Analytical Sciences Team Leader

• Location: Waterford, Ireland

About the job

We are an innovative global healthcare company with one purpose: to chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives. We’re also a company where you can flourish and grow your career, with countless opportunities to explore, make connections with people, and stretch the limits of what you thought was possible. Ready to get started?

The Analytical Sciences Team Lead will be responsible for co-ordination and management of the day to day execution of analytical method transfer projects. They will manage and develop the team to ensure the relevant skill sets are available to ensure project delivery.

They will support the analytical scientists to solve daily issues, while paying a part in designing and implementing the global analytical strategy. They must demonstrate wider business and lab operations knowledge and demonstrate ability to act with wider business context in mind. They must develop key contacts within the network to ensure success of new product transfers.

Main responsibilities:

• Can act as delegate for AS Manager
• Provide analytical chemistry services and support to Site
• Effective interaction with other departments on matters related to raw materials, intermediates and finished batch releases. In particular, close contact maintained with Quality Assurance, Production, Engineering and Planners
• Maintain, update and issue chemical methods, specifications and SOP’s in compliance to pharmacopoeial and regulatory requirements
• Coordinate training of the analysts in all areas to ensure business needs can be met
• Review and approve technical reports
• Update the AS manager on potential problems and highlight improvements where possible by use of the normal communication means
• Identify and implement CI projects in support of improved ways of working
• Accountable for delivering method transfers, Development to Validation
• Requirements & Qualifications

About you

• Degree in Science or related area (Chemistry, Biochemistry preferred)

Skills and Knowledge

• Minimum of 5-7 years’ experience should be in a laboratory environment – ideally part of which would be in the pharma or biopharma sector
• Experience of managing teams would be an advantage
• Skills and Knowledge
• Effective facilitator
• Good communication skills at organisation, team and individual levels
• Understands KPI’s for the team and site
• Designation Duty
• Personal Characteristics
• Natural influencer and works well as part of a multi-functional team.
• Adaptable and flexible as well as a pragmatically minded problem solver.
• Energetic in the pursuit of improved processes and ultimately improved performance.
• Strong patient focus

Why choose us?

• Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, future-focused team.

• Discover endless opportunities to grow your talent and drive your career, whether it’s through a promotion or lateral move, at home or internationally.
• Enjoy a thoughtful, well-crafted rewards package that recognizes your contribution and amplifies your impact.
• Experience a great insight into the pharmaceutical industry

Pursue Progress. Discover Extraordinary.

Progress doesn’t happen without people – people from different backgrounds, in different locations, doing different roles, all united by one thing: a desire to make miracles happen. You can be one of those people. Chasing change, embracing new ideas and exploring all the opportunities we have to offer. Let’s pursue progress. And let’s discover extraordinary together.

At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or gender identity.

Watch our ALL IN video and check out our Diversity Equity and Inclusion actions at sanofi.com!

Pursue progress, discover extraordinary

Better is out there. Better medications, better outcomes, better science. But progress doesn’t happen without people – people from different backgrounds, in different locations, doing different roles, all united by one thing: a desire to make miracles happen. So, let’s be those people.

At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, ability or gender identity.

Watch our ALL IN video and check out our Diversity Equity and Inclusion actions at sanofi.com!