Tasks & responsibilities

• In your new role as Head of Laboratory – Bioanalysis / Principal Scientist you will assume full responsibility for coordinating and supervising bioanalytical tasks in the development area of NCEs (New Chemical Entities).
• Together with your laboratory team you provide the organization with tailored and innovative state-of-the-art bioanalytical methods with the technical focus on liquid chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry to answer key scientific questions of drug development projects.
• You develop and implement solutions for lab automation and together with our IT experts derive strategies for innovative data management approaches.
• Moreover, you plan and steer bioanalytical studies and work packages including method development, method validation and sample analysis together with authoring of bioanalytical reports and expert reports for submission.
• With your expertise, you act as primary contact for our NCE development portfolio projects and work in close collaboration with cross-functional clinical and non-clinical development teams.
• You actively participate in internal and external scientific communities through presentations, publications, and networking.

Requirements

• Doctoral (PhD) degree with major focus on Analytical Chemistry, Food Chemistry, Biochemistry or an equivalent qualification
• Solid state-of-the-art know-how in analytical sciences including the scientific and technical aspects of bioanalytical studies of small molecules in complex biological matrices
• Expert in mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS), preferably in the regulated GLP and GCP environment
• Excellent communication, presentation, and collaboration skills for the interaction in an international working environment within project teams
• Team player with excellent team leading skills and the spirit for innovative solutions; curious mind-set and cultural agility
• A passion to learn, share, contribute, deliver, grow and develop