Analytical Chemist/Research Assoicate III

Vantive is a vital organ therapy company on a mission to extend lives and expand possibilities for patients and care teams everywhere. For 70 years, our team has driven meaningful innovations in kidney care. As we build on our legacy, we are deepening our commitment to elevating the dialysis experience through digital solutions and advanced services, while looking beyond kidney care and investing in transforming vital organ therapies. Greater flexibility and efficiency in therapy administration for care teams, and longer, fuller lives for patients— that is what Vantive aspires to deliver.

We believe Vantive will not only build our leadership in the kidney care space, it will also offer meaningful work to those who join us. At Vantive, you will become part of a community of people who are focused, courageous and don’t settle for the mediocre. Each of us is driven to help improve patients’ lives worldwide. Join us in advancing our mission to extend lives and expand possibilities.

Your Role

The Kidney Care R&D - Analytical Chemistry team currently has an opening for an experienced versatile Analytical Chemist who can be a senior analytical lead, direct and execute lab experiments in the Renal Care Solutions R&D chemistry lab. The successful candidate will effectively contribute solid technical knowledge to a variety of projects within the relevant discipline with minimal assistance and display technical understanding of related disciplines including:

• Implement strategies, which are non-routine within areas of expertise to address specific technical requirements of a project.
• Display a solid understanding of theories/practices utilized by other disciplines outside the primary area of expertise.
• Focus on innovation, process improvement, and/or operational excellence initiatives.
• Conduct research and design strategies to achieve the technical vision for a new or improved product/process/method or to prove a new theory, applying a solid understanding of theories/practices including those from other disciplines outside the primary area of expertise.
• Direct other analytical chemists in the interpretation of project results.

What you'll be doing

• Effectively contribute solid technical knowledge to a variety of projects within the relevant discipline with minimal assistance.
• Act as a study director, design and execute method development, validation, and transfer studies including authorship of protocols and reports, by incorporating input from various subject matter experts.
• Collaborate with other functions such as project management, regulatory, extractables, manufacturing and quality in project teams.
• Conduct analytical problem-solving efforts to meet business needs.
• Participate in investigations that correspond to atypical or out-of-specification/out-of-trend results.  Leverage critical thinking skills to drive the investigation to conclusions based on sound scientific principles.
• Create, update, and maintain equipment and analytical procedures.
• Appropriately prioritize assignments to meet project schedules.
• Transfer analytical methods to manufacturing plants, CRO and other R&D centers.
• Maintain knowledge of relevant regulatory requirements related to R&D (product development, design and safety) to ensure compliance in all research, data collection and reporting activities.
• Champion internal initiatives that advance operational excellence.
• Implement new or improved techniques and procedures around specific tasks; write and implement SOP's.
• Share research outcomes, methodology and cycle-time reduction methods with team members and other divisional personnel.
• Maintain current knowledge of relevant Quality System Regulations and other regulatory requirements related to research and development (product development, design and safety) to ensure compliance in all research, data collection and reporting activities.

What you'll bring

• Experience with analytical method development, validation and transfers.
• A good understanding of ICH, USP guidelines and cGxP practice.
• Expertise and hands-on experience with some combination of: ICP-MS, ICP-OES, IC, AA, UHPLC/HPLC, GC, UV, Polarimeter, (NMR a plus) and other analytical instruments and software (Open Lab, ELN, Empower).
• Ability to learn quickly and to solve problems in a timely manner using analytical chemistry skills.
• Possesses strong technical writing and computer skills (MS Word, Excel and etc.).
• Ability to organize, assess and communicate complex information that engages the project team.
• Ability to make decisions when provided with limited information and to make routine decisions independently.
• Ability to design experiments and dra