Remote Principal Scientist, Formulation & Drug Delivery

Placements24; Polokwane; Hybrid; ZAR 1,400,000 - 1,900,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Retirement plan with match

Paid time off

Professional development

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a Principal Scientist to lead formulation development for diverse drug products in a fully remote role across South Africa. The candidate will design, develop, and optimize formulations, guiding experiments from bench to potential commercial scale in collaboration with discovery, analytical development, and MSAT teams.

The role requires a PhD in a related field and at least 8 years of pharma formulation experience, with strong DoE skills and remote leadership capabilities

Qualifications

• PhD in a related discipline with extensive formulation development expertise.
• Minimum 8 years of progressive pharma formulation development experience.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage remote collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Lead formulation development of NCEs and existing products across therapies.
• Conduct pre-formulation studies to assess physicochemical properties.
• Develop and optimize formulations for various dosage forms with attention to bioavailability and stability.
• Apply DoE for screening and optimization of formulations.
• Collaborate with analytical development and MSAT for robust transfer.
• Provide scientific leadership to a team of formulation scientists.

Skills

Formulation development

DoE

Leadership

Remote collaboration

Analytical instrumentation

Education

PhD in Pharmaceutics / Pharmaceutical Sciences / Chemical Engineering

Tools

HPLC

Dissolution testing

Particle size analysis

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a Principal Scientist to lead formulation development for diverse drug products in a fully remote role across South Africa. The candidate will design, develop, and optimize formulations, guiding experiments from bench to potential commercial scale in collaboration with discovery, analytical development, and MSAT teams.

The role requires a PhD in a related field and at least 8 years of pharma formulation experience, with strong DoE skills and remote leadership capabilities