Job Description

Job Title: Sr. Principal Scientist 

Location: Groton, CT 

Pay Range: $80/hr to $109/hr 

Role Summary
A Senior Principal Scientist in Drug Product Development Analytical (Analytical Research and Development) plays an important role during all phases of pharmaceutical development. The qualified candidate will take an active role by leading the analytical development strategies and performing and directing lab work for new drug product candidates. The candidate will provide project strategy guidance, work with cross-functional development teams and apply a variety of analytical methodologies to support the delivery of drug products through the clinical and commercial development phases. The candidate should be proficient with a breadth of analytical methodologies (e.g. chromatography, mass spectrometry, dissolution, spectroscopy, NMR and data analysis), method development and validation, stability, and experience in regulatory expectations and filing requirements as well as methods transfer exercises. The candidate should also be proficient with a wide-variety of software and information systems and have a demonstrated ability to learn new techniques and solve complex analytical problems. Experience with mathematical modeling or coding is also desired.

• As a project analyst, the candidate will be responsible for developing analytical strategies in support of pharmaceutical drug products during all development phases, including supporting manufacturing process development, developing, validating and transferring analytical methods, designing stability studies to understand drug degradation mechanisms and for shelf life assignments, and developing impurity control strategies.
• The candidate will perform lab work and will plan, direct, and review the lab work of other scientists in a matrix environment.
• The role requires collaboration with colleagues to identify appropriate analytical approaches, including use of computational predictive tools, modeling software and data visualization tools where appropriate.
• The candidate will critically review and Interpret scientific data to derive clear conclusions and provide direction for future work and will communicate results and conclusions through various media including presentations and technical reports.
• The candidate will be comfortable evaluating new approaches and ways of working
• The candidate should be comfortable utilizing different instrumentation or analytical technologies and mentor other scientists in use and interpretation of data generated by different analytical techniques.
• The candidate will author relevant sections of the quality modules of regulatory submissions.

• Ph.D in Analytical Chemistry or related field, with 7+ years of pharmaceutical R&D experience required
• Demonstrated oral and written communication skills, including visualization of data, presentations and authoring technical articles.
• Demonstrated ability to meet timelines and interact with multi-disciplinary teams
• Demonstrated ability to learn new techniques and solve complex analytical problems.
• Attention to detail, strong organizational skills, and effective interpersonal and communication skills are required.
• Proficient with a wide variety of software and information systems.

• Working knowledge and the ability to operate analytical techniques such as HPLC-MS, GC-MS, spectroscopy, and physical techniques such as particle size and dissolution that are commonly used for the characterization of pharmaceutical substances and products is desired.
• Candidate demonstrates a breadth of diverse leadership experiences and capabilities including: the ability to influence and collaborate with peers, develop and coach others, oversee and guide the work of other colleagues to achieve meaningful outcomes and create business impact.

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