Technical Manager - Analytical Sciences

Type of position: fixed term for 24 months
Locations: Gothenburg, Macclesfield, and Bad Homburg

Are you an experienced scientist looking for a role where your expertise can make an outstanding impact? Can you envision joining a dynamic and enthusiastic environment, delivering critical support to drug development projects? Then this is the place for you!

AstraZeneca is a global, innovative BioPharmaceutical business that focuses on the discovery, development, and commercialisation of prescription medicines for some of the world's most serious disease.

We have an exciting opportunity to join as Technical Manager - Analytical Sciences, for a 24-month fixed term role. You will be part of Manufacturing Science and Technology (MS&T), On-market technical function.

We're part of the Pharmaceutical Technology & Development (PT&D) organisation, responsible for drug product design, development and technical support for drug substance and products throughout the life cycle.

MS&T is a multi-skilled organisation based in 7 locations in 5 countries, and we provide the expert technical support for AstraZeneca commercial oral solid dosage (OSD) products. Our technical support and expertise spans from product formulation, manufacture, process engineering, statistics, modelling to devices and testing. The areas in which we deploy our technical expertise are in the support of drug product improvement projects, changes, technology transfers, investigations, regulatory responses, new submissions, product robustness, validation, risk, and manufacturability.

What you'll do

As Technical Manager - Analytical Sciences, you will be the responsible specialist for a major commercial product or group of products related to the Analytical Methods subject matter area. Using your knowledge in analytical methods, you will provide expertise and leadership to aid in the resolution of analytical method issues and complaints impacting supply and proactively find opportunities for analytical method improvements. We will also rely on you to train and mentor colleagues and partners in methods used in your expert field.
Furthermore, you'll be responsible for the technical support during the transfer of established product analytical methods within sites as well as to external manufacturing partners.

Your main accountabilities will include:

* Development of suitable corrective and preventive actions in support of investigations
* Leading, assess impact and supporting complex technical improvements or change activities, assuring product and methods performance
* Responsible for analytical method lifecycle activities to ensure performance and compliance across sites
* Providing support for regulatory file authoring, review, license renewals and response to questions



Essential for the role

You have MSc or PhD degree, complemented with considerable experience in an appropriate subject area such as Chemistry, Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences or similar. Your knowledge spans all the commercial product requirements in the areas of analytical methods establishment and optimisation, including control of drug products, biopharmaceutics, stability, trace analysis (e.g. elemental impurities, extractables & leachables).
You have phenomenal interpersonal skills and proven track record to lead and collaborate across functions and locations.

You also have:

* Significant experience in analytical methods optimization and transfer, including understanding of equipment and method capability and performance.
* Significant experience on issue investigation and change assessment from analytical point of view. Good knowledge of standard tools for root cause analysis (5 whys, PPS, Level 0, etc.)
* A detailed understanding of principles, applications and management of SHE and cGMP
* Experience in Operations or R&D with a track record of successful project delivery
* Understanding of a broad range of Analytical techniques (standard and non-standard) and good direct experience with standard techniques for OSD testing

Desired for the role

* Experience in or exposure to multiple subject areas in CMC and related functions (e.g. Product Development, Operations, Global Supply, Marketing Companies)
* Previous experience and training in Lean, problem solving tools and have experience in data analysis and interpretation
* Strong leadership skills and behaviours with demonstration of being able to work across different functions

Why AstraZeneca

At AstraZeneca we're dedicated to being a Great Place to Work. Where you are empowered to push the boundaries of science and unleash your entrepreneurial spirit. There's no better place to make a difference to medicine, patients, and society. An inclusive culture that champions diversity and collaboration. Always committed to lifelong learning, growth, and development.

So, what's next!

If you want to be part of a team that makes a bigger impact on patients' lives, then there's no better place to be.

We look forward to finding out more about you - make sure you apply no later than October 20th, 2021.

Preferred start date: November 2021

Competitive salary and benefits package on offer.

Opening date: 28th September, 2021
Closing date: 20th October, 2021