research scientist

We are looking for a dynamic scientist to join a growing team providing expertise and support to the Healthcare industry, including world-leading Pharmaceutical, Consumer Healthcare, and Medical Device companies. The role is fast paced and calls for a diverse skillset as follows:

Accountabilities:

• Support the growth of Lucideon’s Formulated Products Group by providing technical expertise in a relevant area of the pharmaceutical sciences
• Be responsible for effective project management and delivery of contract R&D projects, in roles as both project leader and contributor
• Provide technical and subject matter expertise to commercial colleagues in the scoping, definition and scheduling of work programmes
• Coaching and mentoring of less senior technical colleagues in your area(s) of technical expertise
• Define and deliver internal R&D projects which contribute to Lucideon’s IP portfolio development and growth plans
• Have full awareness and take leadership on all relevant areas of EHS responsibilities related to your work

Qualifications:

• Educated to degree level within chemistry, pharmaceutical sciences, materials science, chemical engineering or similar
• Experience in effective delivery of commercial R&D programmes (through time in industry or through PhD research)

Experience:

• An understanding of the global healthcare industry
• Experience of product development within the pharmaceutical or over-the-counter industries
• Creative problem solving in the area of formulation science
• A thorough understanding, or more preferably, hands-on experience of appropriate analytical methods to support product development (e.g. solid state characterization, chromatography techniques, pharmacopoeial methods)

Knowledge/Skills:

• Strong practical laboratory skills
• In-depth knowledge of an area of the chemical sciences
• Good project management skills with a proven record of timeline and stakeholder management
• Excellent scientific communication skills – including the ability to write engaging and succinct project reports and communicate key results, interpretations and conclusions through verbal presentation
• An ability to effectively translate knowledge and experience to new areas of technical development or market sectors
• High levels of intrinsic curiosity
• An ability to manage constant variation in workload and changing balance of activities