What are the responsibilities and job description for the Scientific Director, Injectables position at Kindeva Drug Delivery?
Our Work Matters
At Kindeva we make products that save lives, ensuring better health and well-being for patients around the world.
The Impact You Will Make
This is a senior technical role having high degree of influence and responsibility for the development of new drug delivery products, technologies, and analytical testing capabilities within Kindeva Analytical and Development Services.
As a key external facing subject matter expert for Kindeva you will:
Provide technical leadership for programs that have significant impact for Kindeva
Provide technical assistance for commercialization of current programs and assist in the identification of future programs
Apply knowledge of industry trends to identify opportunities and threats to Kindeva
Essential Job Functions:
Represent Kindeva externally as subject matter expert on injectable delivery and system technologies through industry and academic collaborations, participation in industry working groups, publications, presentations, or other means.
Support projects with problem solving, technical and CMC strategy, etc.
Identify potential barriers to the approval and commercialization of products; identify solutions to these barriers to accelerate approval and commercialization of products.
Maintain awareness of key industry trends to identify product and technology opportunities and threats to Kindeva.
Supports the development of new business by providing capabilities presentations, technical specialist support.
Identify opportunities to expand and modernize Kindeva’s analytical testing capabilities, methodologies, techniques and service offerings relevant to injectable projects.
Strengthen Kindeva’s intellectual property portfolio through invention submissions, patent applications, trade secrets, and by awareness of current state of the art.
Mentor other employees to expand capabilities, expertise, and develop our key scientific leaders of the future.
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor of Science Degree
10 years of experience in pharmaceutical, medical device or health care fields
Extensive knowledge of pharmaceutical and/or medical device industry
Excellent problem-solving skills
Solid interpersonal and communication skills, both written & oral
Cross functional team contributions and leadership skills
Proven track record of NPI, scientific achievement, publication, and IP
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience working with US and European regulatory agencies (e.g. FDA, MHRA, EMEA)
BSc, MSc or Ph.D. in a field related to drug delivery (such as Pharmaceutics, Chem Eng, Chem, Mech Eng)
Salary : $174,000 - $205,000