Process Chemistry, (Sr.-Principal) Scientist Full-time

Process Chemist

BeiGene continues to grow at a rapid pace with challenging and exciting opportunities for experienced professionals. When considering candidates, we look for scientific and business professionals who are highly motivated, collaborative, and most importantly, share our passionate interest in fighting cancer.

BeiGene, Inc. is seeking a highly motivated, experienced process chemist to join our R&D team in Beijing. The individual will be an integral part of the company's effort to develop life-saving therapeutics for oncology and other serious diseases.

The successful candidate will independently design and implement innovative chemical syntheses and processes to support our pre-clinical and maturing portfolio. In this role, the scientist will interface with multiple functional areas, including medicinal chemistry, formulation, toxicology, in-vivo pharmacology, etc. and will drive and oversee tech transfer of developed processes to suitable CMOs.

The work environment provides a unique opportunity to interface with a proven, well-funded R&D team at an innovative domestic start-up biopharma company at the cusp of commercializing its own products worldwide.

Responsibilities and essential functions of the job:

• Plan and implement identification and development of phase-appropriate chemical syntheses and processes to support programs reaching from preclinical to commercial stage
• Interface with management on priorities to drive the discovery, development and implementation of safe and cost-effective synthetic routes
• Build, train and supervise emerging team of in-house process chemistry scientists
• Work cross-functionally within the organization to enable timelines and help meet deliverables
• Steward tech transfer of processes to CMOs and oversee/monitor implementation

Qualifications:

• M.Sc. Synthetic Organic Chemistry
• Min. 2-3 years of experience in process chemistry
• U.S. or European pharma experience preferred
• Familiarity with modern homogeneous and asymmetric catalysis in organic chemistry
• Basic working knowledge of cGMP requirements and ICH regulatory guidelines
• Experience working with CMOs is a plus
• Chinese language skills desired