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Team Leader - Separation Chemistry
Wilmington, DE · Science/ResearchAt Adesis, we support companies working to improve lives and create new technology. Whether it’s helping biotech and pharmaceutical companies develop new products or assisting in the chemistry behind the dazzling visuals of modern OLED displays — we innovate for life.
Adesis is a subsidiary of Universal Display Corporation (Nasdaq: OLED), a pioneer and leader in OLED materials and technologies used in everything from smartwatches to phones, tablets, laptops, monitors, TVs and cars. We bring UDC’s spirit of innovation to the biotech, pharma and specialty chemical industries.
We pride ourselves in our ability to solve challenging chemistry problems and find solutions for our clients. We specialize in organic and organometallic synthesis, from milligrams to multi-kilogram quantities. Our business model provides clients with organic chemistry services in early-stage research, scale-up & development, and specialty manufacturing.
From chemists to business and sales professionals, when you work for Adesis, you are joining a contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) making a difference in the lives of people around the world.
Position Summary:
The Purification Team Lead will plan, organize, and execute as well as direct personnel and resources to purify OLED R&D materials using state of the art techniques. The successful candidate will also provide technical decision-making and facilitate continuous innovation in order to further elevate the team’s capabilities.
Responsibilities:
Our highly competitive employee package offers medical, dental and vision benefits. Also included are:
Adesis is a subsidiary of Universal Display Corporation (Nasdaq: OLED), a pioneer and leader in OLED materials and technologies used in everything from smartwatches to phones, tablets, laptops, monitors, TVs and cars. We bring UDC’s spirit of innovation to the biotech, pharma and specialty chemical industries.
We pride ourselves in our ability to solve challenging chemistry problems and find solutions for our clients. We specialize in organic and organometallic synthesis, from milligrams to multi-kilogram quantities. Our business model provides clients with organic chemistry services in early-stage research, scale-up & development, and specialty manufacturing.
From chemists to business and sales professionals, when you work for Adesis, you are joining a contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) making a difference in the lives of people around the world.
Position Summary:
The Purification Team Lead will plan, organize, and execute as well as direct personnel and resources to purify OLED R&D materials using state of the art techniques. The successful candidate will also provide technical decision-making and facilitate continuous innovation in order to further elevate the team’s capabilities.
Responsibilities:
- Manage a team of Scientists, Chemists, and technicians in support of purification of OLED materials.
- Coordinate training, professional development and growth of Purification Team members.
- Champion safety in supporting safety initiatives within team, ensuring a clean and safe working environment.
- Serve as a subject matter expert in leading troubleshooting of methods and equipment.
- Execute method development and purifications as needed to support team throughput.
- Integrate state-of-art separations techniques and technologies into the Purification Team.
- Develop integrated separation science activities through collaboration with the OLED Chemistry and Analytical Departments .
- Represent Purification team in internal and external technical meetings.
- Provide timely feedback and performance reviews to team members.
- Support special projects and/or other duties as assigned.
- MS or PhD in Engineering, Chemistry or related field.
- At least 3 - 5 years’ industrial experience in a separation science role in an R&D setting required.
- Prior supervisory experience desired but not required.
- Experience with small-scale and large-scale preparative separations using HPLC, normal phase, and reverse phase systems
- Experience with small-scale and/or large-scale preparative separations using SFC
- The ability to perform method development, scaleup separations, data analysis and basic instrument troubleshooting/maintenance on complicated systems
- Strong computer skills in standard & scientific systems, such as Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, ChemDraw, ELN and LIMS.
- Detail-oriented with excellent organizational, written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Interpretation of technical instructions from disparate information sources, and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced research environment.
- Ability to build, motivate and train high performing teams.
- Insightful: Seeks deep understanding of stakeholders’/clients’ needs, motivations and behaviors, and translates them into insights to create value for our clients and Adesis.
- Delivers Results: Takes initiatives and delivers results; Challenges self and others to create value; Takes courageous decisions and balanced risks to create value for clients and Adesis.
- Thinks Holistically: Understands the overarching impact of own actions on other areas of the business; Looks for synergies inside and outside the organization to create value for Adesis and clients.
- Learns: Demonstrates curiosity and learns from the experience of success and failure; Proactively shares knowledge with others in order to affect continuous improvement.
- Collaborates: Develops trustful relationships with internal and external stakeholders to accelerate corporate goals; Encourages and leverages diversity to improve outcomes.
- Champions Change: Seeks new opportunities to create value for clients and Adesis; Supports the implementation and acceptance of change across the organization.
- Leads Others: Inspires, motivates, influences and coaches others to create value for clients and Adesis; Creates a culture of accountability that provides space for colleagues to contribute to their fullest potential.
Our highly competitive employee package offers medical, dental and vision benefits. Also included are:
- 401K Plan
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Life, Disability and AD&D Insurance
- A generous time-off policy that includes up to twelve weeks of maternity/parental leave
- Paid Volunteer Time Off
- Professional Development Program