Location: St. Louis, MO, United States

Job Description

A company in St Louis, MO, part of a public company in the United States, is looking to hire a process development scientist. This role is ideal for a strategic thinker who can identify new product opportunities, improve product line profitability, and manage product lifecycles. The successful candidate will play a key role in driving revenue growth and supporting the overall Pharmaceutical North American strategy.

What You’ll Do:

• Provide on-site technical support to optimize pharmaceutical and nutraceutical color, flavor, and coating excipients.
• Collaborate with customer teams across EHS, Quality, Engineering, and Operations to resolve performance issues.
• Support customer plant trials, production runs, and troubleshooting activities.
• Conduct trials internally to identify and resolve customer process challenges.
• Support customer application projects, including new formulations and product development.
• Demonstrate new technologies and help customers optimize the use of the company’s ingredient and excipient portfolio.
• Support innovation through new product concepts, raw material evaluations, and resolution of technical customer complaints.

What You’ll Bring:

• College graduate with a degree in Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Food Sciences, or a related technical field.
• Experience with pharmaceutical or nutraceutical manufacturing, particularly in pharmaceutical and/or nutraceutical ingredients or finished goods.
• Must be an analytical leader and self-starter seeking upward mobility.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, strong manufacturing aptitude, and a keen entrepreneurial spirit.
• Ability to serve as a crucial link between commercial and manufacturing teams, ensuring alignment and driving business unit growth.

What You’ll Get:

• Opportunity to collaborate with colleagues and customers onsite five days per week.
• An excellent salary, benefits offering, and development opportunities.
• A thorough and effective training experience during onboarding and beyond.
• Opportunity to travel to customer sites and within the company’s network.
• Travel required 50% or more.

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