Principal Scientist

Catalent • Greenville, NC

10h • Onsite

About The Position

Principal Scientist The Principal Scientist leads laboratory personnel in daily activities providing coaching and feedback to team members. This role provides laboratory support for internal business units and external client pre-commercial and commercial processes and projects. Position Summary This position is 100% on-site at the Greenville site. Catalent’s Greenville, N.C. facility specializes in end-to-end turn-key solutions for oral solid dosage forms, including integrated formulation development, analytical services, commercial manufacturing, and packaging. This state-of-the-art facility has had over $100M of investments in recent years and features fit-for-scale capacity with potent handling capabilities, ideal for orphan or targeted drug development. The Principal Scientist requires extensive expertise in new and existing technology appropriate to functional area and serves as a troubleshooting resource, including root cause analysis, to resolve issues in a timely and cost-effective manner.

Requirements

• Associate degree in Biotechnology, Chemistry, or equivalent science degree with nine years of professional experience in pharmaceutical analytical chemistry required or;
• Bachelor’s degree in a science-related field (e.g. Biology, Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences) with eight years of professional experience in pharmaceutical analytical chemistry required or;
• Master’s degree in a science-related field with six years of professional experience in pharmaceutical analytical chemistry required or;
• PhD in a science-related field with four years of relevant experience in pharmaceutical analytical chemistry required.
• Experience in a Catalent analytical laboratory in a role that is independent and proficient in chromatography and data review as well as troubleshooting and technical understanding may be substituted for two years of professional experience.
• Position requires the ability to lift 10-50lbs, unassisted.
• Majority of the work day is performed while standing, walking, lifting, pulling, and pushing.
• Requires bending, squatting, crawling, climbing, and reaching.
• Some exposure to hazardous chemicals and other active chemical ingredients.

Responsibilities

• Supervise, guide, and oversee learning and development needs for a team of approximately one to three chemists and other laboratory personnel at various levels.
• Perform coaching and counselling of team members as well as scheduled performance reviews.
• Review routine and complex laboratory experiments for accuracy and provide guidance to junior team members to ensure future compliance.
• Perform scheduling of tasks and adherence to assignments and executes as leadership under stated timelines.
• Independently perform complex testing for chromatographic, spectrophotometric, and specialty methods (Mass Spectral, Particle Size, and Elemental Impurities) of analysis for new chemical entities and/or drug products.
• Independently evaluate complex methods of analysis for chemical entities and drug product formulations and provide solutions and recommendations for ensuring robust methods are developed and/or validated.
• Ensure accuracy of testing by assigned team following method/standard instructions and adhering to internal SOPs. to eliminate the potential for repeat testing, deviations, and investigations.
• All other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• 152 hours of PTO + 8 paid holidays
• Catalent offers rewarding opportunities to further your career!
• Join the global drug development and delivery leader and help us bring over 7,000 life-saving and life-enhancing products to patients around the world.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal
• Education Level: Associate degree