Job Purpose

Design, plan, perform, interpret scientific experiments to perform chemical and pharmaceutical profiling of NCEs resulting in robust analytical method development, solid form selection and formulation strategy development in collaboration within a multifunctional project team coordinated by a Project leader. Manage and contribute to maintenance of lab itruments/infrastructure.

Basic Major Activities

1. Meet quality, quantity and timelines in all assigned projects.

2. Design, plan and perform scientific experiments and plan, perform and contribute to project related scientific/technical activities under minimal guidance from more experienced team member (e.g., interpret and report results, generate and evaluate data, draw relevant conclusio, write reports).

3. Provide scientific and technical guidance. Coach team membe as needed.

4. Provide efficient and robust processes for the solid form development, analysis and formulation development. Provide raw data documentation, evaluation and results interpretation. Propose and provide input for the design of next experiments.

5. Optimize existing methods (lab or plant) and develop more efficient ones.

6. Generate lab procedures, reports and/or itructio.

7. Actively trafer procedures/itructio to other functio, including troubleshooting, solid form optimisation, formulation scaleup etc.

8. Communicate and address problems, perform safety and literature searches under moderate guidance from more experienced team member.

9. Keep record of and manage chemicals, intermediates, excipients and solvents within own area of respoibility.

10. Collaborate with other team membe to facilitate deliveries preclinical formulatio.

11. Utilize special tools/equipments and/or specialized facilities e.g., containment facilities for potent compounds.

12. Generate scientific documents to hand over to internal and/or external partne (e.g., TechOps, authorities, external companies) and support generation of international registration documents under adequate guidance from more experienced team membe.

13. Contribute to risk analyses and/or peer review and process challenge meetings.

14. Evaluate new lab equipment and prepare CAR and USR if applicable.

15. Report and present scientific/technical results internally and contribute to publicatio, presentatio and patents.

16. Contribute to maintenance of infrastructure/equipment.

17. Actively contributes to team goals.

Key Performance Indicato

1. Adherence to costs, quality, quantity, and timelines for all assigned tasks.

2. Adherence to Novartis standards, in particular, quality, ethical, health, safety, and environment (HSE), and information security (ISEC) standards.

3. Feedback from other team membeleade.

4. Refer to annual individual and team objective setting.

Measurable contributio to increasing efficiency and productivity in the work related to assigned projects.

Job Dimeio (Indicate key facts and figures)

Number of associates:

None

Financial respoibility:

(Budget, Cost, Sales, etc.)

None

Impact on the organization: Support own working unit by performing experiments/activities for on-time delivery of drug substance profiling, preclinical samples, procedures and processes.

Ideal Background

Education (minimum/desirable): Minimum: MS or equivalent degree in Pharmaceutical Analysis, Solid state chemistry or Pharmaceutics.

Desirable: PhD or equivalent.

Languages: Fluent in english and chinese (oral and written).

Experience/Professional requirement: 1. Minimum of 5 successful yea of experience with MS degree or PhD from reputed univeity.

2. Awareness/proven experience for safe handling of chemicals, potentially dangerous materials and equipment.

3. Good scientific or technical knowledge in a specific area (e.g. Solid state, analytical, formulation).

4. Adequate knowledge in scientific/technical areas of collaboration.

5. Proficient with laboratory and/or technical tools.

6. Adequate knowledge of software and computer tools.

7. Basic presentation skills and scientific/technical writing skills.

8. Good Communication skills