Senior Scientist, Tech Ops

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Fullltime / Permanent / CF Level 6

Locations available: Bern

• Researches and develops new medicines for unmet medical needs through innovative medical science from inception, through clinical trials to commercialization. 
• Assesses, monitors and ensures products meet clinical safety standards. 
• Conducts sophisticated analysis, manages research information systems and technical documentation. 
• May be involved in providing para-professional laboratory support for product testing after collection.
• Establishes relationship with regulatory authorities to establish and maintain registration licenses to sell products globally.​
• Designs and implements business experimental processes to enable product research and development.
• Designs related integrated process and candidate / product team activities and directs technical and operational activities to ensure planned project outcomes, and enables portfolio prioritization, resource allocation, and risk management.
• Provides and contributes to project progression and reports, as required, to project or program committees for decision-making support.
• Leads teams in the development of program and project strategy, and lifecycle management planning.
• Develops systems to support dynamic portfolio management.
• Serves a key role in portfolio evaluation process.
• Drives initiatives across research and development units to create fully integrated strategies.
• Monitors and reports on portfolio status and proactively addresses and resolves issues.
• May design and develop manufacturing processes for new or existing products, taking into consideration problems inherent in the transfer of technology from research to manufacturing.
• Develops procedures for the economical mass production in cooperation with pilot-plant and production departments.
• Conducts tests and measurements throughout stages of production to determine control over applicable variables. 
• As required, will need to operate within the current regulatory and compliance environments.​

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Main Responsibilities & Accountabilities​

• Applies advanced knowledge of job area  typically obtained through a 3-4 year University Degree and work experience​
• May manage projects/processes, working independently with limited supervision​
• Coaches and reviews the work of lower level professionals​
• Problems faced are difficult and sometimes complex, often requiring understanding of broader set of issues​
• Provides scientific expertise and guidance in the application of relevant technology platform to research and product development activities. ​
• Ensures high quality application of technology platform in order to support designated project objectives. ​
• Contributes to the planning, performance, evaluation and reporting of scientific experiments at the highest levels of scientific integrity.  ​
• Works together with and provide expertise to other team members in order to achieve specified research project objectives within defined time parameters.​

• Postgraduate degree (preferably MSc or PhD) and / or experience in relevant discipline. ​
• Minimum of 3 years' relevant industry experience and / or equivalent experience in a relevant academic environment.  ​
• Experience in project work and excellent analytical skills.​
• Excellent communication skills (English language).​

Different qualifications or responsibilities may apply based on local legal and/or educational requirements.​

CSL Behring is a global biotherapeutics leader driven by our promise to save lives. Focused on serving patients’ needs by using the latest technologies, we discover, develop and deliver innovative therapies for people living with conditions in the immunology, hematology, cardiovascular and metabolic, respiratory, and transplant therapeutic areas. We use three strategic scientific platforms of plasma fractionation, recombinant protein technology, and cell and gene therapy to support continued innovation and continually refine ways in which products can address unmet medical needs and help patients lead full lives.

CSL Behring operates one of the world’s largest plasma collection networks, CSL Plasma. Our parent company, CSL, headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, employs 32,000 people, and delivers its lifesaving therapies to people in more than 100 countries.

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