Senior Scientist
- Employer
- Vectura
- Location
- Wiltshire
- Salary
- Competitive base plus comprehensive benefits including annual bonus and pension
- Start date
- 22 Mar 2019
- Closing date
- 13 Apr 2019
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- Discipline
- R & D
- Hours
- Full Time
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Experience Level
- Experienced (non-manager)
Job Summary
This is your opportunity to work alongside industry experts and use your pharmaceutical development skills to deliver advanced inhalation products that can have a positive impact on patients’ lives around the world. We are growing our team so why not join Vectura and enjoy the opportunity to support the development of innovative medical solutions.
Your role
We are looking for experienced scientists to join our pharmaceutical development team at our Chippenham site, supporting product development using our cutting edge range of smart inhalation devices. Specifically you will have the excellent opportunity to positively impact our development programme for paediatric asthma.
You will be an essential part of our nebuliser team acting as a technical expert and lead problem solving for a wide range of laboratory and/or process activities. You will solve complex technical problems using lateral thinking and facilitate colleagues to derive solutions using different techniques and experiences. Working in an inclusive environment you will be able to communicate and report findings to senior stakeholders and influence key decision making.
What you need
Degree educated in a scientific subject, you will be able to demonstrate the appropriate scientific technical skill and knowledge from within a pharmaceutical environment. You will be a proven complex problem solver, a capable mentor able to support to less experienced colleagues. You will be able to supervise concurrent protocols including managing risks and resource requirements. We will accept applications from scientists experienced in developing inhalation products from within a pharmaceutical environment. Experience of working with nebulisers is preferred.
What you get
Our workplace culture encourages a diverse and inclusive work force. We offer flexible working opportunities that promote a healthy work life balance. We nurture our people through vocational & leadership development, mentoring programmes and career development.
In return for your skills and expertise, we offer a competitive base salary, annual bonus and generous benefits package including a pension plan, life assurance, private health, dental plan, share save/incentive schemes, cycle to work scheme and free parking.
About Vectura
We are global leaders in the development of innovative formulations and devices for inhaled medical products and our specialist technologies helped over seven million patients in 2017. Working collaboratively, we combine technical, engineering, clinical and regulatory expertise to design, develop, industrialise and deliver a unique range of innovative products, from smart nebuliser technologies to innovative formulations.
With a healthy pipeline of new products in development, as well as partnerships with major international pharma companies, it an exciting time to join, You’ll find it’s an ideal place to develop a stimulating and rewarding career.
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