Director Analytical Characterization (m/f/d)

Your Key Responsibilities

• Lead and actively manage the Analytical Characterization department within Biosimilar technical development of Sandoz and drive a culture of exceptional performance and continuous improvement, enabling innovative, competitive, compliant, and consistent delivery on objectives of teams, projects, networks and/or platforms.
• Drive evolution of the team and improve current processes to match evolving landscape and requirements while actively leading that change.
• Provide scientific and managerial leadership to efficiently perform the analytical characterization of Biosimilar candidates.
• Create and implement reliable yet cost efficient methods/processes and procedures - Ensure staying within budget and optimizing resource utilization.
• Ensure adherence to current regulations and data integrity in development.
• Address complex R&D issues and collaborate across technical development line functions. Evaluate and implement new related scientific technologies.
• Build and maintain a highly agile and efficient organization to flexibly react on changing priorities.
• Understand and meet individual program and customer needs and ensure team activities are aligned with overall biosimilar development processes.
• Drive the Analytical Characterization strategic plan and its implementation. Ensure current and future needs are fully met, adequately resourced, delivered on time and in full compliance.

Essential Requirements

• Extensive industry experience in the technical / analytical development of Biosimilars.
• Ph.D. Relevant Technical Discipline w/ 10+ yrs. Experience in leading large teams in Analytical Development or adjacent R&D Teams in global technical development organizations.
• Track record in leading change and process improvement initiatives.
• Proven servant leadership skills leading teams through ambiguous times.
• Distinguished R&D leader with exceptionally broad and in-depth knowledge in the area of Analytical Development /Characterization and adjunct disciplines.
• Thorough knowledge of relevant regulations and regulatory guidelines and proven successful track record of BLA submission and regulatory health authority interactions.
• Excellent communication/presentation skills. Advanced coaching and mentoring skills.
• Strategic thinking and ability to lead in a matrix organization.
• English: fluent spoken & written.
• Lean six sigma certification is a plus.

You’ll Receive

Sandoz has an employee-first approach and that’s why your personal growth is so important to us. You will have access to Coursera and other learning platforms with more than 200,000 learning videos and 5000+ courses.

In addition to the various learning opportunities, we offer company benefits, such as:

• 30 days of annual leave
• Holiday allowance
• Additional rewards for special occasions (e.g. service length awards, marriage celebration, etc.)
• Company pension schemes and capital formation benefits
• Parental leave
• Other offerings, such as bike leasing

Commitment To Diversity & Inclusion

We are committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.

Hiring decisions are only based on the qualification for the position, regardless of gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, age and disability.

The law provides for severely disabled / equal applicants the opportunity to involve the local representative body for disabled employees (SBV) in the application process. If you would like to request this, please let us know in advance as a note on your CV.