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Raritan, NJ, US

Principal Scientist - Global Technical Services-1532121130

Description

Global Technical Services, part of the Janssen Supply Chain, is currently looking for a Principal Scientist - Parenterals, Liquids, Creams and Transdermals to be based in Raritan, NJ, Vacaville, CA, Malvern, PA, Radnor, PA, or Horsham, PA.

Janssen Supply Group, LLC is part of Janssen Supply Chain, a global organization responsible for supplying medicines to markets around the world. With Quality as their primary focus, this group strives to provides access and affordability through innovation and strong collaboration with their R&D and Commercial partners to deliver life changing solutions for patients in need.

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Principal Scientist - Parenterals, Liquids, Creams and Transdermals Platform, Global Technical Services will lead cross functional teams to develop and deliver projects required to achieve goals in Technology and/or Science in the key focus areas for Global Technical Services. This individual will provide technical support and leadership to top line growth (NPI, L&A, growing markets), enhance reliability, compliance & efficiency of product value chains end-to-end, i.e., support product life cycle management, and integrate Manufacturing Operations and Pharmaceutical Development in partnership with Product Management and Customer Management

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

The Principal Scientist - Parenterals, Liquids, Creams and Transdermals Platform, Global Technical Services will have Product Technical Leadership and Support responsibilities. He/she will develop, manage and transfer advanced knowledge on new or marketed products, including formulation, processes, manufacturing technologies, analytical technologies, raw materials, primary containers and associated components (e.g., delivery devices). This individual will lead or support integration of New Products into the supply chain network. This person will lead drug product Technology Transfer projects, lead investigations in support of marketed products, technically own one or more products post launch (Technical Life Cycle Management), lead or support Process Capability/Quality Improvement efforts, and lead or support breakthrough improvements in Cost of Goods Sold (COGs) and/or support internal & external manufacturing sites to define improvement goals and plans (benchmark driven) and oversee implementation providing leadership and advanced expertise.

This individual will also develop the Standardization and Innovation Strategy for the technologies in scope, develop or support Platform Standards on process technology and equipment and deploy best practices to internal and external manufacturing sites, and scout the market for technologies & innovative approaches and assess the value for deployment in our network and drive or oversee the implementation

Qualifications


A Bachelors Degree or M.S. or Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering or Materials Engineering and Science or Equivalent is required. 10+ years related experience overall with past proven field experience in manufacturing and/or development of of pharmaceutical dosage forms, including parenteral or transdermal dosage forms for small/large molecules, with ability to expand into other technologies.

Preferred candidate will have experience with past proven field experience with aseptic processing requirements/techniques and/or manufacturing cGMPs, Systems Qualification and/or Process Validations experience, process sciences, QbD development, advanced analytical technology, PAT technologies. Exposure to Quality Assurance and Regulatory Compliance cGMP and EH&S is preferred. Project Management qualifications (FPX certification or equivalent) is desired. Operational Excellence experience in Lean, Process Excellence, and/or Design Excellence is desired. The ability to operate in a complex global matrix organization, i.e., multiple stakeholders, with limited guidance and supervision is preferred. The ability to design and lead technical teams in support of Root Cause Analysis on processing deviations and/or Supply Chain escalations and coordinate action planning and execution is preferred. The ability to independently develop and/or assess Business Cases, perform feasibility studies, develop action plans related to Network and/or Assets Optimization, Processes Improvements, Costs and/or Quality improvements is preferred, and the ability to develop and access a network of Subject Matter Experts is preferred. Strong communication and leadership skills are highly preferred. This position requires up to 30% (domestic and international) travel. This position is based in Raritan, NJ, Vacaville, CA, Malvern, PA, Radnor, PA, or Horsham, PA.

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Primary Location:North America-United States-New Jersey-Raritan
Other Locations:North America-United States-Pennsylvania-Spring House, North America-United States-California-Vacaville, North America-United States-Pennsylvania-Horsham, North America-United States-Pennsylvania-Malvern
Organization: JANSSEN SUPPLY GROUP, LLC (6046)
Travel:Yes, 25% of the time