Manager MS&T Analytical Lab

Job

Are you looking for a patient-oriented, innovation-driven company that inspires you and promotes your career? Then take your future in your hands and become part of Takeda as Manager MS&T Analytical Lab. Lead a dynamic team at the forefront of vaccine development, driving innovation and efficiency in biopharmaceutical manufacturing processes, while shaping the future of Takeda’s global dengue vaccine operations.

Responsibilities:

• Establish, lead and manage the MS&T Analytical Lab Team, overseeing analyses, troubleshooting, and lab activities to support process development and product characterization.
• Collaborate with DS Labs, DP Labs, international Analytical/QC departments, and other functions to align analytical strategies, standards and ensure timely delivery of comparable test results.
• Provide scientific and technical leadership, ensuring high-quality results across biological, molecular, and physical /chemical methods, while fostering team collaboration and continuous improvement.
• Serve as the main contact for internal and external partners, managing operational and capital expenditures, safety, training, and documentation.
• Attract, mentor and evaluate team members, developing talent to meet future competency needs and enhancing analytical capabilities through standardized methods.
• Make independent decisions regarding lab setup, experimental design, and method standardization, while managing multiple priorities and continuously revisiting standards according to project needs.
• Partner with CMC development and Vaccines Research Teams and encourage knowledge sharing and application of scientific expertise across cross-functional teams.

Profile

• MSc degree with 10+ years in analytics of vaccines or biologics, MS&T labs or start-ups including multiple years of conceptual design, improvement, execution and evaluation of complex biological assays.
• Minimum of 5 years of direct leadership experience, including technical staff development.
• Solid experience in virology, molecular biology, immunology, cell culture handling, and bioanalytical assays; experience with live viruses or in a BSL-2 environment is a plus.
• Preferred experience working in a GLP environment.
• Detail-oriented self-starter and team player who can balance entrepreneurial needs with timely analytics for process development and troubleshooting.
• Strong cross-functional communication skills and a proven ability to lead multiple projects and influence others.
• Well-organized and detail-oriented, capable of effective prioritization and cooperative interaction in a matrix environment.

In this position you will report to the Director MS&T Lab.

Benefits

• Attractive and competitive salary

• Open-minded and modern working environment

• Hybrid working model

• 30 vacation days

• Company pension plan

• Further education and training

• Commuting allowance

• Attractive Relocation Package including brokerage fees

• Subsidized canteen

• Subsidized sports programs

• Disability insurance

• Long-term account with various possible uses

• Employee discounts

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

• Group accident insurance

• Performance-related bonus

• Trusted working hours

• Employee Referral Program

• Deferred compensation as desired

• Global Wellbeing Program

• Interactive online courses for employees' children

• Employee Recognition Program

Company profile

Takeda is focused on creating better health for people and a brighter future for the world. We aim to discover and deliver life-transforming treatments in our core therapeutic and business areas, including gastrointestinal and inflammation, rare diseases, plasma-derived therapies, oncology, neuroscience and vaccines.

In Singen, around 1,200 employees specialize in the production of liquid, semi-solid and freeze-dried medicines. Singen is the only production site in the global Takeda network for the manufacture of our new dengue fever vaccine. Takeda Singen is a regionally significant employer and has been awarded the independent Top Employer certificate several years in a row. The site is characterized by its high level of diversity (e.g., more than 55 nationalities and over 40% of leaders are women), its long company history and its excellent development opportunities. The town of Singen (Hohentwiel) is located on the beautiful Lake Constance in Baden-Württemberg with a view of the Alps and close proximity to France, Liechtenstein, Austria, and Switzerland.