About This Role
This Associate Scientist role in Analytical Development involves supporting the development of Tarsus products at various lifecycle stages. The individual will be responsible for developing, analyzing, and managing experiments, preparing and analyzing experimental formulations, and maintaining lab instruments. The position suits a recent graduate with laboratory experience in pharmaceutical development.
Responsibilities
- Create and maintain templates for stability reports and data-summary tables
- Enter and review stability data
- Review laboratory notebooks for completeness, accuracy, traceability, and compliance
- Perform balance verification and prepare standards and samples
- Perform UV, osmolality, pH, and other routine analytical testing
- Maintain laboratory glassware and shared laboratory areas
- Prepare, coordinate, document, and receive sample and material shipments
- Prepare and maintain HPLC systems
- Conduct routine assay testing and basic HPLC runs
- Assist with stability studies, troubleshooting, and general laboratory operations
- Follow applicable SOPs, safety requirements, good documentation practices, and data-integrity standards
Requirements
- Bachelor in Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences, or related fields
- Hands-on laboratory experience with analytical techniques used to characterize drug substance or drug products (e.g., HPLC, UV-Vis spectroscopy, pH, osmolality, viscosity, or related techniques)
- Recently graduated with up to three (3) years of hands-on laboratory experience in pharmaceutical development, gained through industry, academic research, or internships
- Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills with the ability to investigate technical challenges and propose practical solutions
- Maintains organized laboratory records and effectively documents experimental procedures, observations, and conclusions
- Ability to work collaboratively while managing multiple priorities and meeting project timelines
- Effective written and verbal communication skills with the ability to summarize experimental results and present findings to project teams
Important Details
- Schedule: Monday to Friday (9am-5pm)
- Contract: long-term temporary, with opportunity to be hired on depending on business needs and work performance
- Reports to: Manager of Analytical Development
About the Company
Our Tarsans live our values of commitment to patients, empowerment to champion innovation, and teamwork to amplify impact.
