Mylan Inc. ranks among the leading generic and specialty pharmaceutical companies in the world and provides products to customers in more than 140 countries and territories. The company maintains one of the industry's broadest and highest quality product portfolios supported by a robust product pipeline; operates the world's third largest active pharmaceutical ingredient manufacturer; and runs a specialty business focused on respiratory and allergy therapies. We are currently seeking a Senior Lead Formulation Scientist in our Product Development Department at our Morgantown, WV location.

This challenging role will develop new formulations and optimize their processes for scale-up and production.  Improve existing formulations in Production.  Handle all aspects (technical, legal, regulatory) of development of new products.  Assist with training, planning, assigning and overseeing work within the development group.

The qualified candidate must demonstrate comprehensive understanding of solid oral dosage form development, process optimization and scale-up and the pharmacokinetics of drugs.  Working knowledge of cGMPs, Standard Operating Procedures, FDA regulations and safety is required.

Applicants must possess strong writing, communication, comprehension, interpretation, problem solving, team, critical thinking, and organization skills.  Must possess the ability to use creativity to solve formulation problems and make sound decisions in manufacturing situations.  Excellent technical computer skills required. 

Superior technical writing and team skills as well as technical computer proficiency required.   

Minimum of a BS degree in Pharmaceutics, Engineering or related scientific field plus a minimum  of 9 years experience working in the Pharmaceutical Industry in Product Development required, experience with generic drug development preferred.     However, a combination of experience and/or education will be taken into consideration.