Analytical Project Manager — Siegfried

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"Expect to grow", personally and professionally: At Siegfried, we offer exciting challenges and ample opportunities to showcase your talents. As a trusted and respected partner to the pharmaceutical industry, we uphold the highest standards in safety, quality and sustainability, while fostering a culture that empowers you to thrive. Join a rapidly expanding global company, where diverse perspectives and experiences come together in a collaborative environment. Here, you'll find a workplace that values both collective success and your individual contributions—offering long-term opportunities to grow and make an impact.

Your Role

Over the past years, Siegfried AG has strengthened its position as a leading global partner in the pharmaceutical industry. To support our continued growth, we are expanding our capabilities at our site in Zofingen, Switzerland.

The Zofingen site manufactures complex active ingredients for human and veterinary medicine, as well as additives for food and beverages.

More than 90 colleagues in our laboratories develop innovative processes and ensure compliance with the highest quality standards. Through their expertise, they contribute to reliable, efficient and customer-oriented production. We offer a dynamic working environment with varied responsibilities and challenging assignments.

Your Profile

Your Role

• Coordinate all analytical activities within assigned projects, including method development, transfer, validation and troubleshooting, from initial evaluation through commercial production
• Provide scientific leadership and analytical expertise for assigned Small Molecules projects and technologies
• Represent Siegfried in project-related customer meetings, both on-site and virtually
• Serve as the key interface between Analytics, Chemical Development, Production, Quality Assurance and other specialist functions
• Support the transfer of analytical knowledge and methods from Analytical Development to Quality Control
• Prepare, maintain and review analytical documentation including specifications, method descriptions, validation and transfer reports, development and campaign reports
• Represent analytical topics during customer audits and authority inspections
• Track and monitor analytical project costs against the project budget
• Ensure compliance with current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP) requirements and safety standards within the area of responsibility
• Contribute to consistently high standards of quality and safety

Your Profile Technical Expertise

• A Master’s or PhD degree in Chemistry, Pharmacy or a comparable academic qualification provides the right foundation for this role
• 2–3 years of professional experience in pharmaceutical analytics
• Strong knowledge of chromatographic analytical techniques (e.g. High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC), Gas Chromatography (GC)) for Small Molecules is essential
• Knowledge of spectroscopic and wet chemistry analytical techniques for Small Molecules is an advantage
• Experience working in a Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP)-regulated environment is an advantage

Personal Strengths

• Experience in project management helps you structure your daily work effectively. You are service- and customer-oriented and enjoy working as part of a team
• Good written and spoken German and English skills

Your Benefits

• Flexible working hours make it possible to combine family, leisure time and career
• With or without a car – you benefit: either discounted parking or a CHF 60 mobility allowance per month
• Health insurance: Discounts of up to 10% on additional insurances with our partners for you and your partner/family
• Our stock purchase plan is generous and individually tailored
• Family allowance: all employees entitled to child and/or education allowances receive an additional monthly family allowance
• Child allowance: Siegfried AG increases the child allowance by 10% compared to the cantonal statutory rate
• Individual further training opportunities by arrangement
• Pension fund: Our company pension fund is attractive and contributions can be arranged individually
• Staff restaurant / cafeteria: meals at preferential conditions
• Central location: Close to the train station with very good public transport connections
• Exclusive corporate benefits and discounts for our employees

Founded in 1873 in Zofingen, Switzerland, Siegfried has grown into a global network of 16 sites across three continents. With a team of more than 4,200 highly skilled professionals, we take the innovations of our pharmaceutical customers to industrial scale and manufacture safe drugs for patients worldwide. As a fully integrated CDMO, Siegfried is one of the few organizations today that can carry out the development and manufacturing of APIs and finished dosage forms under one roof. This unique combination of know-how and experience makes us the most trusted partner in the pharmaceutical industry.

Siegfried is a leading CDMO (Contract Development & Manufacturing Organization) headquartered in Zofingen, Switzerland. The company operates manufacturing sites in Evionnaz (Valais), Zofingen (Aargau), and Schlieren (Zurich).