QC Analytical Sciences Lead Scientist

At CSL Behring, we are driven by our promise to save lives and protect the health of people with rare and serious diseases. We are seeking an accomplished QC Analytical Sciences Lead Scientist to provide technical leadership, scientific expertise, and strategic direction across our global Quality Control network.

This is an exciting opportunity for a highly experienced analytical scientist who is passionate about innovation, method lifecycle management, problem-solving, and mentoring others. You will play a key role in advancing analytical technologies, leading complex multi-site projects, and supporting the delivery of life-saving therapies to patients worldwide.

This is a hybrid role based at our Broadmeadows site.

About the Role

As the QC Analytical Sciences Lead Scientist, you will be recognized as a subject matter expert and technical leader within the organization. You will lead scientific initiatives, provide technical oversight for complex investigations, and drive analytical excellence across multiple sites.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead complex global and multi-site analytical science projects from planning through execution.
• Provide expert support for analytical method development, validation, transfer, and lifecycle management.
• Act as a technical lead for complex deviations, atypical results, and method performance investigations.
• Drive the implementation of innovative analytical technologies and methodologies across QC laboratories.
• Prepare, review, and approve technical documentation including protocols, reports, procedures, and regulatory support documents
• Provide scientific leadership, coaching, and mentoring to analytical and scientific colleagues globally.
• Partner with internal stakeholders and external organizations, including contract laboratories, academic institutions, and international standards bodies.
• Support regulatory submissions and represent Global QC in cross-functional and site-based initiatives.

 About You

To be successful in this role, you will bring significant experience in analytical sciences within a regulated biopharmaceutical environment, coupled with a passion for advancing scientific excellence.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Physical Sciences, Biological Sciences, or a related scientific discipline. A Master's or PhD is highly regarded.
• Extensive industry experience, ideally including:
• Minimum 5 years in cGMP Quality Control.
• Minimum 5 years supporting method development for biological or biopharmaceutical products.
• Strong expertise in:
• Analytical method development and validation
• Analytical method lifecycle management
• cGMP and quality systems
• Technical problem solving and scientific investigations
• Demonstrated project management and matrix leadership capabilities.
• Experience coaching, mentoring, and developing scientific teams
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to influence senior leaders and cross-functional teams.
• Recognized external scientific profile through publications, industry presentations, consortium participation, or professional networks

 What We Offer

• The opportunity to influence global analytical strategies for life-saving therapies.
• Exposure to cutting-edge analytical technologies and scientific innovation.
• A collaborative and values-driven culture focused on quality, innovation, and patient outcomes.
• Professional development opportunities within a global biotechnology leader.
• The chance to work alongside some of the industry's leading scientific experts.

About CSL Behring

CSL Behring is a global biotherapeutics leader driven by our promise to save lives. Focused on serving patients’ needs by using the latest technologies, we discover, develop and deliver innovative therapies for people living with conditions in the immunology, hematology, cardiovascular and metabolic, respiratory, and transplant therapeutic areas. We use three strategic scientific platforms of plasma fractionation, recombinant protein technology, and cell and gene therapy to support continued innovation and continually refine ways in which products can address unmet medical needs and help patients lead full lives.

CSL Behring operates one of the world’s largest plasma collection networks, CSL Plasma. Our parent company, CSL, headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, employs 32,000 people, and delivers its lifesaving therapies to people in more than 100 countries.

To learn more about CSL, CSL Behring, CSL Seqirus and CSL Vifor  visit https://www.csl.com/ and CSL Plasma at https://www.cslplasma.com/.

Our Benefits

For more information on CSL benefits visit How CSL Supports Your Well-being | CSL.

You Belong at CSL

At CSL, Inclusion and Belonging is at the core of our mission and who we are. It fuels our innovation day in and day out. By celebrating our differences and creating a culture of curiosity and empathy, we are able to better understand and connect with our patients and donors, foster strong relationships with our stakeholders, and sustain a diverse workforce that will move our company and industry into the future.

 To learn more about inclusion and belonging visit https://www.csl.com/careers/inclusion-and-belonging

Equal Opportunity Employer

CSL is an Equal Opportunity Employer. If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, please visit https://www.csl.com/accessibility-statement.