Scientist I, Product Development

Scientist I, Product Development

Position Summary
Catalent is a global, high-growth, public company and a leading partner for the pharmaceutical industry in the development and manufacturing of new treatments for patients worldwide. Your talents, ideas, and passion are essential to our mission: to help people live better, healthier lives.

St. Petersburg is our primary softgel development and manufacturing facility in North America with a capacity of 18 billion capsules per year.  The featured RP Scherer softgel technology is a proven oral drug delivery solution to enhance bioavailability of poorly soluble Rx and OTC drug candidates.  Non-gelatin based OptiShell® and Vegicaps® capsules expand the range of molecules into softgel, ideal for challenging fill formulation. Within the Catalent network, we offer a broad range of integrated formulation.

The Scientist I, Product Development contributes significantly to the successful timely development of new pharmaceutical products utilizing Softgel Formulation/Process drug delivery systems and technologies by carrying out required formulation and process activities. The Scientist I, Product Development supports new product development over the lifecycle of the project which could include benchtop/labscale, demonstration/feasibility batches, registration/stability batches, and technical support of process validation batches.

Catalent is committed to a Patient First culture through excellence in quality and compliance, and to the safety of every patient, consumer and Catalent employee. 

The Role

• Executes experimental studies intended to provide supporting data or to resolve technical issues encountered during each project.  Defines technical objectives and conveys them to other members of the project team.

• May represent the Softgel Product Development department at both internal team meetings and customer meetings relating to assigned projects that may be of diverse scope

• Coordinates with Analytical Services, Operations, QC, QA, and other groups to ensure project requirements are met.

• Resolves technical issues, makes recommendations for options that would resolve the issue, including a preferred option.

• Works independently, supervised on a daily or weekly basis, recognizes key issues likely to affect successful and/or timely completion.  For those issues that cannot be resolved, brings them to the attention of the person coordinating the work.

• Proposes and implements recommendations to processes and procedures designed to increase efficiency, safety or quality.

• Understands revenue associated with each project phase.  Flexible with respect to project priorities and ensures that site and/or departmental business objectives are met.

• Complete technical activities, development reports and regulatory support documentation

• Other duties as assigned.

The Candidate

• BS in scientific field with 5 plus years’ experience in lab, 3 in GMP OR

• MS in scientific field with 3 plus years’ experience in GMP lab OR

• Doctorate in scientific field with 1 plus years’ experience in lab.

• Working knowledge and application of scientific principles and techniques required.

• Familiarity with batch processing in a pharmaceutical, cGMP environment required.

• Attention to detail and high-level organizational skills required.

• Strong knowledge of cGMP Regulatory requirements for process development, technical transfer, and process changes required.

• Exposure to computer software associated with word processing and spreadsheets required with some exposure to statistical software preferred.

• Basic project management skills (deliverables, timelines, resources required) is preferred.

• Ability to work effectively under pressure to meet deadlines.  Individual may be required to sit, stand, walk regularly and occasionally lift to 15 pounds; no lifting greater than 44.09 pounds without assistance. 

• Vision requirements include ability to differentiate color (Pass the Ishihara Color Vision Screening) and obtain 20/30 acuity in both far and near vision with or without corrective lenses. For Catalent’s in-house screening, the acceptable score is to identify at least 4 of 6 numbers in the circles.

Why You Should Join Catalent

• Tuition Reimbursement – Let us help you finish your degree or earn a new one

• WellHub program to promote overall physical wellness.

• 152 hours of PTO + 8 paid holidays.

• Medical, dental and vision benefits effective day one of employment. 

• Defined career path and annual performance review and feedback process.

• Diverse, inclusive culture. Several Employee Resource Groups focusing on D&I. Community engagement and green initiatives.

• Dynamic, fast-paced work environment.

• Positive working environment focusing on continually improving processes to remain innovative.

• Potential for career growth on an expanding team within an organization dedicated to preserving and bettering lives. 

• Perkspot - offers exclusive or private discounts from approximately 900+ merchants in a wide array of categories.

Catalent offers rewarding opportunities to further your career  Join the global drug development and delivery leader and help us bring over 7,000 life-saving and life-enhancing products to patients around the world. Catalent is an exciting and growing international company where employees work directly with pharma, biopharma and consumer health companies of all sizes to advance new medicines from early development to clinical trials and to the market. Catalent produces more than 70 billion doses per year, and each one will be used by someone who is counting on us. Join us in making a difference. 

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Catalent is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and veterans.

If you require reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process due to a disability, you may submit your request by sending an email, and confirming your request for an accommodation and include the job number, title and location to DisabilityAccommodations@catalent.com. This option is reserved for individuals who require accommodation due to a disability. Information received will be processed by a U.S. Catalent employee and then routed to a local recruiter who will provide assistance to ensure appropriate consideration in the application or hiring process.

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