Global Technical Developer

Roquette is a family-owned global leader in plant-based ingredients and a leading provider of pharmaceutical excipients.

Want to help us make a difference
Using plant-based resources we collaborate with our customers and partners to imagine and offer ingredients to better feed people and treat patients.
Each of our ingredients responds to unique and essential needs and they enable healthier lifestyles.

The Role:

We are looking for our next Global Technical Developer.

This position is located in Lower Gwynedd PA

Compensation:

The current salary for this role is $161103.90. In addition this position may also be eligible to earn performance-based incentive compensation. The specific compensation offered to a candidate will be influenced by a variety of factors including but not limited to skills qualifications experience and location.

What Youll Do:

• The Global Technical Developer (GTD) acts as a principal reference for Roquettes customers R&D and manufacturing staff in the US pharmaceutical industry. Customers are located mainly in the US. Some US customers have R&D or manufacturing sites outside the US in North America Central America and South America which will also be supported by the GTD. For select US customers with global activities the GTD coordinates these global activities through teamwork with peers in other regions to facilitate communication and efficiency gain for these customers.
• The GTD acts as an expert in pharmaceutical technology in general and in particular in the use of Roquette pharmaceutical excipients in their applications in pharmaceutical dosage forms. The GTD uses advanced formulation skills and relevant experience to support the development of new drug products trouble shooting of pharmaceutical manufacturing with existing products and the support of customer initiatives to harvest cost saving potential and life cycle management requirements.
• The GTD uses long term robust relationships with customers pharmaceutical R&D experts to present and explain new Roquette products and concepts for pharmaceutical manufacturing and new dosage form development.
• The GTD publishes scientific data obtained in the Roquette application centers at pharmaceutical conferences as posters or oral presentations.
• Inside Roquette the GTD supports the development of new pharmaceutical excipients end-to-end from ideation of new solutions prototype testing in customer collaborations development of sales collateral for training of sales colleagues to roll out activities.
• The GTD is responsible for the training of peers colleagues in sales and marketing as well as training of business partners.
• Domestic and international travel required up to 50% of the time.
• Part-time remote work within area of intended employment is permissible.

What Youll Need:

Education:

• A Bachelors degree or foreign equivalent in Pharmaceutical Sciences or related field plus 10 years of progressively responsible experience as a formulator or application specialist in the pharmaceutical industry.

Experience:

The required experience must include the following:

• 10 years of experience in the development of pharmaceutical dosage forms working in the laboratory and in collaboration with customer R&D staff.
• 10 years of experience in cross-functional teams and with project leadership.
• 10 years of experience coaching peers to transfer knowledge.

Any and all experience may be gained concurrently.

Applicant must also possess demonstrated knowledge* of the following:

• Strong communication and presentation skills. Ability to effectively communicate to all levels of both the customer organization and internally.
• Pharmaceutical equipment processes and formulation to support and solve customers issues support formulation development and develop process improvements.
• Advanced didactics to properly share knowledge and assertively deliver the desired information.
• Ability to work with manufacturing clients from Central America South America and North America.

*Demonstrated knowledge may be obtained through education training or experience.

If interested send resume or curriculum vitae to and reference GTD.

AAP/EEO Statement

Roquette is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race color religion national origin gender sexual orientation gender identity age physical or mental disability genetic factors military/veteran status or other characteristics protected by law. AAP EEO Drug-Free Workplace

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

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