Target Validation & New Product Evaluation Scientist Parma

Target Validation & New Product Evaluation Scientist
Parma
Emilia Romagna, Parma

Department**:Pre-Clinical**Team**:R&D, Pharmacovigilance & Regulatory Affairs**Job Type**:Direct Employee**Contract Type**:Permanent**Location**:Parma, IT**_About us_

- Based in Parma, Italy, Chiesi is an international research-focused pharmaceutical and healthcare group with over 85 years' experience, operating in 30 countries with more than 6, 000 employees (Chiesi Group).

To achieve its mission of improving people's quality of life by acting responsibly towards society and the environment, the Group researches, develops and markets innovative drugs in its main therapeutic areas:

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- We are proud to be the largest global pharmaceutical group to be awarded

- **B Corp Certification**, a recognition of

- **high social and environmental standards**.

We are a

- **reliable** company that adopts and promotes a

- **transparent and ethical behavior** at all levels. - We believe that the success of

- **Chiesi is built and shaped by our people and our strong set of shared Values and Behaviors**.

Our people make a critical difference to our success, which is why it is vital that we attract and retain the right talent who will continue to enrich our culture by living and breathing our values and behaviors. - In fact, we are a global family made up of different cultures, different genders, generations, ethnicities, abilities, sexual identities and many other enriching diversities.

**_Chiesi Research & Development_

- Our R&D team represents a fundamental asset for the business.

It is divided into integrated functional areas focusing on pipeline projects including discovery and preclinical research, chemical manufacturing and controls, drug delivery technology, clinical development, regulatory affairs, pharmacovigilance, intellectual property, quality assurance, R&D project and portfolio management.

Headquartered in the new purpose-built and fully integrated Research and Development Centre in Parma (Italy), the team also has important operations in Paris (France), Chippenham (UK), Cary (US), Stockholm (Sweden) and Toronto (Canada).

**_Who we are looking for_

**Purpose

We are seeking a highly motivated PhD Scientist with background in pharmacology to work in a Team within the Target Validation Unit in Parma.

This new position will implement Target Validation activities in the respiratory field.

The focus will be mainly in in vivo chronic respiratory disease modelling.

She or he will work closely with project teams to drive the preclinical Target Identification, Selection and Validation pipeline.

- To develop targeted therapies for respiratory chronic diseases it is necessary to set-up pharmacodynamic and disease in vitro and in vivo models that mimic as much as possible the time-course of the disease and that enable a therapeutic intervention with the drug treatments under investigation.

Main activities are:

- Support mainly the in vivo TV experimental activities in chronic models of respiratory diseases already set-up in Chiesi (new models of ILDs, trangesnic models, extra-pulmonary fibrosis models)

- Develop in vivo chronic models for COPD, ARDS, Bronchiectasis & ILDs and and other diseases

- Test in the disease models the new targets/therapies

- Overall experimental activities would cover at least a 70% of the total time.

Remaining 30% will be focused on extra-lab activities

**Main Responsibilities

- Implementation of in vivo chronic respiratory disease assets;

- Study Monitoring for outsourced activities;

- Responsible for managing external academic collaborators and CROs to deliver high-quality results;

- Serve on internal project teams and provide pharmacology expertise

**Experience Required

**Education

PhD in pharmacology or in other related fields.

**Languages

Fluency in English is a must

**Other Skills

- Ability to work in a matrix;

- Ability to conduct research independently and project-manage distinct packages of work;

- Good organizational skills and ability to work flexibly and reliably, prioritizing accordingly to the company objectives.

**Soft Skills

- Team working

- Leadership and social influence

- Time management

- Quality orientation

- Planning and organizational skills

- Continuous learning

**_ What we offer_

- You would join a dynamic, fast-growing, challenging and friendly environment.

- In Chiesi we firmly believe that

- ** our people are our most valuable asset**, that is why we invest in continuous training, learning and development.

Therefore, we strive to continuously promote and satisfy development needs, paying particular

- **attention to the quality of our working environment and to collective well-being.

**We want our people to come to work happy every day**, and we know how important it is to find the right

- **work-life balance** in order to be able to give our best.

That is why we offer flexible working approach, remote working, support in the relocation process, tax assistance service for foreign colleagues and many other people-