Senior Associate Scientist QC Release & Stability.

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Janssen Vaccines in Bern (Switzerland) belongs to the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson. Janssen is an organization of over 40,000 professionals working passionately to prevent, treat, cure and stop some of the most devastating and complex diseases of our time. In Bern, about 400 people of over 25 nationalities work together with the wider Janssen organization and partners on the development, manufacturing and analytical testing of novel vaccines and bacteria-based pharmaceutical products.

Position Overview

For our site in Bern, we are looking for a highly committed Sr Associate Scientist QC Release & Stability.

QC Release & Stability is involved in the validation and transfer of various test methods and the performance of routine release and stability tests for new materials in the clinical and commercial phase. The chemical methods used internally include chromatographic methods (RP, SEC, IC), TOC, Conductivity and biochemical methods as qPCR, Capillary Electrophoresis, SDS-PAGE, ELISA, Dot Blot etc.

Responsibilities

• Supports to lead a team of laboratory technicians and scientists in a highly collaborative environment
• Supports training and qualifications of team personnel
• Performs timely and cost-effective planning and release of samples at required cGMP level resulting from operational activities, stability programs and monitoring
• Performs and supports timely and effective completion of lab events, investigations and CAPAs related to OOS and non-conformances
• Able to support in method qualification, verification, and co-validation activities, if required
• Leads and supports continuous improvement projects within Quality Control in operational efficiency and GMP compliance
• Complies with all applicable health, safety and environmental regulations, processes and guidelines
• Provide support to analytical development, process development and other stakeholders when the need arises
• Supports inspections during preparation, execution and follow up
• Authors scientifically sound technical documents and reports