Job Description Summary

Location: Basel, Switzerland #onsite

Role Purpose:
As a global healthcare leader, Novartis has one of the most exciting product pipelines in the industry today. A pipeline of innovative medicines brought to life by diverse, talented, performance driven people. All of which makes us one of the most rewarding employers in our field. The position is within the Global Technical R&D department of Novartis Global Drug Development. Chemical & Analytical Development (CHAD) plays an essential role in the development of processes for manufacturing and analysis of complex small molecule drug substances from the time it leaves the discovery laboratory until it is handed over to Commercial Production.In this position you will play an important role to develop analytical methods to monitor and control quality of starting materials and intermediates of complex bio-conjugation constructs such as Antibody-Oligonucleotide Conjugates.

 

Job Description

Major accountabilities:

• We are looking for a highly motivated analytical laboratory expert with the focus on development and optimization of analytical methods to control and monitor chemical processes and products.

• He/she plans and performs development of analytical methods in a non-GMP environment and prepares new analytical methods for transfer to GMP environment.

• In this you will be utilizing a broad range of analytical techniques to solve challenging separation and detection tasks.

• Documentation and reporting of data also represents a key responsibility.

• Further maintenance of lab, equipment and infrastructure is an important responsibility in this role ensuring business continuity and quality of work.

Minimum Requirements:
Education:

• Minimum requirement is successful completion of a relevant apprenticeship (e.g. Laborant Chemie/ Analytik EFZ or equivalent with a focus on analytics).

• Position is also open to applicants with BSc. or MSc.

Experience:

In addition the ideal candidate would have the following professional experiences:

• 5-10 years of experience in a chemical development requirement is highly desired

• Excellent knowledge of relevant analytical techniques is a key criterion (including HPLC/UHPLC hyphenated with DAD/MS detection, SEC, AEX, IC, etc.)

• Specialized knowledge in the use of automated separation development (e.g. Autochrome) for highly complex separation problems is an important selection criterion

• Basic knowledge of software and computer tools such as Office package, chromatography data-evaluation software (e.g. Chromeleon) is desirable

• Independent and self-motivated workstyle, excellent communication and collaboration skills is important

• Good documentation skills required during execution of experiments and documentation of results are expected

Languages :

• Adequate knowledge of English language is required (oral and written), German and other language skills are beneficial.

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion: Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams' representative of the patients and communities we serve.

Accessibility and accommodation
Novartis is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to all individuals. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the recruitment process, or in order to receive more detailed information about the essential functions of a position, please send an e-mail to inclusion.switzerland@novartis.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Please include the job requisition number in your message.
 

 

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