in late stage development.
  • Liaison between various functional groups, as well as, Third Party Manufacturers .
  • Responsible for reviewing and approving deviations, change requests, non-conforming material reports and investigations in terms of the technical content.
  • Write/co-author/review/approve process validation documents and scientific reports in support of both validation activities and Regulatory submissions. Provide supportive quality control and manufacturing documents to Regulatory requests including field alerts/actions.
  • Identify and resolve manufacturing issues for commercial and Development products.
  • Provides technical leadership to cross-functional teams during development, commercial launch or trouble shooting of established processes.
  • Participation in continuous improvement projects and in global initiatives. Present results of projects and issues to senior management.
  • Organization and prioritization of projects activities to meet given timelines/milestones.

Qualifications

  • Engineer/Master/Diploma, PhD preferred, in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering or similar field
  • Experienced with the preformulation, formulation development, process development and manufacturing of solid dosage forms
  • Experienced with working in a cGMP-regulated environment, including knowledge of relevant US/EU regulatory and quality requirements and standards
  • Excellent team working and communication skills
  • Able to identify, describe and resolve technical problems using systematic and scientifically sound first principle approaches
  • First principles understanding of analytical methods for the characterization of material properties of excipients, API’s and formulations
  • Excellent knowledge of advanced statistics and probability methods as applied in drug development
  • Fluent in spoken and written English
  • Experience with continuous improvement programs e.g. Lean Six Sigma is beneficial

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