Principal Scientist

About Elanco Animal Health Incorporated

At Elanco, we are dedicated to innovation and delivering products and services to prevent and treat disease in farm animals and pets. Our vision is to advance the health of animals, people, the planet, and our enterprise.

Job Title: Principal Scientist - Analytical Development

We are seeking a highly skilled Principal Scientist to join our Technical Development organization. As a key member of our team, you will be responsible for analytical development activities of animal health products with a focus on dissolution control strategy and small molecule analytical development.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and deliver relevant analytical and dissolution methods and specifications, ensuring compliance with industrial and regulatory requirements.
• Interpret results, evaluate data, and draw relevant conclusions.
• Report and present scientific/technical results internally, create external publications, and present at scientific conferences.
• Write or support the generation of international registration documents and interact with global health authorities.
• Partner with manufacturing and regulatory representatives to drive drug product commercialization activities and technical submissions to global health authorities.
• Drive the evaluation and implementation of new technologies in dissolution and analytical development, applying the latest scientific thinking to help bring new drug products to market.
• Mentor and coach emerging technical talent within the function.
• Ensure compliance with external and internal guidelines/quality standards.

Requirements:

• PhD in Analytical Chemistry, Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, or a related field, with a minimum of 7 years of experience in pharmaceutical development.
• Strong expertise in chromatographic and spectroscopic method development, and recognized expertise in dissolution particularly with USP Apparatus II and IV.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working in regulated environments.
• Proven scientific leadership skills.
• Strong collaborator with the ability to positively impact interdisciplinary and international teams.
• Strong problem-solving skills, including strategic and creative thinking.

Additional Information:

• Approximately 10% travel required.
• Location: Greenfield, Indiana. Hybrid Work Environment.

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