Laboratory Group Leader

Group Leader

The Group Leader leads and directs a  team in daily activities and is instrumental in the mentoring and development of team members in obtaining career  aspirations.

Position Summary

This position is 100% on-site at the Greenville site.

Catalent’s Greenville, N.C. facility specializes in end-to-end turn-key solutions for oral solid dosage forms, including integrated formulation development, analytical services, commercial manufacturing, and packaging. This state-of-the-art facility has had over $100M of investments in recent years and features fit-for-scale capacity with potent handling capabilities, ideal for orphan or targeted drug development.

The Group Leader is responsible for maintaining laboratory internal business units and external client relationships to ensure the highest level of service and responsiveness, which includes supporting internal non-commercial clients, external clients, and commercial processes and projects.

The Role

• Lead and direct a team of supervisory personnel and other laboratory analytical team members at various levels.

• Development  and  performance  management  of  direct  reports  including  training,  coaching  and  mentoring,  goal setting, performance evaluation and feedback, approves performance reviews for group members. 

• Resolve conflicts within the group relating to performance and/or workload, ensure proper resource allocation within team(s), oversee timesheet review and planning and scheduling spreadsheet.

• Work to create an environment of open communication, participation and information-sharing within and between teams within Analytical and throughout facility.

• Direct  analytical  oversight  for  internal  commercial  processes  and  projects  as  well  as  external  client  projects, supporting  microbiological  and  chemical  analysis  of  excipients,  active  ingredients,  components  and  finished products.

• Direct  oversight  of  microbiological  and  cleaning  verification  staff  supporting  pre-commercial  and  commercial manufacturing including environmental monitoring.

• Recommend approaches for scientific and quality control strategies to facilitate overall project and process success; set specifications for tests and monitor process, product, utility and environmental control.

• Solve  problems  with  methods,  instruments,  products  or  processes;  interpret  and  trend  data  generated,  escalate notification procedures as appropriate.

• Other duties as assigned.

The Candidate

• Associate degree in Biotechnology, Chemistry, or equivalent science degree with 11 years of professional experience in pharmaceutical analytical chemistry or;

• BS or BA degree in a science-related field (e.g. Biology, Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences) with 10 years of professional experience in pharmaceutical analytical chemistry or;

• Master’s degree in a science-related field with eight years of professional experience in pharmaceutical analytical chemistry or;

• PhD in a science-related field with six years of relevant experience in pharmaceutical analytical chemistry.

• Professional Microbiological and Cleaning Verification experience is required for Micro/CV Group.

• Position requires the ability to lift 10-50lbs, unassisted.

• Majority of the work day is performed while standing, walking, lifting, pulling, and pushing.

• Requires bending, squatting, crawling, climbing, reaching.

• Some exposure to hazardous chemical and other active chemical ingredients.

Why You Should Join Catalent 

• Competitive medical benefits and 401K 

• 152 hours of PTO + 8 Paid Holidays 

• Dynamic, fast-paced work environment 

• Opportunity to work on Continuous Improvement Processes

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 on