Website GTT, LLC
GTT, LLC
Company : GTT, LLC
Primary Job Title: Research Associate Analytical
Location: Durham, NC
Onsite Flexibility: Onsite
Contract Details:
- Position Type: Contract
- Start: As Soon As Possible
- Shift / Schedule: Monday Friday 8 4 or 9 5 flexible
Job Summary: The client's Global Product Development (GPD) team is seeking a Scientist to expand analytical development capabilities, especially with testing complex combination products within the inhaled portfolio. We put patients first and strive to meet their unmet needs worldwide. Working here means being entrepreneurial, thinking big, and working together to make the impossible a reality. If you are swift to action, confident to lead, willing to collaborate, and curious about what science can do, then you're our kind of person. Within Global Product Development, we are seeking an experienced and motivated Scientist with a strong background and hands-on experience with testing complex inhalation products, to drive the client's critical projects through development to commercialization. In this laboratory-based and impactful role, you will support routine clinical lot releases, investigation work, and exposure to method development/optimization. You'll work collaboratively across different functions to support key license to operate testing as well as complaint investigation. The role will be in Durham, North Carolina, USA, but is part of the client's Global Product Development organization with additional sites in Gothenburg, Sweden, and Macclesfield, UK. GPD's vision is to work in seamless ways that bring the best of our collective scientific capabilities to develop and deliver innovative and sustainable medicines, making a meaningful impact on patients' quality of life. Within the role, your expert analytical support will range from early-phase development work to late-stage cGMP testing. Experience with digital tools and AI is required to support the overall vision for GPD. The ideal candidate will be energetic and focused, with a can-do attitude and strong problem-solving and data analytics skills. You will join a highly collaborative international team supporting various projects across different development lifecycles.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage own work to ensure that agreed targets are met promptly and to agreed quality standards, and communicate progress appropriately.
- Perform relevant experiments and interpret results based on a standard methodology in collaboration with formulation and/or device teams.
- Identify aberrant data and effectively communicate with project teams.
- Analyze release and stability samples for purity and activity for biologics.
- Play a key role in supporting development work for automation to manual methods for inhalation products, such as Delivered Dose Uniformity (DDU), and aerodynamic particle size.
- Support technical and scientific review of data generated by peers.
- Identify and lead continuous improvement efforts to streamline laboratory operations and eliminate waste, ensuring compliance with GMP/GxP expectations.
- Champion laboratory automation technologies to improve efficiency and reliability in sample preparation, method execution, and data analysis.
- Demonstrate an active interest in leveraging AI/ML and other data science tools to enhance analytical results interpretation and workflow performance.
Education Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree (with 3 years of experience) or Master's degree (with 0 years of experience) in Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences, or a closely related field.
Required Experience:
- 3 years of experience (if Bachelor's degree holder) or 0 years (if Master's degree holder) in analytical science or related field.
- Hands-on experience with chromatographic separations.
- Experience working in a GMP/GxP regulated environment.
Required Skills:
- Strong people, organizational, and communication skills (both written and oral).
- Hands-on laboratory skills for analytical testing and method development.
- Ability to identify aberrant data and communicate findings effectively.
- Problem-solving and data analytics capabilities.
Preferred Skills:
- Strong background in analytical methodologies with aerosol test methods (DD, NGI) for inhalation dosage forms.
- Hands-on experience working with HPLC/UPLC, SEC, IE, CE-SDS with a variety of detection techniques such as UV-Vis, Fluorescence, CAD for analysis of proteins and other large biomolecules.
- Proficiency with analytical software such as Empower, Tiamo, and Electronic Lab Notebooks.
- Experience with statistical tools such as JMP is preferable.
- Excellent organizational, problem-solving, and collaborative communication skills.
- Exposure to analytical methodologies for portfolios that vary across modalities and/or dosage formats, including but not limited to oral solid and inhaled products.
- Familiarity or interest in utilizing data science tools, including AI/ML, to advance analytical interpretation and data flow.
- Experience collaborating in cross-functional global teams.
Work Environment / Physical Requirements:
- The candidate should be able to stand to execute laboratory experiments at the bench.
- The candidate is expected to routinely be on-site with minimal remote work.
Benefits:
- Medical, Vision, and Dental Insurance Plans
- 401k Retirement Fund
About the Client: A global pharmaceutical company with a Global Product Development organization operating across multiple sites, including Durham, North Carolina, USA, Gothenburg, Sweden, and Macclesfield, UK. The organization's vision is to work in seamless ways that bring the best of collective scientific capabilities to develop and deliver innovative and sustainable medicines, making a meaningful impact on patients' quality of life.
About GTT: GTT is a minority-owned staffing firm and a subsidiary of Chenega Corporation, a Native American-owned company in Alaska. We highly value diverse and inclusive workplaces and support Fortune 500 organizations across banking, financial services, technology, life sciences, biotech, utilities, and retail sectors throughout the U.S. and Canada. We look forward to helping you land your next great career opportunity!
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