Head of Analytical Development

Ferring Pharmaceuticals

East Kilbride, United Kingdom

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You will display your skills in analytical development on one hand, and as positive people manager on the other. Your focus will be to strategically strengthen the area of analytical method development, validation, chemical characterisation, stability and controls with a focus on controlled release Drug Products. You will bring your own extensive knowledge, and you will engage with internal stakeholders globally as well as your team to find just the right way forward for Ferring. As people manager your focus is to keep a well-functioning team of scientists happy and in on-going development as individuals and as a team.

Your teams’ responsibility covers analytical method development and characterisation of proteins and peptides as well as small molecules and other modalities within the CMC area. The responsibility ranges from candidate drug selection to Phase 3 and transfer to commercial manufacturing with a focus on controlled release dosage forms. You will head 11 highly skilled Scientists that plan, coordinate, lead and evaluate analytical development and characterisation work performed in our internal laboratories and at different CROs.

Your day at Ferring

Lead, motivate and develop your team – via daily coaching, problem solving, individual objectives and performance reviews;
Ensure definition and deliverance of robust analytical packages to support drug development projects;
Build a thorough understanding of Ferring’s value chain and global organization;
Build and maintain constructive relations to a wide number of stakeholders in the global organization;
Build external network to relevant experts and across the scientific community;
You will work with both non-GMP and GMP related tasks.

Behind our innovation…There’s you

A degree in chemistry, pharmacy or equivalent;
15+ years of experience with delivering CMC projects in the pharmaceutical industry;
Technical understanding of drug product analytical development, including method development and validation, stability and controls;
Sound knowledge of ICH and other regulatory guidelines including quality by design;
Ideally experience with both large and small molecules and expertise within polymer chemistry;
Drug product development project management;
Experience of all phases of analytical development and understanding of global regulatory requirements for CMC to ensure high quality regulatory submissions;
Leadership experience of teams consisting of senior scientists and scientists to drive decision making within cross functional teams;
Availability to travel 15-20 days per year (especially to Denmark) to meet colleagues and external partners (e.g. CROs) can therefore be expected;
Fluency in English, written and spoken.

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