Development Scientist II

Development Scientist II

Position Summary

Catalent’s Greenville, N.C. facility specializes in end-to-end turn-key solutions for oral solid dosage forms, including integrated formulation development, analytical services, commercial manufacturing, and packaging. This state-of-the-art facility has had over $100M of investments in recent years and features fit-for-scale capacity with potent handling capabilities, ideal for orphan or targeted drug development. Catalent is committed to a Patient First culture through excellence in quality and compliance, and to the safety of every patient, consumer and Catalent employee. 

The Development Scientist II serves as a primary point of contact with the client regarding pharmaceutical development and clinical manufacturing project related activities. The Development Scientist II is responsible for supporting these activities in the areas of supervision, process development, clinical trial batch manufacturing, packing and documentation.

The Role

• Responsible for all formulation and process development of several ongoing projects including project management and customer contact.

• Responsible for GMP compliance in formulation and process development.

• Responsible for assisting with planning and operating within a budget for the pharmaceutical area.

• Work directly with customers and potential customers to agree on development approaches and scope of work.

• Independently assist manufacturing group with batch manufacture and packaging/labeling, including set-up and cleaning.

• Independently assist in solving formulation and process problems.

• Independently assist with the writing of batch records, SOPs, IQ/OQ/PQ documents, development/technical reports, and CMC sections for regulatory submissions as directed.

• Ensure that all work is accurate, precise, properly documented and, when appropriate, performed within GMP guidelines.

• All other duties as assigned.

The Candidate

• Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy, Chemistry, Biology or related field with 8 or more years of experience in pharmaceutical development with focus on solids formulation OR

• Master’s degree in Pharmacy, Pharmaceutics, Industry Pharmacy, or related field with 6 or more years of experience in pharmaceutical development OR

• Ph.D. in Pharmacy, Pharmaceutics, Industry Pharmacy or related field with 4 or more years of experience in pharmaceutical development.

• This position requires you to wear a respirator for your safety, and as such, employment is contingent upon you being able to complete a medical evaluation with satisfactory results prior to the start of your employment.

Why You Should Work At Catalent

• Spearhead exciting and innovative projects

• Fast-paced, dynamic environment

• High visibility to members at all levels of the organization

• 152 hours of PTO + 8 paid holidays

Catalent offers rewarding opportunities to further your career! Join the global drug development and delivery leader and help us bring over 7,000 life-saving and life-enhancing products to patients around the world. Catalent is an exciting and growing international company where employees work directly with pharma, biopharma and consumer health companies of all sizes to advance new medicines from early development to clinical trials and to the market. Catalent produces more than 70 billion doses per year, and each one will be used by someone who is counting on us. Join us in making a difference. 

personal initiative. dynamic pace. meaningful work.

Visit Catalent Careers to explore career opportunities.

Catalent is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and veterans.

If you require reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process due to a disability, you may submit your request by sending an email, and confirming your request for an accommodation and include the job number, title and location to [email protected]. This option is reserved for individuals who require accommodation due to a disability. Information received will be processed by a U.S. Catalent employee and then routed to a local recruiter who will provide assistance to ensure appropriate consideration in the application or hiring process.

Notice to Agency and Search Firm Representatives: Catalent Pharma Solutions (Catalent) is not accepting unsolicited resumes from agencies and/or search firms for this job posting. Resumes submitted to any Catalent employee by a third party agency and/or search firm without a valid written & signed search agreement, will become the sole property of Catalent. No fee will be paid if a candidate is hired for this position as a result of an unsolicited agency or search firm referral. Thank you.

Important Security Notice to U.S. Job Seekers:

Catalent NEVER asks candidates to provide any type of payment, bank details, photocopies of identification, social security number or other highly sensitive personal information during the offer process, and we NEVER do so via email or social media. If you receive any such request, DO NOT respond— it is a fraudulent request. Please forward such requests to [email protected] for us to investigate with local authorities.

California Job Seekers can find our California Job Applicant Notice HERE.