Senior Analytical Scientist - Team Leader

Senior Analytical Scientist/Team Leader

📍 Moreton, UK | 📄 Permanent

About the Role

We're looking for a Senior Analytical Scientist / Team Leader to join our Synergy team.

In this key leadership role, you'll lead and develop an on-site analytical team, ensuring the successful delivery of high-quality testing activities in a GMP-regulated environment. You'll play a critical role in supporting the Analytical Leadership and Testing (ALT) function, working closely with customer lab leaders and scientific teams.

What You'll Be Doing

🔬 Technical & Operational Leadership

Lead the planning, execution and troubleshooting of analytical testing activities
Work with techniques such as HPLC, Karl Fischer titration, and dissolution testing
Review and approve analytical data and results
Support method validation and development activities
Ensure compliance with cGMP and ALCOA+ data integrity principles
Contribute to audit readiness and regulatory inspection preparation
Identify risks and implement mitigation plans

👥 Team Leadership & Development

Manage and develop a team of 3+ scientists
Lead onboarding, training, and performance management
Promote a culture of continuous improvement, safety, and compliance
Coach and support team members to drive high performance

🤝 Stakeholder & Customer Engagement

Build strong relationships with lab teams
Communicate progress, challenges, and successes clearly
Represent Synergy with professionalism and integrity at all times

What We're Looking For

✅ Experience & Qualifications

Degree in Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Biochemistry or similar
Strong expertise in HPLC and related analytical techniques
Experience analysing oral solid dose formulations
Proven team leadership experience (2+ years) in a GMP environment

💡 Skills & Competencies

Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills
Highly organised, results-driven, and self-motivated
Excellent communication and stakeholder management
Ability to maintain quality, safety, and delivery standards under pressure

Additional Information

Flexibility may be required (e.g., early starts or adjusted hours)
Role involves hands-on lab work, including movement across lab areas

Why Join Synergy?

At Synergy, we partner with leading organisations across the life sciences sector, delivering high-impact scientific services. You'll be joining a collaborative, expert team working at the forefront of analytical science in a cutting-edge lab environment.

Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy
Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed