Analytical Chemist

Corteva Agriscience™ has an exciting and challenging opportunity for an experienced Analytical Chemist in the Regulatory Analytical Sciences Team within Global Regulatory Sciences R&D. The analytical chemist will provide cross-disciplinary analytical support and regulatory expertise to enable registration of new products and successful defense of existing products in the market.

This role is ideally based at one of Corteva’s office locations, with a hybrid working model in place. For candidates with substantial experience, fully remote arrangements may be considered on an exceptional basis.

Regulatory Analytical Sciences provides trace-level quantitative residue support and expertise for crop protection product registrations and defense. The successful candidate will partner directly with internal and external teams to provide quantitative residue analytical skills and expertise to support Good Lab Practice (GLP) and non-GLP studies, including analytical support for Residue, Ecotoxicology and Environmental studies. The candidate will also partner directly with global Contract Research Organizations (CRO) to ensure successful transfer and execution of methods for external sample analysis. This role requires demonstrated ability to partner effectively in cross-discipline and cross-functional teams as well as excellence in technical project management.

Primary Responsibilities

• Serves as analytical Subject Matter Expert (SME) on regulatory projects for a portfolio of molecules.
• Serves as Principle Investigator (PI) and/or Study Director (SD) for GLP analytical phase studies and method validations according to project timeline requirements.
• Partners effectively with other disciplines on project teams and regulatory teams by providing analytical chemistry support of analytical phases within studies, and analytical expertise to support regulatory strategies.
• Complies with all laboratory safety procedures, GLP Standards, and all other study-specific or pertinent regulatory agency requirements.
• Has a continuous improvement mindset and drives strategic alignment with the organization.

Required Qualifications

• A minimum of a BS degree in Chemistry is required.
• Industry experience in quantitative analytical chemistry; 5 year minimum for BS candidate or 3 year minimum for MS or PhD candidate.
• Technical project management experience and demonstrated proficiency.
• Ability to conduct research and provide high-quality, finalized methods in a fast-paced, time sensitive environment.
• Accepts responsibility and takes ownership of projects.
• Possesses excellent problem solving and time management skills. Shows initiative toward research/project planning and execution.
• Demonstrates flexibility to accommodate urgent projects.
• Demonstrated technical reporting and documentation skills.
• Ability to present complex technical information in an appropriate manner depending on the audience; ability to distill complex data sets into a clear message or presentation.

Preferred Qualifications

• Agriculture industry experience
• Quantitative LC-MS/MS residue analytical experience in small molecules.
• Quantitative analytical experience on agricultural samples; crop, compost, animal tissues
• Experience with quantitative extractions and sample clean-up techniques from various complex agricultural matrices.
• Instrumentation expertise and troubleshooting.
• Quantitative analytical experience in a governmental regulated environment, such as EPA, FDA, EU regulatory bodies or equivalent.
• Regulatory analytical molecule manager, subject matter expert, focal point or related experience.

Corteva Agriscience is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to embracing our differences to enrich lives, advance innovation, and boost company performance. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, military or veteran status, pregnancy related conditions (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), disability or any other protected status in accordance with federal, state, or local laws.