Analytical Development Scientific Lead

Join our team as an Analytical Development Scientific Lead!

About the role:

We are looking for an experienced professional who enjoys coordinating analytical development activities, supporting product development, and collaborating actively with international partners. 

Key Responsibilities: 

• Provide analytical support for EUROAPI R&D development projects, including chromatographic, titration, spectroscopic, and other analytical techniques; 

• Apply EUROAPI R&D international guidelines and management expectations in daily work; 

• Participate in the development and/or adaptation of new analytical methods for testing products under development, in line with regulatory requirements and customer needs; coordinate method validation activities; 

• Organize analytical testing of products, intermediates, and materials used in manufacturing at various stages of development; collect, systematize, and analyze trends in results; communicate findings to development units; 

• Perform quality assessments of products under development and issue the required certificates of analysis; 

• Summarize analytical experience and oversee the preparation, review, and approval of procedures and quality specifications; 

• Conduct professional discussions with international partners on product quality and quality control matters; 

• Coordinate analytical development activities related to industrial technologies; 

• Review methods used for inprocess control; 

• Review quality and quality control sections of technological documentation; 

• Actively participate in site and R&D investigations and handle OOS cases; 

• Initiate and coordinate stability studies related to R&D development projects; 

• Organize preparation for audits and participate actively in audits; 

• Maintain close contact and cooperation with organizational units involved in development activities, as well as other analytical groups within EUROAPI; 

• Participate in identifying development needs of team members, preparing training plans, and onboarding new colleagues; 

• Propose instrument procurement and modernization; 

• Participate in planning projects related to the professional area and in preparing cost estimates. 

​Requirements: 

• Higher education degree in a relevant field; a PhD and/or a relevant second degree is an advantage; 

• Minimum 10 years of professional experience; international pharmaceutical development experience is preferred; 

• Confident, businesslevel English proficiency; 

• Proficient computer skills; 

• Ability to work independently and in a structured manner, as well as willingness to lead a professional team. 

Why Join Us?

• According to the company's Cafeteria policy, gross 636,000 HUF/year (also during the probationary period)
• Free outpatient healthcare services and specialist consultations at Buda Health Center, plus the opportunity to participate in an annual preventive health screening, with a paid day off granted for the appointment

• Discounted sports and wellness opportunities: AYCM membership, on-site fitness center and sauna, as well as discounted access to sports facilities
• Collective life and accident insurance

• Voluntary pension fund membership (supplemented with employer contribution)

• Free parking

• Commuting and weekend travel reimbursement
• For employees based in Budapest, a fixed monthly commuting allowance
• Annual performance bonus, referral bonus, and service anniversary bonus
• 14 weeks of paid parental leave for new parents
• Free online language learning through the goFLUENT platform
• Company events and community programs, such as Family Day and seasonal celebrations including St. Nicholas Day and Christmas events
• Coffee and snack card, redeemable at on-site vending machines
• A variety of one-time employee support benefits, including contributions toward prescription glasses and home office equipment.

Place of work: Budapest, Hungary

EUROAPI is a leading supplier of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), spun out from Sanofi on May 6, 2022 and listed on EURONEXT, with the aim of becoming a global champion in API solutions and CDMO. The company has a diversified portfolio of approximately 200 APIs for its API Solutions business and its CDMO (Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization) activities. With more than 150 years of experience in the API market, around 3,350 employees and a consolidated turnover of approximately €1 billion in 2023, EUROAPI has six production sites and development centers equipped with state-of-the-art technology, all located in Europe (France, Germany, Hungary, Italy and the UK).