Process Development Associate Jobs in Alabama (NOW HIRING)

I. Essential Duties and Responsibilities

The Research Associate III / Senior Research Associate, Process Development role provides the incumbent an opportunity to strategically contribute to the process development for products and identify new market opportunities / potential products.

Process Development Responsibilities:

• Adhere to all safety and company policies to create a safe environment.
• Performs synthetic chemistry experiments to develop processes for new products.
• Reviews, troubleshoots, and resolves issues observed during Process Development and Manufacturing to ensure adherence to specifications.
• Interprets analytical results to determine next steps in manufacturing.
• Makes recommendations for process improvements by using professional concepts in accordance with company objectives to solve a variety of problems.
• Demonstrates technical proficiency, scientific creativity, collaboration with others, and ability to think independently.
• Works on problems of moderate scope in which analysis of situation or data requires a review of identifiable factors.
• Acts under general guidance to determine methods and procedures on new assignments.
• Understands the rationale and broader business impact of assigned activities and analyzes complex technical and market data to draw actionable conclusions.
  Interfaces with various departments, customers and partners.
• Trains others how to execute complex tasks.
• Writes and contributes to technical and business documents containing multiple sources of information organized in a clear and logical manner with minimal revision required.
  Effectively prioritizes multiple tasks when time restraints are present.
• Ensure compliance with industry regulations and company policies.

Technical Market Intelligence Responsibilities:

• Conduct market research and competitive analysis to identify trends and opportunities, converting data into actionable insights.
• Identify new market opportunities and customer segments.
• Tracks and informs our target segments and the overall competitive environment.
• Responsible for analyzing, segmenting and routinely tracking the target market(s) to identify business opportunities.
• Define the scope of the catalog product offering to maximize identified market opportunities.
• Identifies opportunities in our target segments using a range of databases to provide business development with qualified, out-bound leads.
• Supports the marketing communications plan with the generation of technical marketing collateral.

II. Minimum Qualification Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in chemistry or other related program is required. Master’s degree is highly preferred.
• A minimum of 5–8 years of cumulative relevant experience is required, including 4–6 years of chemical process development experience and 1–3 years of market analysis experience, such as monitoring external patents, publications, regulatory updates, or product management within the pharmaceutical, activated polymer, or life science materials industries.
• Demonstrated ability to independently analyze complex technical and market data and develop actionable recommendations.
• Experience mentoring, training, or providing technical guidance to others preferred.
• Experience in activated polymers used for therapeutics, medical devices and/or diagnostics required.
• Understanding of the pharmaceutical industry, regulatory landscape, and competitive environment.
• Ability to analyze market trends, conduct research, and interpret data.
• Strong communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
• Experience in data mining, management and analytics.
• Ability to optimize work processes to work efficiently and respond to business demands.
• Self-motivated and action-oriented to drive activities for the business.

• Values collaboration with leadership, internal teams, and other key stakeholders. Ability to work independently with minimal supervision at times.
• Perform reactions and interpret analytical data.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Computer skills in Microsoft Office: Excel, Word, PowerPoint are required. Experience with Market Intelligence and Research tools highly preferred.

III. Physical Requirements

• Must be able to pass pre-employment drug screening and background check for employment consideration.
• Performance of tasks essential to the job function may require the employee to work directly with, handle, or otherwise come into contact with chemicals or pharmaceutical agents.
• Employees may be required to enroll in a medical surveillance program based on the potential exposure to certain health hazards encountered as a result of their job function.
• Must be able to lift 25 lbs.
• Must be able to stand for long periods of time.
• May be required to perform tasks essential to the job function in areas that require the use of hearing protection devices.
• Must be able to wear a respiratory protection (filtering face piece, half-face, full-face, or powered air purifying respirator, supplied air, or self-contained breathing apparatus) for certain tasks essential to the job function.