Senior Scientist Dissolution Sciences 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.

Dissolution Sciences is part of the Global Analytical Development organization within the Chemical and Pharmaceutical Development & Supply (CPDS) 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. 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 and is fixed for 3 years.

You will be responsible for the dissolution science strategy for several drug product development projects.

The successful candidate

• Will craft, plan, and perform dissolution experiments
• Will improve the mechanistic understanding of dissolution rates by applying data analysis and modeling
• Will represent Dissolution Sciences in cross-functional teams consisting of pharmaceutical, clinical, and regulatory scientists to support drug product development.
• Will lead the biopharmaceutical assessment strategy and deliver clinically relevant dissolution methods and specifications.
• Will introduce innovations in dissolution development, dissolution automation, and dissolution modeling to our department.

Qualifications

• PhD or MSc in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Biopharmaceutical Sciences, or related field.
• Proven experience in development of dissolution methods
• Knowledge of peptides, local delivery formulations or long-acting formulations is a plus
• Knowledge of data modeling, design of experiments, and/or multivariate analysis is a plus

Competencies & Knowledge

• Performing research and development in a GMP environment
• Fast learner with scientific curiosity, self-steering, pro-active and creative.
• Strong scientific thinker who is open to new insights and other perspectives
• Flexible and able to adapt quickly to constantly evolving business needs.
• Proficient in written and oral English communication skills
• Ability to present in a clear and concise way
• Knowledge of Dutch or willing to learn the basics.

Required Skills: Preferred Skills: Coaching, Collaborating, Critical Thinking, Drug Discovery Development, Goal Attainment, Market Research, Organizing, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pharmaceutical Trends, Product Development, Product Strategies, Report Writing, Research Documents, Research Proposals, Scientific Research, Standard Scientific Processes and Procedures, Technologically Savvy