Associate Scientific Director Laboratory Sciences Bioanalysis

At Charles River, we are passionate about improving the quality of people's lives. When you join our global family, you will help create healthier lives for millions of patients and their families.

Charles River employees are innovative thinkers, who are dedicated to continuous learning and improvement. We will empower you with the resources you need to grow and develop in your career.

As a Charles River employee, you will be part of an industry-leading, customer-focused company at the forefront of drug development. Your skills will play a key role in bringing life-saving therapies to market faster through simpler, quicker, and more digitalized processes. Whether you are in lab operations, finance, IT, sales, or another area, when you work at Charles River, you will be the difference every day for patients across the globe.

Provide direct oversight of scientific and operational processes for discovery through regulated (GLP) and clinical bioanalytical services. Manage assigned scientific staff and provide scientific direction, operational oversight, and provide mentorship for junior staff. Develop and maintain strong client/sponsor relationships and participate in business development activities. Additional responsibilities include serving as the subject matter expert and primary scientific contact for internal and external clients and the on-site support of their programs, as well as ensuring the regulatory compliance of laboratory procedures, documentation, and data management.

• Efficiently perform supervisory responsibilities in accordance with organizational policies and applicable laws to include interviewing, hiring, training, and development of employees.

• Develop organizational strength by hiring, identifying and developing personnel who are scientifically and/or technically strong.

• Establish culture and atmosphere to maintain good retention and low turnover using available tools and metrics.

• Operate as a subject matter expert to provide leadership, expert consultation and mentorship to cross-functional company teams.

• Collaborate and consult with prospective Sponsors, providing scientific expertise and developing ongoing Sponsor relationships. Assist with providing costing estimates for components of applicable studies.

• Lead implementation of new procedures and refinement of existing procedures to meet current and future business needs.

• Effectively plan, assign and direct work within one or more operational areas.

• Maintain critical thinking, troubleshooting and time management skills aligned with needs of operational areas.

• Provide leadership for the robust development of novel methods within one or more operational areas, demonstrating proficiency with lab skills and understanding of scientific and regulatory concepts in experimental design.

• Establish and maintain best practices and processes for training, mentoring and transition of developed methods.

• Skillfully oversee the design, conduct, interpretation and reporting of studies as needed.

• Demonstrate effective communication skills through both formal and informal collaboration and discussions with peers, supervisor, team, cross-site, and externally with collaborators and sponsors.

• Ensure laboratory tasks and operations are executed in compliance with SOPs, protocols, regulatory requirements as needed.

• Review and approve Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), protocols, policies, best practices and study procedures.

• Maintain contemporaneous knowledge of regulatory requirements.

• Education:
  
  PhD or international equivalent in a science related field required.

• Experience:
  
  10 or more years' experience in the contract research or pharmaceutical industry conducting scientific research.…