Job Description

Job Overview:

Play a pivotal role in the drug development process and grow your career!

If you are looking for a company where you can gain exposure to a wide variety of science and explore a multitude of career paths across the drug development spectrum, consider working at Covance by Labcrop as a Lead Scientist (Principal Investigator)  in our Discovery, non-GLP Bioanalytical group.

Essential Job Duties: 

• Serves as the scientific point of contact for the client
• Able to manage/supervise chemists
• Able to lead and direct scientific work to support external methods and projects.
• Ensures client programs meet Covance and client requirements.
• Reviews data with the method development team to ensure methods are ready for non-GLP qualification.
• Approves qualified methods and independently reviews and approves raw data.
• Serves as a SD, RS, CS, LS, or PI for non-regulated, and GCP-regulated studies as applicable.
• Effectively evaluates data and tables to ensure SOP guidelines and client expectations are met.
• Reviews and approves reports for scientific accuracy and completeness.
• Provides technical support as needed.
• Assists with efforts to troubleshoot and solve assay problems.
• Recognizes the functions of different teams within Covance and seeks guidance when appropriate.
• Participates in scientific investigations.
• Approves data archival.
• Works with the client to determine project requirements.
• Gives scientific directives to the study team.
• Identifies scientific issues or scope changes within the study.
• Communicates and monitors scientific expectations with scientific staff and clients.
• Proactively identifies ways to increase client satisfaction.
• Promotes quality within the study team.
• Provides a technical resource for less experienced team members.
• Actively promotes collaboration within and across groups.
• Provides appropriate coaching and recognition to team members.
• Promotes a positive impression of Covance internally and within the industry.
• Able to plan, prioritize, and manage workload for large and complex projects.
• Demonstrated ability to manage high volume study work for key clients.
• Takes accountability and demonstrates responsibility regarding scientific study conduct.
• Good knowledge of client requirements.
• Manages time effectively.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Education/Qualifications:

• Masters (MS) degree in science or related field
• Experience may be substituted for education

Experience:

• 3-4 years of experience in the job discipline
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Proven ability to prioritize and manage time
• Excellent attention to detail
• Able to utilize word processing, database, spreadsheet, and specialized software
• Experience and skill with Watson, Nautilus, and Analyst preferred