Scientist - Pharmaceutical Development (m/f/d)

Job Description Summary

Sandoz continues to go through an exciting and transformative period as a global leader and pioneering provider of sustainable Biosimilar and Generic medicines. As we continue down this new and ambitious path, unique opportunities will present themselves, both professionally and personally. Join us, the future is ours to shape!

Job Description

Responsibilities:

• Planning, execution and evaluation of studies in the context of the pharmaceutical development of respiratory combination products from early stage up to commercial scale
• Design and manage experiments and formulation trials
• Provide scientific documentation
• Act as core member of the technical project team
• Coordination of development work with internal and external development partners
• Ensure compliance with Regulatory and Quality requirements for technical product development in accordance with internal, national and international guidelines (GMP, ICH, etc.) in order to guarantee successful approval of the respiratory combination product
• Assess and consolidate with the project leader and other key stakeholders all resource requirements needed and timelines for assigned projects
• Use the possibilities offered by modern formulation, process and analytical technologies to progress projects in a timely manner

Qualifications:

• Minimal BSc degree (PhD preferred) in Chemistry, Pharmacy, or related field or at least 6 years of relevant work-related experience in respiratory combination product development.
• Understanding of Quality-By-Design and product development lifecycle
• Knowledge of Dry Powder Inhaler development and Python and R-programming skills would be beneficial
• Basic knowledge of relevant guidelines and literature within the above-mentioned field of responsibilities with excellent knowledge in GMP standards
• Fluent in spoken and written English and ideally in German
• Presentation skills to communicate effectively to peers and senior management, with the scientific writing skills to complete Regulatory submission documentation
• You are a team player, work independently and are result-orientated

You’ll receive:  

Sandoz has an employee-first approach and that’s why your personal growth is so important to us. You will have access to Coursera and other learning platforms with more than 200,000 learning videos and 5000+ courses. 

 

In addition to the various learning opportunities, we offer company benefits, such as: 

• 30 days of annual leave 

• Holiday allowance 

• Additional rewards for special occasions (e.g. service length awards, marriage celebration, etc.) 

• Company pension schemes and capital formation benefits 

• Parental leave 

• Other offerings, such as bike leasing 

 

Why Sandoz? 

Generic and Biosimilar medicines are the backbone of the global medicines industry. Sandoz, a leader in this sector, provided more than 900 million patient treatments across 100+ countries in 2024 and while we are proud of this achievement, we have an ambition to do more!  

 

With investments in new development capabilities, production sites, new acquisitions, and partnerships, we have the opportunity to shape the future of Sandoz and help more patients gain access to low-cost, high-quality medicines, sustainably. 

 

Our momentum is powered by an open, collaborative culture driven by our talented and ambitious colleagues, who, in return for applying their skills experience an agile and collegiate environment with impactful, flexible-hybrid careers, where diversity is welcomed and where personal growth is supported!  

  

Join us! 

 

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:  

We are committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve. 

 

Hiring decisions are only based on the qualification for the position, regardless of gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, age and disability. 

 

The law provides for severely disabled / equal applicants the opportunity to involve the local representative body for disabled employees (SBV) in the application process. If you would like to request this, please let us know in advance as a note on your CV. 

 

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Skills Desired

Environment, Experiments Design, Health And Safety (Ehs), Laboratory Equipment, Manufacturing Process, Materials Science, Process Simulation, Sop (Standard Operating Procedure), Technical Writing, Waterfall Project Management