Senior Scientist/Associate Principal Scientist - Process Chemistry

Talentmark; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Talentmark recruits a Senior Scientist/Associate Principal Scientist - Process Chemistry for a growing drug development partner. Based in Cardiff on a permanent basis, you will lead client programmes, design experiments and drive technical work across discovery and development.

You will deliver milestones, present data to project teams and clients, mentor junior scientists and maintain high standards of documentation, data integrity and laboratory safety.

Qualifications

• Strong experimental design and data interpretation skills.
• Ability to work independently while contributing effectively to teams.
• Maintaining excellent documentation, data integrity and laboratory safety.

Responsibilities

• Designing experimental work for yourself and others, conducting laboratory work and interpreting results.
• Technically leading projects/work packages for clients under guidance of a senior manager.
• Presenting data clearly to project teams and clients, both written and verbal.
• Supporting and mentoring more junior Scientists.
• Delivering project milestones to agreed timelines and quality standards.

Skills

Experimental design

Data interpretation

Independent worker

Team collaboration

Lab safety

Education

MSc/PhD in chemistry

Job description

Talentmark are recruiting for a Senior Scientist/Associate Principal Scientist - Process Chemistry on behalf of a growing drug development partner who support clients across the pharmaceutical and biotech sectors. This role will be based in Cardiff, on a permanent basis.

Responsibilities:

• Working collaboratively on a range of client programmes, applying technical expertise to solve challenging problems across drug discovery and development.
• Technically leading projects/work packages for our customers, under the guidance of a senior manager.
• Designing experimental work for yourself, and other scientists (as required), conducting laboratory work and interpreting results to draw conclusions.
• Applying scientific judgement to troubleshoot and solve technical challenges.
• Delivering project milestones to agreed timelines and quality standards.
• Presenting data clearly to project teams and clients, both written and verbal.
• Supporting and mentoring more junior Scientists.
• Maintaining excellent standards of documentation, data integrity, and laboratory safety.

Your Background:

• Educated to MSc or PhD level in a relevant chemistry field.
• Significant relevant industry experience in process chemistry in drug discovery.
• Experience with late-stage process optimisation, encompassing activities such as impurity fate and purge, PAR/NOR studies, robustness studies, technology transfer and/or support of manufacturing campaigns.
• Experience in a CRO environment would be beneficial.
• Strong experimental design and data interpretation skills.
• The ability to work independently while contributing effectively to teams.

It is essential all applicants hold entitlement to work in the UK.