Chemistry, Manager

Job Title: Chemistry, Manager

Location: St. Louis, MO
Duration: permanent (Full Time)

Job Role:

• This position will supervise a group of chromatography analysts for compendial, material and drug product testing in a cGMP environment and will be required to develop resource plans that meet revenue goals with regards to safety, quality, output and cost.

• The supervisor will conduct investigations for OOS results, errors and deviations.

• The position requires regular communication with clients in a timely and professional manner.

• The supervisor is responsible for ensuring proper staff training and that deliverables are met or expectations are proactively managed towards alternative solutions.

Key Job Responsibilities:

• Optimizes efficiency of the working environment of the group.

• Ensures training of the group is complete.

• Ensures adherence to personnel and equipment SOPs and other regulatory requirements.

• Pays specific attention to equipment operating practices and conditions to minimize equipment down time, lower maintenance costs, reduce time to run project and repeat of work.

• Makes project/work assignments with communication of the expected timeline.

• Monitors the progress against the timeline.

• Provides troubleshooting support as needed.

• Monitors the quality of the group.

• Effectively communicates with clients and internal groups.

• Evaluates personnel in a timely manner.

• Conducts investigations individually and in conjunction with clients.

• Must be proficient in technical writing.

Qualifications:

• An MS/BS in Chemistry or related field with 5+ years of experience in chromatography (HPLC and GC) techniques.

• Must have a minimum of 3 years in pharmaceutical cGMP laboratory.

• This position requires strong verbal and written communication skills, a thorough understanding of client management, and ability to train staff.

• Previous supervisory experience strongly preferred.

Experience:

• Compendial Testing and wet chemistry techniques

• Experience with OOS investigations to include deviations, LIRs, Kappas

• Method development/validation (Chromatography method development and validation, method verification and method transfer is desired)

• Protocol and report writing, and technical trouble-shooting skills in a GMP environment.

• Routine and non-routine testing using LC/MS and/or GC/MS

• Experience in structural characterization of small molecules by LC-MS/MS and mass spectrometric analysis of biologics including analysis of intact proteins, peptide mapping, and characterization of glycans