Project Manager, Clinical Research, Research Scientist

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At Reading Scientific Services Ltd (RSSL), we lead the way in scientific analysis, research, consultancy, and training. We provide services to the food, pharmaceutical, and consumer goods industries, as well as our parent company, Mondelez International.

We are not just dedicated to delivering world‑class scientific solutions and outstanding customer service, we are recognised for it. We were named Best Performing Professional Services Company of the Year at the One Nucleus Awards and CRO of the Yearat the OBN awards. We were also finalists for multiple recent multiple awards recognising our commitment to skills and rising talent.

Purpose:

In RSSL we are customer focused, science led and results driven. The RSS L Food Sciences laboratory performs a wide range of analytical analyses for a variety of food, pharmaceutical and healthcare companies and supports Mondelez research and innovation.

The Project Manager will undertake a critical project delivery role with people management responsibilities within our Food Sciences laboratory
. You will play a key role in ensuring that a wide range of projects including novel foods, stability studies, product development, and method validations are executed accurately, within agreed timescales, and to appropriate quality standards.

The position will be primarily based in Reading
, although you may be required to work at any of the RSSL sites.

Primary Accountabilities / Responsibilities:

Technical

Provide high quality customer service at all times by ensuring effective organisation of assigned workload, integrity of analytical data generated and timely / accurate provision of results.

Manage internal/external projects ensuring effective work programmes to agreed timescales. To include acting as primary contact for client and managing all communications, hosting review meetings, providing project updates, preparing high quality project reports , liasing with dep a rtments to ensure practical work is scheduled and invoicing of external projects.

Project manage a variety of projects within Food Sciences including but not limited to novel food projects, stability studies, product development activities, method development and validations .

Demonstrate good organisational skills including engagement with relevant analytical co-ordinators /lab managers. Also facilitate colleagues from other sites and support where required .

Assist with generation of client proposals for method development, transfers , stability studies and validation s

Generate certificate of analysis or external interpretive reports

Provide training and supervise junior staff in routine activities

Will be expected to cross train and work in different laboratories if the demand is required .

Communication & Influence

Work collaboratively as part of an efficient, high-performing analytical team.

To liai se with clients, business development and line management to ensure effective communication of project proposals and results .

Participate in client and stake holder meetings

Deliver presentations to technical stakeholders and clients as required

Manage projects of various sizes across Food Sciences

Leadership and supervision

Plan own workload and plan routine projects for junior staff

Manage, mentor, and develop a team of Scientists and Technicians

QEHS

Work to the highest standards of safety and quality by ensuring that appropriate COSHHs , risk assessments and SOPs are understood and followed .

To complete assigned quality actions i n a timely manner

Assist with the documentation of SOPs for simple equipment and tests and generation of Risk Assessments and COSHH

To maintain a clean, tidy and safe working environment.

To understand and work to the requirements of GMP and UKAS.

Ensure training records are accurate .

Knowledge, Skills, Experience and Language Requirements:

Educated to Degree or PhD in a relevant scientific discipline or equivalent relevant experience in a laboratory.

Scientific understanding and ability to independently manage and deliver several projects

Accountable, honest, hardworking and…