Director – Analytical Development, Methods & Characterisation

<h2><b>Job Description:</b></h2><h1><b>Leverage your strong leadership and CMC experience </b><br/> </h1><p><b>Do you find great professional fulfillment in empowering individuals to excel in their roles, and do you have experience managing a team of highly skilled scientists? Are you looking for an opportunity to challenge the status quo and build a vision for your department and its role in Ferring? </b></p><p></p><p><b>As Director of Analytical Development, Methods, and Characterization, you are encouraged to use a coaching leadership style to strategically strengthen the area of analytical method development, validation, and chemical characterization in the Ferring CMC organization. </b><br/> </p><p><b>Ferring + you </b><br/>You can look forward to joining the Global Product Development &amp; Drug Delivery leadership team responsible for the CMC development of Ferring’s drug products. The team consists of 8 line managers, who value cross-functional collaboration, allowing us to view our areas of responsibility within the broader context of Ferring’s matrix organization.   </p><p></p><p>“I’m looking for someone who’s solutions-oriented with a delivery focus and a holistic understanding of drug development. Leading a team of subject matter experts, you must be able to zoom out, assess the bigger picture, and support your team in doing the same,” elaborates Helena Nicklasson, Vice President of Product Development and Drug Delivery.</p><p></p><p><b>Your day at Ferring </b><br/>Your most important responsibility will be to lead a team of 10 highly skilled scientists responsible for planning, coordinating, leading, and evaluating analytical method development, validation, and characterization work performed in our internal laboratories and at different CROs.</p><p></p><p>Working with non-GMP- and GMP-related tasks, their work covers everything from proteins and peptides to small molecules and other modalities within the CMC area. The team's responsibilities range from candidate drug selection to Phase 3 and transfer to commercial manufacturing, and include all relevant dosage forms.</p><p></p><p>As an experienced people manager, your primary objective will be to create a positive environment conducive to your team delivering robust analytical methods and characterization packages to drug substance and drug development projects. This includes:  </p><ul><li><p>leading, motivating, and developing your team through daily coaching, problem solving, individual objectives, and performance reviews</p></li><li><p>building and maintaining strong relationships with stakeholders across Ferring</p></li><li><p>supporting your team in building a thorough understanding of Ferring’s value chain and their contributions to the global organization</p></li><li><p>building an external network of relevant experts across the scientific community<br/> </p></li></ul><p>Our spectacular and state-of-the-art International PharmaScience Center (IPC) in Copenhagen will be your primary workplace. In addition, you can expect to travel about 10-15 days a year to meet colleagues and partners, including CROs.<br/> </p><p><b>Behind our innovation - there’s you </b><br/>You have strong leadership skills and experience coaching highly skilled scientists to deliver in a global matrix organization. With a holistic view of the drug development process, you can explain the “why, how, who, and when”, and you have a natural ability to balance when to uphold a decision, and when to seek a good compromise.</p><p>With a technical understanding of analytical method development, validation, and characterization of large and small molecules, you have sufficient scientific knowledge to engage with specialists, without necessarily being a subject matter expert.  <br/> </p><p>Additionally, you have:</p><ul><li><p>demonstrated success in applying a coaching leadership style</p></li><li><p>extensive experience from the CMC area of the pharmaceutical industry</p></li><li><p>strong competencies in networking and cross-functional collaboration</p></li><li><p>a background in chemistry, pharmacy, or equivalent</p></li><li><p>excellent communication skills.<br/> </p></li></ul><p><b>People come first at Ferring </b><br/>You will be part of a true R&amp;D house, where we believe that it is essential for employees to have equal opportunity to enhance their skills, competencies, and knowledge. We offer career development opportunities and support the learning process for employees, who are jointly responsible for their learning and continuing professional development.​</p><p>Together, we work to support our mission to help people live better lives.<br/> </p><p><b>Behind our purpose – there’s you </b><br/>If our mission and your vision are aligned, please apply. Kindly include a few lines regarding your motivation for applying in the CV or a cover letter. Please note that we review applications continuously and close the process when we find the right match.</p><p></p><p>For