This job is closed
We regret to inform you that the job you were interested in has been closed. Although this specific position is no longer available, we encourage you to continue exploring other opportunities on our job board.
Beacon Hill Staffing Group - Cambridge, MA
posted 2 months ago
Full-time - Senior
Cambridge, MA
Administrative and Support Services
About the position
The Contractor Process Chemist will join the Process Research and Development team, focusing on drug substance development and manufacturing activities. This role requires a dynamic individual capable of solving technical challenges and providing hands-on laboratory support to ensure the successful transition of clinical phase programs to commercial readiness.
Responsibilities
- Solve technical issues related to drug substance manufacturing by providing hands-on laboratory support within the chemical development group.
- Conduct process design, optimization, scale-up, process intensification, process characterization, and spike-and-purge studies.
- Work with external CMO/CRO teams to enhance and support their laboratory experimentation.
- Author internal technical reports based on in-house laboratory research and critically review similar reports generated at external CMO/CROs.
- Identify key knowledge gaps and execute plans to ensure process understanding is commensurate with a given program's stage of clinical development.
Requirements
- In-depth knowledge of synthetic organic chemistry.
- MS or PhD in organic chemistry with 5+ years (MS) or 3+ years (PhD) of industry experience.
- Demonstrated laboratory experience developing processes to produce small molecule pharmaceuticals from early to late-stage development.
- Ability to navigate and be successful in a fast-paced, highly-matrixed work environment.
- Effective verbal and written communication skills.
- Demonstrated experience with organic chemistry instrumentation and interpretation including HPLC, LCMS, GC, NMR and applicable software (ChemDraw, Excel, Word, Powerpoint).
- Demonstrated proficiency to manage timelines by effective prioritization to meet project goals.
Nice-to-haves
- Working knowledge with DSC, TGA, and XRPD instrumentation and familiarity with Mettler‑Toledo equipment.
- Demonstrated scientific contribution to the synthetic community evidenced by presentations and publications.
- Regulatory writing experience including IND/IMPD/NDA/MAA drug substance quality modules.
