Leading Scientist - Method Expert for Liquid Chromatography

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Join us in helping to make healthcare fairer and faster. / Pridružite se nam in nam pomagajte povečati pravičnost in hitrost zdravstvenega varstva.

Job Description

90+ is the number of employees in the Process Analytics and Analytical Sciences department. Join us in co-creating a new unit for the development of biosimilars at Sandoz's global development center in Ljubljana.

As a Leading Scientist – Method Expert for Liquid Chromatography (d/f/m) you will play a key role in leading and guiding project and functional activities while actively contributing to strategic decision-making. Your responsibilities will cover the full spectrum of research work, from planning, designing, and execution to precise documentation and independent interpretation of complex scientific and development tasks using state-of-the-art approaches. In addition, you will take responsibility for mentoring and training team members, fostering their professional growth and development.

Your key responsibilities:

• Lead and manage liquid chromatography related activities within development projects; contribute to scientific strategy and cross-functional decision-making.
• Design, develop and execute LC based assays to support process development and analytical method development activities.
• Effective collaboration with members of the multifunctional project team, including presenting data and actively participating in solving challenges that arise during the development of biosimilars, as well as participating in the selection of the most advanced technology and equipment. 
• Analytical development for biosimilars, including analytical transfers to production sites and management of stability of biosimilars, interpreting results, evaluating data, and forming appropriate conclusions.
• Documentation, explanation, and critical review of analysis results to appropriately guide the development of similar biological medicines, as well as preparation of analytical and other development documentation. 
• Scientific, digital, and operational excellence. 
• Ensuring compliance with quality standards, health and safety standards, and other Sandoz standards.
• Development of state-of-the-art analytical methods for monitoring critical quality attributes of similar biological products.
• Serve as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in your area of expertise, contributing to global initiatives and strategic projects. Plan and coordinate activities within the overall project framework, ensuring alignment with timelines and objectives. Act as the first point of contact for external analyses and CRO-related activities, including vendor selection, auditing, and guidance throughout execution. Stay current with industry trends and evolving regulatory requirements to drive best practices and compliance.

What you will bring to the role:

• Master’s degree or PhD in natural sciences, with strong knowledge of pharmacy, chemistry, or another relevant scientific discipline.
• Minimum of 6 years of experience with a Master’s degree or at least 3 years of experience with a Doctorate.
• Excellent scientific and technical writing skills.
• Experience working in interdisciplinary and multicultural teams.
• Strong soft skills, including the ability to communicate openly, clearly, assertively, in an organized and concise manner; the ability to influence in expert forums and collaborate effectively as an independent contributor across teams in a global environment.
• Demonstrated scientific, digital, and operational excellence, with the ability to introduce new approaches and a strong drive for continuous improvement and simplification.
• Active proficiency in English, both written and spoken.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools.
• Strong expertise in LC based techniques for biopharmaceutical formulations (e.g., proteins, peptides) will be considered an advantage.

What we offer:

Job location: Ljubljana

Contract type: permanent contract with 6-month probation period

Expected weekly working hours: 40

*Pay range: €50,720 – €76,080 gross yearly

*Salary at Sandoz is based on job level, qualifications, specific skills, and work experience. Fully proficient candidates are usually placed around the market median, less experienced candidates lower in the range, and those with strong or niche expertise higher. When determining placement within the range, we also consider internal pay equity and external market data.

Our compensation package additionally includes:

·     Annual bonus (STI): percentage of annual salary

·     Vacation allowance: in 2025 it was €2,430.99 net

·     Christmas bonus: in 2025 it was €2,100 gross

·     OurShare: every year, an employee of Lek d.d. will be entitled to receive shares of Sandoz AG

·     Voluntary Additional Pension Scheme: The company fully covers the contribution for your supplementary pension plan, amounting to 5.844% of your gross salary

·     Collective life and accident insurance (24/7 coverage)

·     A hybrid work environment offering flexibility and remote work possibilities – if applicable for position

Ready for your next career move?
You are kindly invited to submit your application in English and Slovene, including a CV, by November 15, 2026.

Why Sandoz?

Sandoz is the global leader in Biosimilar and Generic medicines, a segment of the healthcare industry that delivers 80% of the world’s medicines at 30% of the cost, touching the lives of more than 1 billion people across 100+ countries! While we are proud of our achievements, we have the ambition to do more so that everyone can benefit from the basic human right of good health.

With investments in new development capabilities, production sites, new acquisitions and partnerships, we have the opportunity to shape a sustainable future for Sandoz and to help even more people gain access to low-cost, high-quality medicines.

Our momentum is powered by an open, collaborative culture driven by our talented and ambitious colleagues who, in return for applying their skills, experience an agile and collegiate environment where diversity of thought is welcomed and where personal growth is supported! 

Join us in helping to make healthcare fairer and faster.

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:

We are committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and to forming diverse teams that are representative of the patients and communities we serve. 

#Sandoz

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Vodilni raziskovalec SGD – ekspert za tekočinsko kromatografijo (d/ž/m)

90+ je število sodelavcev v oddelku Procesna analitika in analitske znanosti. Pridruži se nam pri soustvarjanju nove enote razvoja bioloških zdravil v Sandozovem globalnem razvojnem centru v Ljubljani.

Kot Vodilni raziskovalec SGD - ekspert za tekočinsko kromatografijo (d/ž/m) boste imeli ključno vlogo pri vodenju in usmerjanju projektnih ter funkcionalnih aktivnosti ter aktivnem prispevanju k oblikovanju strateških odločitev. Vaše naloge bodo obsegale celoten spekter raziskovalnega dela – od načrtovanja, oblikovanja in izvajanja do natančnega dokumentiranja ter samostojne interpretacije kompleksnih znanstvenih in razvojnih nalog z uporabo najsodobnejših pristopov. Poleg tega boste prevzeli odgovornost za mentorstvo in usposabljanje članov ekipe, s čimer boste spodbujali njihovo strokovno rast in razvoj.

Vaše ključne odgovornosti:

• Vodenje in upravljanje aktivnosti, povezanih s tekočinsko kromatografijo, v okviru razvojnih projektov; prispevanje k znanstveni strategiji in medfunkcijskemu odločanju.
• Načrtovanje, razvoj in izvajanje analiz z LC metodami oziroma testov, ki temeljijo na LC principih, za podporo procesnemu razvoju in razvoju analitskih metod.
• Učinkovito sodelovanje s člani večfunkcijske projektne ekipe, vključno s predstavljanjem podatkov in aktivnim sodelovanjem pri reševanju izzivov, ki se pojavijo med razvojem podobnih bioloških zdravil ter sodelovanje pri izbiri najsodobnejše tehnologije in opreme.
• Analitični razvoj za podobna biološka zdravila, vključno z analitičnimi prenosi na proizvodne lokacije ter vodenje stabilnosti podobnih bioloških zdravil in interpretiranjem rezultatov, ocenjevanjem podatkov in oblikovanjem ustreznih sklepov.
• Dokumentiranje, razlaganje in kritično pregledovanje rezultatov analiz za ustrezno usmerjanje razvoja podobnih bioloških zdravil ter pripravo analitične in druge razvojne dokumentacije.
• Znanstvena, digitalna in operativna odličnost.
• Zagotavljanje skladnosti s standardi kakovosti, standardi s področja zdravja in varnosti pri delu ter drugimi Sandozovimi standardi.
• Razvoj najsodobnejših analitskih metod za spremljanje kritičnih lastnosti kakovosti podobnih bioloških zdravil
• Kot strokovnjak za vsebinsko področju (SME) boste sodelovali pri globalnih iniciativah in strateških projektih. Planiranje in koordinacija aktivnosti skladno s projektnimi zahtevami in časovnicami. Sodelovanje s polovnimi partnerji, vključno z izbiro partnerja, sodelovanje pri inšpekcijskih pregledih in vodenjem aktivnosti. Spremljanje tendov v industriji in regulatornih zahtev za zagotavljanje dobrih praks in skladnosti z regulatornimi predpisi.

Vaš doprinos k delovnem mestu:

• Visokošolska izobrazba (magisterij ali doktorat) na področju naravoslovnih znanosti z dobrim znanjem s področja farmacije, kemije ali druge ustrezne smeri.
• Minimalno 6 let izkušenj v primeru magisterija ali najmanj 3 let izkušenj v primeru doktorata.
• Odlične sposobnosti znanstvenega/tehničnega pisanja.
• Izkušnje z delom v interdisciplinarnih in medkulturnih ekipah.
• Dobre mehke veščine, kar pomeni sposobnost odprtega, jasnega, odločnega, organiziranega in jedrnatega komuniciranja, ki omogoča vpliv na strokovnih srečanjih, ter sposobnost sodelovanja kot samostojna enota med ekipami v globalnem okolju.
• Znanstvena odličnost, digitalna odličnost in operativna odličnost. Sposobnost uvajanja novih pristopov ter prizadevanje za izboljšave in poenostavitve.
• Zahtevano je aktivno znanje angleškega jezika (ustno in pisno).
• Poznavanje orodja Microsoft Office.
• Dobro poznavanje tehnik, ki temeljijo na LC principih, za biofarmacevtske učinkovine oziroma zdravila, npr. proteine in peptide, bo veljalo kot prednost.

Kaj nudimo:

Lokacija dela: Ljubljana

Vrsta pogodbe: pogodba za nedoločen čas s 6-mesečnim poskusnim obdobjem

Predvideni tedenski delovni čas: 40 ur

*Plačni razpon: 50.720 – 76.080 EUR bruto letno

*Plača v Sandozu temelji na nivoju delovnega mesta, kvalifikacijah, specifičnih veščinah in znanjih ter delovnih izkušnjah. Visoko usposobljeni kandidati so običajno umeščeni okoli mediane plačnega razpona, manj izkušeni na spodnji del razpona, kandidati z izrazito močnimi ali nišnimi kompetencami pa višje. Pri umeščanju v plačni razpon upoštevamo tudi notranjo uravnoteženost plač in zunanje tržne podatke.

Naš paket ugodnosti dodatno vključuje:

·     Letni bonus (STI): odstotek letne plače

·     Regres za letni dopust: leta 2025 je znašal 2.430,99 EUR (neto)

·     Božičnica: leta 2025 je znašala 2.100 EUR (bruto)

·     OurShare: Vsako leto bo zaposleni v družbi Lek d.d. upravičen do prejema delnic družbe Sandoz AG

·     Prostovoljno dodatno pokojninsko zavarovanje: družba Lek d.d. v celoti krije mesečni prispevek za dodatno pokojninsko zavarovanje v višini 5,844 % vaše mesečne bruto plače

·     Kolektivno življenjsko in nezgodno zavarovanje (kritje velja 24/7)

·     Hibridno delovno okolje, ki omogoča fleksibilnost in možnost dela na daljavo. – če to velja za zadevno delovno mesto

Ste pripravljeni na naslednji korak v karieri?
Prijavo z življenjepisom v angleškem in slovenskem jeziku lahko oddate najpozneje do 15. novembra 2026.

Zakaj Sandoz?

Sandoz je vodilni svetovni proizvajalec generičnih in podobnih bioloških zdravil – segmenta zdravstvene industrije, ki zagotavlja 80 % vseh zdravil na svetu po 30-odstotni ceni ter s tem vpliva na življenja več kot milijarde ljudi v več kot 100 državah. Čeprav smo ponosni na svoje dosežke, si prizadevamo narediti še več, da bi vsakdo imel dostop do temeljne človekove pravice – pravice do dobrega zdravja.

Z naložbami v nove razvojne zmogljivosti, proizvodne lokacije, nove pridobitve in partnerstva imamo priložnost oblikovati prihodnost Sandoza ter še večjemu številu ljudi omogočiti trajnostni dostop do cenovno ugodnih in visokokakovostnih zdravil.

Naš zagon temelji na odprti kulturi sodelovanja, katere srce so naši talentirani in ambiciozni sodelavci in sodelavke. V okolju, kjer so raznoliki načini razmišljanja dobrodošli in kjer se podpira osebna rast, imajo v zameno za uporabo svojih znanj možnost v celoti izkusiti delo v agilnem in povezovalnem okolju ter razvijati svojo uspešno kariero. 

Pridružite se nam in nam pomagajte povečati pravičnost in hitrost zdravstvenega varstva.

Predani smo raznolikosti in vključenosti:

Zavzemamo se za raznolikost, enake možnosti in vključenost. Prizadevamo si za oblikovanje raznolikih timov, saj ti predstavljajo naše bolnike in skupnosti, ki jih oskrbujemo. 

#Sandoz

Skills Desired

Analysis, Analysis, Analytical Chemistry, Analytical Skill, Automated Process, Chemical Analysis, Chemical Laboratory, Chemical Synthesis, Chemistry, Data Analysis, Diversity & Inclusion, Drug Development, Drug Discovery, Emotional Intelligence (EQ), Employee Development, Graph Algorithms, HPLC (High-Performance Liquid Chromatography), Innovation, Innovative Medicines, Machine Learning Algorithms, Medical Research, Medicinal Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Molecular Modelling, Organic Chemistry {+ 9 more}