Associate Director, Analytical Strategy

CSL Plasma Inc.; Bern; Hybrid; CHF 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

CSL Plasma Inc. is seeking two Associate Director level scientists to design and oversee analytical strategies that support product development and lifecycle management.

You will lead robust, compliant analytical approaches across pre-clinical, clinical development and commercial operations on recombinant proteins and gene therapies. The roles require PhD with 8+ years in bioanalysis, demonstrated leadership, and experience interfacing with health authorities.

Qualifications

• PhD in Analytical Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Biochemistry, or related field (or MSc with extensive experience).
• 8+ years in bioanalysis within biotech, pharma, or CRO/CDMO environments.
• Leadership and strategic program experience in a global matrix environment; regulatory submissions experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop global analytical strategies for assigned products aligned with program and corporate goals.
• Provide scientific and regulatory guidance for analytical plans across all product development and LCM phases.
• Drive innovation in analytical technologies, platforms, and workflows.
• Review analytical study designs, reports, and regulatory documentation.
• Oversee development, validation, characterisation and implementation of analytical methods.
• Ensure high-quality data generation for product development and LCM programs.
• Troubleshoot complex scientific and technical challenges.
• Ensure compliance with global regulatory guidelines (FDA, EMA, ICH, GMP) and interface with regulatory agencies, responding to health authority queries.
• Lead analytical sections of regulatory submissions (IND, CTA, NDA, BLA, MAA).
• Maintaining inspection readiness and quality standards.
• Partnering with internal stakeholders across Manufacturing, Quality Control, Quality Assurance, Research and external partners such as CROs/CDMOs, academic collaborators and technology vendors

Skills

Leadership

Strategic program management

Regulatory knowledge

Communication skills

Regulatory submissions experience

Education

PhD in Analytical Chemistry or related field

MSc with extensive experience

Job description

CSL’s world-class R&D organisation continues to evolve as a biotechnology leader by advancing high-quality science and technology across five therapeutic areas being Immunoglobulins, Haematology, Cardiovascular & Renal, Transplant & Immunology and Vaccines that will make a meaningful difference to the lives of patients with rare and serious diseases. CSL is now seeking two Associate Director level scientists to design and oversee analytical strategies that support product development and lifecycle management (LCM). The Associate Director Analytical Strategy ensures the deployment of robust, compliant, and innovative analytical approaches across pre-clinical and clinical development as well as LCM for commercial products. These are key senior scientific and strategic leadership roles supporting a diverse portfolio of recombinant protein and gene therapy products from early development, through licensure and ongoing commercial operations. These positions have global reach and could be based at either of our sites in Bern, Marburg, King of Prussia, Waltham or Melbourne.

Key Responsibilities

Specific responsibilities for both these roles will include:

• Developing global analytical strategies for assigned products aligned with program and corporate goals
• Provide scientific and regulatory guidance for analytical plans across all product development and LCM phases
• Drive innovation in analytical technologies, platforms, and workflows
• Reviewing analytical study designs, reports, and regulatory documentation
• Oversee development, validation, characterisation and implementation of analytical methods
• Ensure high-quality data generation for product development and LCM programs
• Troubleshoot complex scientific and technical challenges
• Ensure compliance with global regulatory guidelines (FDA, EMA, ICH, GMP) and interface with regulatory agencies, responding to health authority queries
• Lead analytical sections of regulatory submissions (IND, CTA, NDA, BLA, MAA)
• Maintaining inspection readiness and quality standards
• Partnering with internal stakeholders across Manufacturing, Quality Control, Quality Assurance, Research and external partners such as CROs/CDMOs, academic collaborators and technology vendors

Your Profile

• PhD in Analytical Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Biochemistry, or related field (or MSc with extensive experience)
• Typically, 8+ years in bioanalysis within biotech, pharma, or CRO/CDMO environments
• Deep expertise in analytical development, product specification testing, characterisation, and data analysis
• Demonstrated knowledge of regulatory requirements and analytical validation standards
• Proven leadership and strategic program experience ideally in a global matrix environment
• Experience supporting regulatory submissions and health authority interactions
• Excellent communication skills including presenting complex information to non-scientific stakeholders
• Experience with gene therapy products desirable, but not essential

About CSL Behring

CSL Behring CSL Behring is a global biotherapeutics leader driven by our promise to save lives. Focused on serving patients’ needs by using the latest technologies, we discover, develop and deliver innovative therapies for people living with conditions in the immunology, hematology, cardiovascular and metabolic, respiratory, and transplant therapeutic areas. We use three strategic scientific platforms of plasma fractionation, recombinant protein technology, and cell and gene therapy to support continued innovation and continually refine ways in which products can address unmet medical needs and help patients lead full lives. CSL Behring operates one of the world’s largest plasma collection networks, CSL Plasma. Our parent company, CSL, headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, employs 32,000 people, and delivers its lifesaving therapies to people in more than 100 countries. To learn more about CSL, CSL Behring, CSL Seqirus and CSL Vifor visit https://www.csl.com/ and CSL Plasma at https://www.cslplasma.com/.

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