Analytical Chemist – Early Product Development and Manufacturing

Job description
AstraZeneca is a major international healthcare business engaged in the research, development, manufacture and marketing of prescription pharmaceuticals and the supply of healthcare services. AstraZeneca is proud to offer a unique workplace culture that inspires innovation and collaboration. Co-workers are empowered to express diverse perspectives - and are made to feel valued, energized and rewarded for their ideas and creativity.
Pharmaceutical Sciences at AstraZeneca deliver the therapies of the future through scientific leadership in drug delivery, design of synthetic routes, manufacturing of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) and Investigational Medicinal Product (IMP) across all the AstraZeneca therapy areas. Our vision is to be “pharmaceutical science leaders, creating innovative and cost-effective solutions, shaping the diverse therapies of the future”.
We’re looking for a talented and motivated Analytical Chemist (Scientist/Senior Scientist) to join our analytical characterization team within Early Product Development and Manufacturing (EPDM) in Gothenburg, Sweden
This role is located in Gothenburg, Sweden.
This is a consultant assignment with Randstad Life Sciences. Randstad Life Sciences is specialized in competences within Life Science. As a consultant you get a competitive salary, benefits and collective agreements. Your consultant manager ensures that you get varying and developing assignments at different companies, within different industries. At Randstad Life Sciences, your personal development is in focus, and you are offered a large network and many social activities.
Deadline 2024-11-29 - the selection process and interviews will be ongoing, so please apply as soon as possible!
For more information: Please contact Malin Fridholm, malin.fridholm@randstad.se. Please note that applications sent through email will not be processed and deleted due to GDPR.



Responsibilities
In the role as Scientist/Senior Scientist, you would join a highly collaborative team and together we will deliver the analytical science to drug product development within the early portfolio up to phase II. To be successful in this role you will need a strong scientific background with good skills in written and verbal communication and the ability to engage and collaborate across boundaries with a positive problem-solving attitude and delivery focus. This is a lab-based role where you will work collaboratively with colleagues, documenting your experiments carefully and to the right quality, as well as contributing to regulatory clinical trial applications (CTA). You will get the opportunity to apply your excellent analytical expertise in the drug product projects you will be working in. You will contribute to the progress of the drug product development, getting new medicines to patients and driving the scientific development within the field of analytical science at AstraZeneca.

Qualifications
Essential requirements:
University degree (MSc, PhD) in relevant discipline, preferable with industry experience
Scientific knowledge within analytical science and technically skilled to use chromatography with relevant detection techniques for small molecules
Broad industry experience of pharmaceutical development including oral solid dosage form development
Experience of CMC regulatory submissions and work according to GMP
In-depth skills in specific analytical techniques for small molecules, e.g. mass spectrometry, NMR, dissolution etc.
Excellent written and oral communication skills in English is a must
Experience, knowledge and keen interest in the field of automation, AI and digitalization would be advantageous
Proven track record in publications related to analytical science or characterisation of pharmaceuticals is desirable

Soft skills:
You are a driven experimentalist, with a passion to deliver highly relevant and reliable data and with the ability to be influential in discussions in a wide set of communities and multi-disciplinary project teams in accordance with project timelines
You keep abreast with the scientific discipline and ability to drive and lead science and innovation personally, within the department and manage external collaborations to meet future needs
You have excellent communication, collaboration, networking and leadership skills & ability to lead and inspire colleagues
At AstraZeneca, we are committed to making a difference. We have built our business around our passion for science. Now we are fusing data and technology with the latest scientific innovations to achieve the next wave of breakthroughs. Here, we think holistically about patients and are always learning from those living with diseases. We harness digital, data science & AI to fast-forward our research, ensuring that work born in a lab can make a real difference. Every day, we impact patients' lives across the world.

About the company

Randstad
At Randstad, we see the possible in people. With business all over Sweden and in all areas of expertise, we help people find work that feels good, where they get the opportunity to develop and realize their true potential.
With close to 600 000 employees in 38 countries, Randstad is the global leader in the HR services industry. Our mission is to become the world’s most valued working life partner. By combining our passion for people with the power of today’s technology, we support people and organizations in realizing their true potential. We call it Human Forward.