Catalent, Inc. is looking for a Principal Scientist, Product Development to lead projects focused on oral formulation development for small molecule or peptide drug products and amorphous intermediates, aiming to accelerate development programs and launch more products.
Requirements
- Performs and trains others on a variety of formulation techniques including, but not necessarily limited to: blending, encapsulation, suspensions, solutions, wet/dry/fluid bed granulation, tablet compression, coating, milling, spray drying.
- Perform and train others on characterization techniques (i.e. pH, osmolality, viscosity, particle size, DSC, PXRD, SEM, TGA, DVS, powder characterization, dissolution, disintegration, spectrophotometry, and chromatography
- Individuals will stay abreast of current scientific technologies to maintain the state-of-the-art nature of Catalent’s services and will evaluate new technologies to expand our technical service offering.
- Preferred to have oral formulation development experience (Tablets, capsules, granulation, spray dried dispersion/amorphous dispersions)
- Strong preference for early phase development (preclinical, phase I-II with new APIs/small molecules), but will consider candidates with late stage or generics experience if they are a strong manager & communicator
- Individuals will support the business aspects of their position by taking responsibility for the execution and billing communication for all work proposals under their supervision.
- Lead and train others on Continuous Improvement (CI) and innovation projects
Responsibilities
- Creates and develops innovative drug formulations and has depth of experience in one or more of the techniques described above.
- Performs and trains others on a variety of formulation techniques including, but not necessarily limited to: blending, encapsulation, suspensions, solutions, wet/dry/fluid bed granulation, tablet compression, coating, milling, spray drying.
- Perform and train others on characterization techniques (i.e. pH, osmolality, viscosity, particle size, DSC, PXRD, SEM, TGA, DVS, powder characterization, dissolution, disintegration, spectrophotometry, and chromatography
- Responsible for the successful transfer of formulation projects to the GMP manufacturing team and for collaboration with process engineering team during technology transfer.
- Responsible for transfer of projects to late stage or commercial manufacturing sites within Catalent
- Communicates results both internally and externally through oral and written updates and formal reports as necessary.
- Creates and/or revises new department-wide and site-site procedures and company SOPs
Other
- This is a full-time salaried on-site position: Monday – Friday, standard day shift hours.
- Preferred to have management experience; this person will immediately manage two people with the potential to manage a team of up to 6 in the future
- Experience in a client-facing role is a plus due to regular communication with internal/external stakeholders
- Demonstrable leadership experience at Catalent (including but not limited to participation in Catalent-sponsored leadership programs such as NGGL, GOLD, LEAD Now, GM Excellence, and GROW) may be considered in place of external experience
- On an average 8-hour day this position requires the ability to walk, sit and stand, use hands to handle or feel, reach with hands and arms at or above shoulder height and below waist height, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk and hear, smell and lift up to 25 pounds. Specific vision requirements including reading of written documents, visual inspection of materials and use of computer monitor screen frequently
