Process Development Team Senior Scientist at Roche

Responsibilities
The opportunity is to join a focused team whose primary aim will be focused on an effort to drive complex CRs and CAPAs to closure, to further improve processes, and to stabilize right-size production.

• Designs, plans and executes experiments/projects utilizing established and innovative procedures, and applying scientific knowledge and accumulated experience to complete projects. Contributes to the definition and timely achievement of overall project goals.
• Makes recommendations, and when appropriate, acts independently to resolve scientific problems encountered during experimental procedures to improve productivity of results.
• Ensures activities are consistent with project critical path, and responds appropriately to changing priorities.
• Analyzes data, evaluates results, forms conclusions and implements/documents process improvements.
• Integrates previous and current results to determine next experimental steps and the impact of long-range project goals.
• Presents findings at group or departmental meetings. Applies advanced technical writing skills to produce reports and documents. May assist in preparing summaries, memos, internal reports, presentations, manuscripts, etc.
• May or may not have supervisory responsibility; provides guidance to new team members and leads internal/external teams and builds professional relationships.
• Work involves troubleshooting and resolving difficult problems in creative ways. Takes a new perspective on existing solutions, exploring and implementing new concepts and methodologies.
• Decisions impact project team(s) and/or broader organization. In appropriate decisions may have an impact, causing a delay in operations, a financial expense, or customer or user dissatisfaction.

Education:

• Required: Bachelor’s degree in Biological/Life Sciences, Chemistry, Biochemistry or related field, or equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• Preferred: Master's degree with 2+ years’ experience.

Experience:

• Typically 5+ years of relevant experience