Deputy Team Leader - Quality Control Chemistry

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CSL Behring is a world-leading biotechnology company committed to its promise to save lives. At our site in Bern, with over 1'800 employees, we develop and produce life-saving therapies for people with severe and rare diseases worldwide.

For our Chemical Quality Control (CQC) team within our Quality Management, we are looking for a committed personality as of 1. January 2027 as

Deputy Team Leader - Quality Control Chemistry (100%) (m/f/d)

In this versatile role, you combine your expertise in analytical chemistry with the deputy leadership of an eight-person laboratory team. You support the group management in the technical and organizational coordination of the team and assume technical and personnel leadership in their absence. In doing so, you have the opportunity to specifically contribute and further develop your leadership skills.

At the same time, you are actively involved in the GMP-compliant execution of release testing and in-process controls. In doing so, you work with various chromatographic, spectroscopic, and wet chemical analytical methods and make an important contribution to ensuring the quality of our life-saving products.

Competencies and responsibilities

• Support the group management in the technical and organizational leadership of the QC Chemistry team as well as assuming technical and personnel responsibility for approximately eight employees in their absence.
• Execution, evaluation, and GMP-compliant documentation of release testing and in-process controls using chromatographic (HPLC, UPLC, IC), spectroscopic (FAAS, GFAAS), and wet chemical analytical methods.
• Ensuring the technical and timely reporting of OOE-/OOS results and deviations in compliance with applicable quality specifications.
• Creation and revision of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) as well as technical review of method and equipment documentation.
• Collaboration with the responsible development teams in the optimization and validation of analytical methods as well as support in the evaluation of new analytical procedures.
• Participation in the qualification, maintenance, calibration, and monitoring of analytical instruments as well as in the procurement and qualification of chemical test and control materials.
• Technical induction of new employees as well as occasional support in the training of apprentices in the profession of Laborant EFZ, specialty in chemistry.
• Active participation in the continuous improvement of laboratory processes, analytical procedures, and quality standards within the area of responsibility.

Qualifications and professional experience

• Completed studies (FH/university) in the field of chemistry or training as Laborant EFZ, specialty in chemistry, with many years of relevant professional experience.
• Sound practical experience in instrumental analysis, especially with chromatographic and spectroscopic procedures.
• Experience in a cGMP-regulated laboratory environment as well as a strong sense of quality and responsibility.
• Strong leadership potential as well as the motivation to take responsibility for a team and to support and further develop employees technically and personally; initial leadership experience is an advantage, but not a requirement.
• Independent, careful, and structured way of working as well as a high degree of initiative, flexibility, and sense of responsibility.
• Strong teamwork and communication skills, assertiveness, as well as a service- and solution-oriented mindset.
• Fluent German skills as well as very good English skills in speaking and writing.

About this position

• As part of our Chemical Quality Control (CQC), you work in a versatile GMP-regulated laboratory environment and contribute directly to ensuring the quality of our products.
• Your daily work includes different analytical procedures, including chromatography, spectroscopy, and wet chemistry, as well as collaboration with various internal specialist departments.
• The position offers you the opportunity to combine your technical expertise with leadership responsibility and to further develop your leadership skills. You support the group management in day-to-day operations, assume leadership of the team in their absence, and simultaneously contribute to the further development of analytical methods, laboratory processes, and technical workflows.

Do you see yourself in this position? Then we look forward to your application. Please submit your CV, your work certificates, and your diplomas together as one file.

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.

To learn more about CSL, CSL Behring, CSL Seqirus and CSL Vifor visit https://www.csl.com/ and CSL Plasma at https://www.cslplasma.com/.

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