Position Description

· Responsible for leading highly technical chemical development projects in a customer-facing role, coordinate internal project team(s) ensuring successful project deliveries with respect to scientific quality, timelines, prioritization, risk management, and high customer satisfaction

· Responsible for the line management of a team of scientists

· Using their technical expertise to propose new, innovative solutions to various organic chemistry problems and realize them in the laboratory

· Clearly present and communicate results to customers, represent their own project on customer meetings, drive strategic discussions with customers

· Documents their experimental work at a high standard and in compliance with set expectations

· Mentors team members in process development, expert internal consultant for chemical development related questions

· Maintains a safe and tidy work environment in their own work area, complying with all Health and Safety rules and expectations

· Supports Business Development efforts as required, to attract customers and new projects

· Fosters a collaborative, accountable, and high-performance team culture through mentoring, talent development, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement initiatives

Qualifications

Technical skills

· Synthetic laboratory skills: Expert at carrying out laboratory scale experiments (from reactions to isolations) in organic synthesis, high quality experimental work and data collection skills

· Practical experience with scaling up chemical processes beyond laboratory scale and transferring processes to manufacturing. Practical experience with executing chemistry on kilolab scale is an advantage.

· Expert at analyzing analytical data: NMR, GC-(MS), LC-(MS), with user level experience in all areas

· Expert level data analysis, documentation and reporting skills

· Proficient in MS Office applications (Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, etc.) and scientific software

· Basic understanding of process safety techniques is a plus

Soft skills

· Motivator: with proactive attitude leads and motivates colleagues around them

· Ownership: owns their area of responsibilities, independently and proactively organizes ways of working to suit team goals

· Development: enjoys developing people in their professional life, actively mentors and coaches people in all aspects of work, shares their experience with others

· Strong stakeholder management and communication skills with the ability to align interdisciplinary teams and build trusted customer relationships

Experience

· PhD in Synthetic Organic Chemistry with 5+ years of experience in pharmaceutical process development

· Professional proficiency in English. Willingness to learn German.

· Good understanding of phase appropriate CMC development requirements in the pharmaceutical industry

· Experience with kinetics, high throughput experimentation, continuous processing, PAT or technology transfer is a plus

· Line management experience is beneficial

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From 105.000,00€ per year

Ability to commute/relocate:

• 78467 Konstanz: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Education:

• Doctorate (Preferred)

Language:

• English (Required)

Work Location: In person