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Johnson & Johnson Consumer Health is recruiting for a **Scientist Senior** to work in **São José dos Campos**.
This individual will independently lead the strategy and execution of Analytical & Micro project deliverables on technical transfer teams and for other lifecycle management activities supporting South America, Central America and Mexico.
This includes defining the strategies for technical remediation for legacy products, execution planning, timing, resource requirements and interdependencies to complete the project deliverables.
**RESPONSIBILITIES**:
- Write and review technical documents including analytical and micro method assessments, method validation, method qualification and transfer protocols, and reports in compliance with standard operating procedures and regulatory requirements;
- Perform analytical troubleshooting;
- Optimization to ensure methodologies are in control and stay in control at receiving Quality Control labs;
- Typical analytical techniques include HPLC, UPLC, GC, FT-IR, UV/VIS, dissolution apparatus, wet chemistry and microbiological tests;
- Responsible for project management from analytical and micro aspects;
- Responsible for defining the analytical and micro deliverables, ensuring proper stakeholders are defined and informed, and communications with analytical management on issues which require escalation.
**Qualifications** QUALIFICATIONS**:
- A focused degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering or Pharmaceutical Chemistry is preferred;
- Experience in the pharmaceutical industry is required;
- A strong background in HPLC, UPLC, and dissolution techniques is required;
- Experience with method validation (chemical methods), method qualification (Microbiological methods), method transfer and laboratory investigations is required;
- Experience performing instrumental and wet chemistry testing including GC, FT-IR, UV-VIS, titration, and other chemical analyses, besides microbiological typical testing (total microbial count, yeasts & molds count, Challenge Test, etc);
- Familiarity with GMPs and guidelines related to method development and validation are required;
- Advanced level of English is required for this position;
- Intermediate or higher levels of Spanish can be considered a differential.
**Primary Location**
Brazil-São Paulo-São José dos Campos-Rod.Presidente Dutra, Km 154
**Organization**
J&J do Brasil Indústria e Comércio de Produtos para Saúde Ltda.
(7600)
**Job Function**
R&D
**Requisition ID**
2206045046W