Baxter International Inc.
Senior Research Scientist - Toxicologist,
Baxter International Inc., Deerfield, Illinois, United States, 60063
Senior Research Scientist - Toxicologist
Base pay range: $144,000.00/yr - $198,000.00/yr
At Baxter, we strive to redefine healthcare delivery to make a greater impact today, tomorrow, and beyond. Our mission is to Save and Sustain Lives, driven by courage, trust, and collaboration. This role leads in ensuring product compliance and patient safety through cutting-edge toxicology strategies and the execution of non-clinical safety and efficacy assessments for medical devices (per ISO 10993) and packaging systems (per US Pharmacopeia and other regulators as required).
Overview Senior Research Scientist - Toxicologist to lead non-clinical toxicology programs within the product development lifecycle. You will apply pre-clinical science and toxicology principles to support new product development (NPD), sustain product organization (SPO), and drive manufacturing improvement projects (MIP). You will serve as the primary point of contact for Pre-Clinical Toxicology within your assigned Business Segment or Division, ensuring safety and efficacy standards are met.
What You'll Be Doing
Lead with Expertise: Provide technical and strategic input to project teams, ensuring compliance with Baxter and external standards while driving business objectives.
Innovate and Author: Lead authoring of pre-clinical sciences and toxicology deliverables, including non-clinical testing plans and toxicological risk assessments to support global programs.
Project Management: Plan and manage complex projects, prioritizing workloads and meeting major organizational objectives in collaboration with senior management.
Evaluate and Remediate: Assess technical and scientific information, identify deficiencies, and design innovative solutions to mitigate risks.
Drive Innovation: Provide technical direction to ensure deliverables reflect state-of-the-science theory integrated with practical applications.
Engage with Standards: Participate in standards organizations and regulatory committees to influence emerging regulations based on sound scientific principles.
Collaborate Across Functions: Work with R&D, Clinical, Medical Affairs, Regulatory Affairs, Quality, Manufacturing, and EHS teams on projects and initiatives.
Communicate Vision: Articulate the Pre-Clinical Toxicology vision, goals, and performance to project teams, fostering high standards.
Build Networks: Establish and nurture professional networks, participating in global task forces and committees.
What You'll Bring
Experience: BS with 13+ years, MS with 10+ years, or PhD with 4+ years of relevant experience in R&D and/or GLP environments.
Regulatory Knowledge: Solid understanding of national and international non-clinical safety and biological evaluation regulations, including GLP.
Interfacing Skills: Direct experience with regulatory bodies such as US-FDA, EU Notified Bodies, and other reviewers.
Publication Record: Track record of presenting at scientific conferences and authoring articles in peer-reviewed journals.
Problem-Solving: Ability to advance new product development projects and provide innovative non-clinical solutions for pharma and medical device challenges.
Project Management: Experience in GLP and/or R&D environments with solid project management understanding.
Medical Device experience strongly preferred.
Benefits Baxter offers comprehensive compensation and benefits packages, including medical/dental coverage from day one, life and disability insurance, retirement plans, flexible spending accounts, educational assistance, and paid time off. See recruiter for details and visit the Benefits site for more information.
Equal Employment Opportunity Baxter is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected characteristic. Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal.
Reasonable Accommodations Baxter is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need an accommodation for any part of the application or interview process, please notify us with your request.
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At Baxter, we strive to redefine healthcare delivery to make a greater impact today, tomorrow, and beyond. Our mission is to Save and Sustain Lives, driven by courage, trust, and collaboration. This role leads in ensuring product compliance and patient safety through cutting-edge toxicology strategies and the execution of non-clinical safety and efficacy assessments for medical devices (per ISO 10993) and packaging systems (per US Pharmacopeia and other regulators as required).
Overview Senior Research Scientist - Toxicologist to lead non-clinical toxicology programs within the product development lifecycle. You will apply pre-clinical science and toxicology principles to support new product development (NPD), sustain product organization (SPO), and drive manufacturing improvement projects (MIP). You will serve as the primary point of contact for Pre-Clinical Toxicology within your assigned Business Segment or Division, ensuring safety and efficacy standards are met.
What You'll Be Doing
Lead with Expertise: Provide technical and strategic input to project teams, ensuring compliance with Baxter and external standards while driving business objectives.
Innovate and Author: Lead authoring of pre-clinical sciences and toxicology deliverables, including non-clinical testing plans and toxicological risk assessments to support global programs.
Project Management: Plan and manage complex projects, prioritizing workloads and meeting major organizational objectives in collaboration with senior management.
Evaluate and Remediate: Assess technical and scientific information, identify deficiencies, and design innovative solutions to mitigate risks.
Drive Innovation: Provide technical direction to ensure deliverables reflect state-of-the-science theory integrated with practical applications.
Engage with Standards: Participate in standards organizations and regulatory committees to influence emerging regulations based on sound scientific principles.
Collaborate Across Functions: Work with R&D, Clinical, Medical Affairs, Regulatory Affairs, Quality, Manufacturing, and EHS teams on projects and initiatives.
Communicate Vision: Articulate the Pre-Clinical Toxicology vision, goals, and performance to project teams, fostering high standards.
Build Networks: Establish and nurture professional networks, participating in global task forces and committees.
What You'll Bring
Experience: BS with 13+ years, MS with 10+ years, or PhD with 4+ years of relevant experience in R&D and/or GLP environments.
Regulatory Knowledge: Solid understanding of national and international non-clinical safety and biological evaluation regulations, including GLP.
Interfacing Skills: Direct experience with regulatory bodies such as US-FDA, EU Notified Bodies, and other reviewers.
Publication Record: Track record of presenting at scientific conferences and authoring articles in peer-reviewed journals.
Problem-Solving: Ability to advance new product development projects and provide innovative non-clinical solutions for pharma and medical device challenges.
Project Management: Experience in GLP and/or R&D environments with solid project management understanding.
Medical Device experience strongly preferred.
Benefits Baxter offers comprehensive compensation and benefits packages, including medical/dental coverage from day one, life and disability insurance, retirement plans, flexible spending accounts, educational assistance, and paid time off. See recruiter for details and visit the Benefits site for more information.
Equal Employment Opportunity Baxter is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected characteristic. Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal.
Reasonable Accommodations Baxter is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need an accommodation for any part of the application or interview process, please notify us with your request.
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