Director – Oral Formulation Sciences
Company | Merck |
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Location | Linden, NJ, USA |
Salary | $169700 – $267200 |
Type | Full-Time |
Degrees | Bachelor’s, Master’s, PhD |
Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
Requirements
- Ph.D. degree in Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences or related scientific field with a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience, or B.S. or M.S. degree in Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences or related scientific field with a minimum of 12 years of relevant experience
- Knowledge of oral drug product formulation and process development
- Experience with cGMP manufacturing
- Effective interpersonal and communication skills, both verbal and written
- Excellent organizational skills to handle multiple priorities
- Track record of independent problem-solving
- Experience with leading complex teams / matrix management
Responsibilities
- Drives development of new, innovative approaches for product development, experimental designs, execution of experimental plans and data analysis to impact pipeline development and set strategic direction
- Manages, develops, and grows a team of scientists and engineers, tasked with developing and commercializing the company’s oral product pipeline
- Collaborates effectively within and across functional areas and possesses advanced knowledge or experience in oral drug product development
- Maintains awareness of relevant new and current technologies, capabilities, and effectively shares this knowledge with others
- Drives internal capability development by evaluating new drug product technologies and deploying new technologies to develop pipeline assets
- Establishes and manages expense and capital expenditure financial budgets and forecasts
- Recruits and develops staff, through objective setting, rewards and recognition, stretch leadership and/or technical assignments, and learning opportunities that broaden experience
- Sponsors and drives a culture of continuous improvement throughout the organization
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience leading development projects at an enterprise level
- Experience with leading organizational change
- Strong mentoring capabilities to build individuals and teams
- Demonstrated ability to apply the principles of physical/organic chemistry, physical pharmacy, and materials science to solve practical pharmaceutical development problems
- Recognized as a subject matter expert in drug delivery and/or manufacturing technology
- Demonstrated ability to identify, characterize, and solve development challenges
- Desire to build new capabilities through the evaluation of new technologies and optimization of existing technologies
- Ability to engage others to build a strong scientific community and address drug delivery challenges
- Demonstrated understanding of connectivity between clinical development, chemistry, manufacturing and control (CMC) and commercial marketing, balancing the needs of patients and ensuring successful launch and stable supply of product
- Encourages others to explore alternative ways to view and solve problems in innovative ways to achieve results