Experienced Scientist (temp role) Full-time

Job Description

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity.

As guided by Our Credo, Johnson & Johnson is responsible to our employees who work with us throughout the world. We provide an inclusive work environment where each person is considered as an individual. At Johnson & Johnson, we respect the diversity and dignity of our employees and recognize their merit.

Job Function: Discovery & Pre-Clinical/Clinical Development

Job Sub Function: Pharmaceutical Product R&D

Job Category: Scientific/Technology

All Job Posting Locations: Beerse, Antwerp, Belgium

About Innovative Medicine

Our expertise in Innovative Medicine is informed and inspired by patients, whose insights fuel our science-based advancements. Visionaries like you work on teams that save lives by developing the medicines of tomorrow.

Join us in developing treatments, finding cures, and pioneering the path from lab to life while championing patients every step of the way.

Disso (Dissolution and In Vitro Release Sciences, Simulations, and Optimization) is part of the Global Analytical Development organization within the Therapeutics Development & Supply (TDS) department. We develop dissolution and in vitro release methods for immediate, modified, and targeted release formulations for oral, parenteral, and other administration routes. We investigate, characterize, and predict release rates in standard and biorelevant dissolution media using hands-on experimentation as well as using predictive modelling/data sciences. We validate and transfer methods, and we investigate deviating release rates to improve our methods and drug products.

The position will be performed out of the Beerse Campus in Belgium.

As a Disso Scientist you will apply the latest scientific thinking in dissolution testing to help bringing new medication to patients worldwide. You will develop, plan, and follow-up on dissolution work to select the best possible dosage form for the patient. You will take an active part to biopharmaceutical assessment strategy towards predicting in vivo exposure using in vitro data, to the improvement of biorelevant methods and develop clinically relevant QC methods and specifications. Contribute to the automation strategy within the team. Contribute to a further mechanistic understanding of dissolution. Contribute to progress data modelling and analysis approaches.

You will participate to technical and strategical meetings with colleagues in Beerse or in different sites remotely around the world, and will represent the Dissolution Sciences team in cross-functional environment including formulation development, pharmaceutical sciences, clinical pharmacology, quality assurance and regulatory.

You will also be responsible for writing and review technical and scientific documents. This is a temporary position.

Qualifications

Education & experience

• PhD in a relevant field (Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Biomedical) or Masters degree with at least 2 years of work experience

Competencies

• Knowledge of pharmaceutical sciences relevant to the development of small molecule formulations, analytical chemistry, compliance and GMP.
• Experience in lab work is a must. This position requires hands on work in the lab. Experience with dissolution testing (QC and/or biorelevant) and dissolution method development desired.
• Experience in statistical or data modelling / DoE / MVA desired.
• Experience with laboratory automation desired.
• Fast learner with scientific curiosity, self-steering, pro-active, creative.
• Ability to work autonomously in a multidisciplinary teams and represent our department in cross-functional teams.
• Good presentation skills in scientific meetings.
• Good written and spoken communication in English. Knowledge of Dutch or willing to learn the basics.

The anticipated base pay range for this position is:

€60,000.00 – €96,255.00

Benefits:

In addition to base pay, we offer the following benefits*: an annual bonus with set target (% of pay) depending on pay grade / location, where the actual amount is based on the employees' and companies' performance of the previous calendar year, or sales commissions. Moreover, we offer vacation days, parental leave for a minimum of 12 weeks, bereavement leave, caregiver leave, volunteer leave, well-being reimbursement, programs for financial, physical and mental health. We also offer service anniversary and recognition awards, and subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees – and in some location's eligible dependents – can participate in several insurance plans. For more information, visit Employee benefits | Supporting well-being & career growth | Johnson & Johnson Careers.

*This is for informative purposes only. Amounts and actual benefits may vary by location and are subject to change.