Senior Technician in the Process Analytics and Analytical Sciences Department (d/f/m)

Job Description Summary

Join us in helping to make healthcare fairer and faster. / Pridružite se nam in nam pomagajte povečati pravičnost in hitrost zdravstvenega varstva.

Job Description

90+ is the number of employees in the Process Analytics and Analytical Sciences department. Join us in co-creating a new unit for the development of biosimilars at Sandoz's global development center in Ljubljana.

As a Senior Technician (d/f/m) you will play a key role in analysing biosimilar drug substances and drug products. Your responsibilities will cover the full spectrum of research work—from planning, designing, and execution to precise documentation and independent interpretation of complex scientific and development tasks using state-of-the-art approaches. In addition, you will take responsibility for mentoring and training team members, fostering their professional growth and development.

Your key responsibilities:

• Basic, practical and technical knowledge in relevant area.

• Basic troubleshooting and problem-solving abilities which include addressing and solving simple problems within own assigned area of responsibility.

• Organize, perform and document experiments and/or analysis and/or run processes under guidance from experienced team members.

• Successfully execute assigned tasks within given timelines and to expected quality.

• Acting in full compliance with regulatory requirements and adheres to applicable quality standards, procedures, and guidelines.

• Active participation in knowledge exchange within own area of responsibility.

• Contribute to maintenance and management of laboratory infrastructure and inventory.

• Providing conditions for and control of the implementation of HSE tasks and requirements in the unit.

• Other tasks as assigned by the supervisor and tasks based on a specific appointment.

What you will bring to the role

• Secondary school degree in a pharmaceutical, chemistry or other relevant field.

• Experience in biosimilars testing will be considered an advantage.

• Basic knowledge in English.

• Knowledge of Microsoft Office.

What we offer

Job location: Ljubljana

Contract type: permanent with 6-month probation period

Expected weekly working hours: 40

*Pay range: €26,720 – €40,080 gross yearly

• Salary at Sandoz is based on job level, qualifications, specific skills, and work experience. Fully proficient candidates are usually placed around the market median, less experienced candidates lower in the range, and those with strong or niche expertise higher. When determining placement within the range, we also consider internal pay equity and external market data.

Our compensation package additionally includes

• Annual bonus (STI): percentage of annual salary.

• Vacation allowance: in 2026 it was €2,450.00 net.

• Christmas bonus: in 2025 it was €2,100 gross.

• OurShare:  every year, an employee of Lek d.d. will be entitled to receive shares of Sandoz AG.

• Voluntary Additional Pension Scheme: The company fully covers the contribution for your supplementary pension plan, amounting to 5.844% of your gross salary (the maximum annual amount is 3,224.18 EUR).

• Collective life and accident insurance (24/7 coverage).

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Ready for your next career move?

You are kindly invited to submit your application in English and Slovene, including a CV, by November 15, 2026.

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Why Sandoz?

Sandoz is the global leader in Biosimilar and Generic medicines, a segment of the healthcare industry that delivers 80% of the world’s medicines at 30% of the cost, touching the lives of more than 1 billion people across 100+ countries! While we are proud of our achievements, we have the ambition to do more so that everyone can benefit from the basic human right of good health.

With investments in new development capabilities, production sites, new acquisitions and partnerships, we have the opportunity to shape a sustainable future for Sandoz and to help even more people gain access to low-cost, high-quality medicines.

Our momentum is powered by an open, collaborative culture driven by our talented and ambitious colleagues who, in return for applying their skills, experience an agile and collegiate environment where diversity of thought is welcomed and where personal growth is supported!

Join us in helping to make healthcare fairer and faster.

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion

We are committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and to forming diverse teams that are representative of the patients and communities we serve.

#Sandoz

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Tehnik specialist v oddelku Procesna analitika in analitske znanosti (d/ž/m)

90+ je število sodelavcev v oddelku Procesna analitika in analitske znanosti. Pridruži se nam pri soustvarjanju nove enote razvoja bioloških zdravil v Sandozovem globalnem razvojnem centru v Ljubljani.

Kot tehnik specialist (d/ž/m) boste imeli ključno vlogo pri testiranju biološko podobnih učinkovin in zdravil. Vaše naloge bodo obsegale celoten spekter raziskovalnega dela – od načrtovanja, oblikovanja in izvajanja do natančnega dokumentiranja ter samostojne interpretacije kompleksnih znanstvenih in razvojnih nalog z uporabo najsodobnejših pristopov. Poleg tega boste prevzeli odgovornost za mentorstvo in usposabljanje članov ekipe, s čimer boste spodbujali njihovo strokovno rast in razvoj.

Vaše ključne odgovornosti:

• Osnovno, praktično in tehnično znanje na ustreznem področju.

• Osnovne sposobnosti odpravljanja težav in reševanja problemov, ki vključujejo obravnavanje in reševanje preprostih problemov znotraj dodeljenega področja odgovornosti.

• Organiziranje, izvajanje in dokumentiranje poskusov in/ali analiz in/ali vodenje procesov pod vodstvom izkušenih članov ekipe.

• Uspešno izvajanje dodeljenih nalog v določenih rokih in v skladu s pričakovano kakovostjo.

• Delovanje skladno z regulatornimi smernicami in delovanje skladno s ustreznimi standardi, postopki in smernicami kakovosti.

• Aktivno sodelovanje pri izmenjavi znanja znotraj lastnega področja odgovornosti.

• Prispevek k vzdrževanju in upravljanju laboratorijske infrastrukture in zalog.

• Zagotavljanje pogojev za izvajanje nalog in zahtev HSE v enoti ter nadzor nad njimi.

• Druge naloge, ki jih dodeli nadrejeni, in naloge na podlagi posebnega imenovanja.

Vaš prispevek k delovnemu mestu

• Srednješolska stopnja izobrazbe s področja farmacije, kemije ali druge ustrezne smeri.

• Osnovno znanje angleškega jezika.

• Poznavanje orodja Microsoft Office.

• Poznavanje tehnik za analizo biološko podobnih učinkovin oziroma zdravil, bo veljalo kot prednost.

Kaj nudimo

Lokacija dela: Ljubljana

Vrsta pogodbe: pogodba za nedoločen čas in s 6-mesečnim poskusnim obdobjem

Predvideni tedenski delovni čas: 40 ur

*Plačni razpon: 26.720 – 40.080 EUR bruto letno

• Plača v Sandozu temelji na nivoju delovnega mesta, kvalifikacijah, specifičnih veščinah in znanjih ter delovnih izkušnjah. Visoko usposobljeni kandidati so običajno umeščeni okoli mediane plačnega razpona, manj izkušeni na spodnji del razpona, kandidati z izrazito močnimi ali nišnimi kompetencami pa višje. Pri umeščanju v plačni razpon upoštevamo tudi notranjo uravnoteženost plač in zunanje tržne podatke .

Naš paket ugodnosti dodatno vključuje

• Letni bonus (STI): odstotek letne plače.

• Regres za letni dopust: leta 2026 je znašal 2.450,00 EUR (neto).

• Božičnica: leta 2025 je znašala 2.100 EUR (bruto).

• OurShare:  Vsako leto bo zaposleni v družbi Lek d.d. upravičen do prejema delnic družbe Sandoz AG.

• Prostovoljno dodatno pokojninsko zavarovanje: družba Lek d.d. v celoti krije mesečni prispevek za dodatno pokojninsko zavarovanje v višini 5,844 % vaše mesečne bruto plače (zgornja zneskovna omejitev je 3.224,18 EUR letno).

• Kolektivno življenjsko in nezgodno zavarovanje (k