Senior Associate Director Analytical Dev

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Senior Associate Director Analytical Dev

Purpose:

The Senior Associate Director shapes the Analytical Development (AD) scientific and organizational capability system that enables high-value portfolio delivery, product maintenance, and future-ready scientific operations across CHIC. The role provides senior scientific and organizational leadership across analytical control strategy, method expectations, digital/data/laboratory systems, capital and infrastructure planning, and cross-functional portfolio enablement. It drives alignment of AD capabilities, resources, technologies, and risk decisions, negotiating competing priorities and translating complex analytical science into portfolio, investment, and lifecycle choices. This ensures development programs and lifecycle needs are served by robust science, efficient workflows, compliant systems, and scalable laboratory infrastructure. Through leadership of the AD Lab Capability and Systems Enablement Community, the role accelerates capability growth, digital adoption, operational effectiveness, and investment readiness. As a senior AD representative in governance forums and an active CHIC Working Leadership Team contributor, the role influences prioritization, resource, product maintenance, and selected leadership-team decisions, the role influences decisions that strengthen AD’s enterprise impact and long-term value creation.

YOUR TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Project Delivery

• Lead broad outcome-focused AD activities across NPD, product maintenance, and transformational science/technology platforms by setting direction, aligning resources, and influencing cross-functional priorities;
• Provide senior AD leadership for method development, method validation expectations, method transfer readiness, stability studies planning, product specification preparation, and lifecycle expectations across supported programs;
• Own and set the framework for CHIC analytical control strategy, facilitating evidence-based alignment, constructive challenge, and risk-based decisions across relevant areas;
• Serve as the AD Category Steering Lead for assigned categories, partnering with the Innovation General Manager (iGM) and cross-functional stakeholders to shape category strategy, evaluate innovation opportunities, strengthen the development pipeline, and provide scientific leadership that informs portfolio prioritization, investment decisions, risk management, and successful delivery of development and product lifecycle objectives;
• Serve as the AD point person within CHIC for Product Maintenance and PS, leveraging AD communities and partner teams to align priorities, resolve competing analytical needs, and co-create solutions across the enterprise AD network;
• Identify AD, portfolio, infrastructure, digital/data/system, and capability risks; communicate risk trade-offs and mitigation choices to senior stakeholders; and escalate risks as appropriate;

Innovation

• Own Digital, Data, Systems (ELN, LIMS, DMS) and IT-related responsibilities for AD labs, leading stakeholder alignment, adoption, process simplification, automation, systems governance, and data/digital capability development;
• Own AD lab capital and infrastructure planning, building outcome-focused investment narratives that align stakeholders on priorities and link equipment, technology, and long-term capability needs to portfolio value;
• Serve as Transformative Science Program Manager for assigned innovation pillars, translating strategic objectives into focused work plans, aligning cross-functional capabilities and resources, enabling effective team execution, and communicating progress, risks, decisions, and business impact to stakeholders;
• Transforms complex experimental findings into compelling scientific narratives and visual storylines that integrate diverse data, align scientific rationale, and influence decisions, capabilities, and investments across a broad range of stakeholders;
• Make recommendations on outside technologies, laboratory systems, automation, digital/data capabilities, analytical technologies, infrastructure, and equipment investments for the company to pursue and conduct due diligences as appropriate;

High Performing Team

• Champion the AD Lab Capability and Systems Enablement Community as a VACC lead, fostering community engagement, capability growth, operational effectiveness, and alignment with CHIC Working Leadership Team and DSO priorities;
• Manage AD capacity, project budget, talent management, workload, outsourcing, and capability gaps to support portfolio delivery, organizational success, and effective flow of resources to priority work;
• Review SOPs, OIs and other relevant documents, including validation/transfer protocols and reports, computerized-system documentation, and AD documentation that must meet SOP / regulatory requirements;
• As part of the CHIC Working Leadership Team, actively shape technical and non-technical priorities, selected leadership-team decisions, culture, capability, operating effectiveness, and outcome-focused Innovation Center goals through enterprise-minded peer leadership and constructive challenge;
• Ensure R&D DSO transformation is achieved and sustained through change leadership, community engagement, adoption discipline, and support of other CHIC DSO pillars;

Required Qualifications:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Science (or international equivalent)
• Broad scientific knowledge of analytical development, method expectations, instrumentation, GMP, ICH, LIMS, and AD portfolio support, with demonstrated ability to translate technical depth into portfolio-relevant recommendations;
• Thorough knowledge of Data Integrity and Compliance;
• Must have an in depth understanding of cGMP, HA and internal requirements;
• Must have thorough chemistry knowledge and hands-on experiences in analytical instrumentation;
• Must have an in depth working knowledge of various types of software including Word, Empower software, Excel spreadsheets, LIMS, DMS, ELN, and relevant laboratory systems;
• Ability to translate innovation strategies into executable workstreams by defining objectives, aligning cross-functional resources, prioritizing activities, monitoring progress, and driving scientific and business outcomes across complex programs;
• Experience leading stakeholder alignment, adoption, and governance for computerized system validation, laboratory systems, digitization, automation, technology implementation, and partnership with IT or related functions;
• Experience shaping evidence-based capital, infrastructure, equipment, technology investment, and long-term laboratory capability plans through stakeholder alignment and strategic prioritization.
• Demonstrated executive communication, stakeholder influence, peer negotiation, and ability to build consensus across competing scientific, operational, and business priorities;
• Demonstrated change leadership, enterprise mindset, and ability to lead through influence in matrixed environments while fostering accountability, constructive challenge, and continuous improvement;
• This individual must be highly motivated, have a positive “can-do” attitude and the ability to work in a fast paced environment as a collaborative team leader as well as an individual performer;

Preferred Requirements:

• 12 or more years of proven experience; or a Master’s degree in Science (or international equivalent) with eight or more years of proven experience, or a Ph.D. degree in Science (or international equivalent) with six or more years of proven experience. Experience should be in the field of analytical development in the Rx, OTC or Consumer products industry;
• 5+ years of proven experience in people management, coaching, talent development, and cross-functional project leadership;
• Experience in overseeing analytical development activities at third party labs;
• Cross functional Project management experience.

This posting will be available for application until at least November 16, 2026.

Employees can expect to be paid a salary between $155,000- 232,600. Additional compensation may include a bonus or commission (if relevant). Other benefits include health care, vision, dental, retirement, PTO, sick leave, etc. If selected for this role, the offer may vary based on market data/ranges, an applicant’s skills and prior relevant experience, certain degrees and certifications, and other relevant factors.

YOUR APPLICATION

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Location: United States : New Jersey : Morristown

Division: Consumer Health

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