Senior Scientist

About the position
The responsibilities of Product Design (PD) in Helsingborg are to develop products for the customer's self-care global and regional product portfolio. PD is responsible for early prototyping, formulation, manufacturing of clinical batches, tech transfer to manufacturing sites as well as documentation to support regulatory submission. The Product Design team is now evolving and broadening the skillsets beyond formulation development and to further increase external based R&D partnerships. This necessitates R&D technical project management skills and to be able to manage external relationsships. We are now looking for a Senior Scientist (PG25) for a temporary position until November 2023 to the C&C and Digestive Health team, where all R&D formulation development will be done with external development partners.

Responsibilities
• As formulation lead, drive formulation development activities together with external based R&D development partners.
• As R&D Team lead, drive R&D execution through building time plans, escalating major issues and deviations from plan, risk management, driving immediate problem solving and aggressively progress key milestones.
• Collaborate with quality, medical/ safety, and regulatory to ensure targeted solutions meet applicable standards.
• Report R&D progress into the NPD core team.
• Potential international travel up to 5% time to ensure robust formulation development work.

Your profile
• Bachelor’s degree with at least 4 years or Master’s degree with 2 years of relevant work experience in consumer self-care (OTC) product development or design.
• Tech transfer experience & experience working with external partners preferred.
• Demonstrated collaboration and leadership skills to be able to coordinate and drive the formulation development work with external development partners and other team environments.
• Knowledge and experience in working in accordance of GMP as well as within biopharmaceutical aspects and regulatory requirements.
• Demonstrated intellectual curiosity and a creative problem solver.
• Must have the ability to work individually (independently) as well as on a team.
• Candidates need to be proficient with Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint and have strong oral and written communication skills in English.
• Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the European Union and not require sponsorship for employment visa status now or in the future.


About the organisation
This is a consultant assignment until November 2023 at our customer in Helsingborg. During this time you will be hired by QRIOS.

QRIOS Life Science & Engineering can offer several opportunities for skilled people with a background in the filed of science and engineering. Ee work with Sweden’s leading pharmaceutical and engineering companies. So whether you’re interested in research, regulatory affairs, quality assurance, environmental and quality control, sales and marketing, or just want a career change, we have the job for you. Being a consultant at QRIOS gives you opportunities to try different industries, companies and roles.

It suits whoever wants to get a lot of experience in a short period of time. We offer you the chance to work with well-known brands at renowned companies where you can develop your skills. If you’re looking for a world of exciting assignments and new contacts, you’ll like being a consultant.