Corden Pharma - A Full-Service CDMO
Corden Pharma - A Full-Service CDMO
Corden Pharma - A Full-Service CDMO is a global pharmaceutical contract development and manufacturing organization serving clients from early clinical programs through commercial production. Its integrated capabilities span active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), drug products, and lipid excipients, with specialist expertise in peptides, oligonucleotides, lipid nanoparticle (LNP) formulation, highly potent and oncology compounds, sterile and non-sterile dosage forms, and custom lipid manufacturing. The company supports pharmaceutical development and supply through cGMP facilities across Europe and North America, combining technical manufacturing services with integrated project management.

Senior Research Fellow - Pharmaceutical Process Development

Lead scientific strategy, innovation, and process development across Corden Pharma’s pharmaceutical manufacturing network. Advise executives, mentor scientists, and address complex chemistry and production challenges.

Description

  • Define and advance Corden Pharma’s scientific vision in support of long-term strategic objectives
  • Identify emerging technologies and apply them to critical business challenges
  • Advise executive leaders on research priorities and portfolio optimization
  • Mentor scientists and strengthen scientific capabilities across the organization
  • Lead enterprise and project-level innovation initiatives while delivering scientific solutions on schedule
  • Prepare patent submissions, conference presentations, and scientific publications
  • Collaborate with scientists and engineers to produce technical papers and reports
  • Design, develop, execute, and oversee innovative methods for chemical and technical challenges
  • Deliver scientific and technical guidance to technical staff
  • Coordinate with academic partners and connect Development with other departments
  • Direct assessments of intellectual property considerations
  • Work across disciplines and manufacturing or development locations
  • Review external publication proposals for proprietary-content restrictions and recommend compliant actions
  • Create or guide solutions for complex technical challenges without established precedents
  • Ensure technology and processes satisfy yield, quality, throughput, and SHE requirements
  • Contribute expertise to new process concepts and development or manufacturing opportunities
  • Provide scientific leadership and influence the organization’s long-term research direction
  • Lead company-wide initiatives involving advanced technologies and business growth
  • Help shape strategic budgets for major research and innovation programs
  • Partner with executive leadership to secure funding for breakthrough research and transformational initiatives
  • Comply with safety, environmental, cGMP, FDA, ICH Q7, and other applicable regulations

Requirements

  • PhD and 15 years of advanced pharmaceutical-industry scientific experience, or an equivalent combination of pharmaceutical-industry and academic experience
  • Established scientific authority within and beyond Corden Pharma
  • Demonstrated expertise in designing and executing organic synthesis and/or analytical operations across diverse chemistry applications
  • Extensive knowledge of scientific and patent literature, including comprehensive literature-search methods
  • Strong written and verbal communication abilities
  • Capacity to provide technical direction on development processes
  • Proficiency in data analysis and collaborative interdisciplinary work
  • Advanced computer proficiency
  • Proactive and effective approach to solving problems
  • Broad understanding of chemical reactivity, process safety, cross-reactivity, side products, and waste streams
  • Working knowledge of pharmaceutical-manufacturing regulations, including cGMP, PSM, OSHA, EPA, and process hazard analysis requirements
  • Ability to interpret regulations and develop, defend, and implement cost-effective solutions
  • Ability to analyze scientific and analytical journals, financial reports, and legal documents
  • Ability to write speeches and publishable articles
  • Ability to present effectively to senior management, public audiences, and boards of directors
  • Ability to use advanced mathematics, including multivariate statistics, chemometrics, differential equations, and probability theory
  • Ability to apply logical and scientific reasoning to complex intellectual and practical problems
  • Ability to work with chemical formulas, scientific equations, graphs, and abstract and concrete variables
  • Ability to occasionally lift or move up to 50 pounds
  • Ability to satisfy the role’s physical and workplace-environment requirements

Benefits

  • 401(k) matching: 100% company contribution on the first 6%, with full vesting after two years of service
  • Accident insurance plan
  • Critical illness insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Disability insurance
  • Employee assistance program
  • Flexible spending account
  • PPO/HSA health insurance
  • Hospital indemnity plan
  • Identity theft protection
  • Life insurance
  • Paid parental leave
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Wellness program
  • Three weeks of vacation during the first year
  • Vision insurance
  • Occasional domestic and international travel may be required

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