Separations Science Manager

Location: New Castle, Delaware

Company Information

Our client is a leader in separation products for various markets including the growing pharmaceutical and biotechnology areas of drug discovery and development. Their primary products are in the field of High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) columns

Overview

The ideal candidate should be a skilled and motivated analytical scientist with a Ph.D. in chemistry or a related field to lead a team for technical, commercial outcomes. The individual should possess strong chromatography and mass spectrometry (LCMS) understanding with at least 10 years bench experience and extensive practical application of separations. You will lead the innovation support and applications development efforts by assisting the technical applications team in design and execution of HPLC and LCMS experiments for the technical understanding, claim substantiation and promotion of their HPLC columns from concept development through real world market implementation. The successful candidate has a proven track record of outcome-based leadership of projects and technical personnel.

Responsibilities

• Chromatography Expert Lead
• Develop analytical LC and LCMS capabilities and skill set of the team including systematic and practical (customer-friendly) approaches to method development and data analysis
• Assist applications teams in the development of the separation workflow with emphasis on chromatographic instrument and technique optimization.
• Deepen understanding and chromatographic troubleshooting skill set including both chromatogram evaluation and recognizing instrument failures and opportunities for improvement.
• Mentor and further develop the scientific writing skills of the applications team through generation of data reports, technical papers, and abstracts for conference talks, posters.
• Innovation Support
• Provide guidance to the team in the characterization of new and existing products
• Develop new chromatographic methods to address customer and business needs
• Work with Key Opinion Leaders and collaboration partners to further develop the client’s visibility in the marketplace and bring ideas to R&D
• Commercial Support
• Interface with customers, suppliers, and colleagues as a recognized chromatography expert
• Prepare high quality written reports and presentation materials suitable to support the development of marketing materials
• Present data in both written and verbal formats, internally and externally to customers including distributors and partner network through various forums such as webinars, seminars, and scientific conferences and in written format through application notes, papers and posters.
  
  

Requirements

• Ph.D. with 10 years industry experience
• Demonstrated strong fundamental chromatography skill set (publications, papers)
• Analytical laboratory experience, biological handling knowledge a plus
• Biochemistry experience is a plus
• Management experience, 5 years preferred
• Perform all duties within the Company’s safety, health, and environmental regulations.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Travel to conferences and customer meetings as business necessitates.
  
  

Competency

• Technical competence:
• Experience operating liquid chromatography and mass spec instrumentation
• Ability to identify and troubleshoot common instrument issues based on chromatographic results
• Ability to recognize and correct inconsistent or unexpected analytical results
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Interpersonal skills:
• Strong customer-facing communication skills
• Ability to lead and produce timely outcomes in a dynamic team environment
• Action Oriented:
• High bias for action and sense of ownership
• Strong time management skills
• Timely and quality decision making
• Capable of multi-tasking
  
  

The client offers a competitive salary package that is dependent on qualifications and experience, as well as a strong benefit package, plus participation in a company-wide bonus plan. For immediate consideration and faster response, please forward current resume to: sb@scientificsearch.com. Please include job #19235 in subject line. Please note that all candidates applying must be a US Citizen or Permanent Resident. Client will NOT sponsor.