Head of Analytical Development

Job Description:

At Ferring Pharmaceuticals, we help people around the world build families and live better lives. We are entrepreneurial and innovative, with a global team focused on scientific advances in the areas of reproductive and women’s health, gastroenterology and urology. Ferring + You is all about working together and sharing ideas, so that we can bring science to life for patients around the world.

Joining our R&D teams, you will discover an empowering culture and the opportunity to create and deliver innovative products that have the potential to change lives. Collaborating with colleagues inside and outside Ferring, we are focused on growing our capabilities with new therapeutics, life-cycle management and personalised solutions. Doing revolutionary work is in your hands.

Ferring+You

You will display your skills in analytical development on one hand, and as positive people manager on the other. Your focus will be to strategically strengthen the area of analytical method development, validation, chemical characterisation, stability and controls with a focus on controlled release Drug Products. You will bring your own extensive knowledge, and you will engage with internal stakeholders globally as well as your team to find just the right way forward for Ferring. As people manager your focus is to keep a well-functioning team of scientists happy and in on-going development as individuals and as a team.

Your teams’ responsibility covers analytical method development and characterisation of proteins and peptides as well as small molecules and other modalities within the CMC area. The responsibility ranges from candidate drug selection to Phase 3 and transfer to commercial manufacturing with a focus on controlled release dosage forms. You will head 11 highly skilled Scientists that plan, coordinate, lead and evaluate analytical development and characterisation work performed in our internal laboratories and at different CROs.

Your day at Ferring

• Lead, motivate and develop your team – via daily coaching, problem solving, individual objectives and performance reviews.

• Ensure definition and deliverance of robust analytical packages to support drug development projects.

• Build a thorough understanding of Ferring’s value chain and global organization.

• Build and maintain constructive relations to a wide number of stakeholders in the global organization.

• Build external network to relevant experts and across the scientific community.

• You will work with both non-GMP and GMP related tasks.

Behind our innovation…There’s you

• A degree in chemistry, pharmacy or equivalent.

• 15+ years of experience with delivering CMC projects in the pharmaceutical industry.

• Technical understanding of drug product analytical development, including method development and validation, stability and controls.

• Sound knowledge of ICH and other regulatory guidelines including quality by design.

• Ideally experience with both large and small molecules and expertise within polymer chemistry.

• Drug product development project management.

• Experience of all phases of analytical development and understanding of global regulatory requirements for CMC to ensure high quality regulatory submissions.

• Leadership experience of teams consisting of senior scientists and scientists to drive decision making within cross functional teams.

• Availability to travel 15-20 days per year (especially to Denmark) to meet colleagues and external partners (e.g. CROs) can therefore be expected.

• Fluency in English, written and spoken.

People come first at Ferring

• Get inspired from our commitment to advocate for everyone’s right to build a family, no matter who you are, where you live or who you love.

• Our inclusive support package – “Building Families at Ferring” provides equal and accessible policies for all employees who wish to start their family journey, ensuring a global standard, irrespective of location and role.

• Parental leave for both birthing and non-birthing parents

• Extended support on family building journey.

Making a difference in the life of millions of people means we succeed by working together. Our diverse backgrounds, experiences, expertise, and perspectives enable us to find solutions to even the most challenging problems, and our success is tied to each team member’s contributions. Imagine the power of your career when it’s Ferring + You.

Behind our purpose… There’s you

If our mission and your vision are aligned, please apply!

We strive to build and maintain an inclusive and diverse workplace with equal opportunities and mutual respect for all employees regardless of their backgrounds and socioeconomic status.

Note to agencies: this search is being managed by Ferring’s Talent Acquisition team. Kindly do not send us spontaneous profiles.

Location:Ferring Controlled Therapeutics UK