St. Louis, Missouri, USA
35 days ago
Senior Scientist

 

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This role does not offer sponsorship for work authorization. External applicants must be eligible to work in the US. 

 


Your Role:  

Working in the Contract Testing, Development, and Manufacturing Organization (CTDMO) within the Life Sciences group of MilliporeSigma; this role will serve as an individual contributor in the Process and Analytical Development organization.  The role will involve working in a lab setting on analytical method development for external customers in the field of Antibody Drug Conjugates (ADC).  The role will require problem solving, working within project timelines, and contributing to documentation for method qualification and transfer into GMP manufacturing.   

 

Responsibilities: 

Serve as a subject matter expert in process and analytical development, capable of troubleshooting / providing efficient and innovative solutions, and supporting transfer to GMP manufacturing

Strong customer-facing skills, documents experimental results, communicates results to all stakeholders, authors method development and qualification documents, contribute to information for customer proposals

Serves as a project lead and ensures project deliverables are on quality and on time, develops multiple technical approach plans as needed to solve problems and mitigate risk, ensures process and methods are in place for efficient GMP start

Lead project teams, influences exemplary work in other team members, leads process improvement initiatives, scout for new technologies / emerging trends, proactively considers the impact of quality, regulatory, manufacturing, and safety requirements when planning project activities

 

Who You Are:

Minimum Qualifications: 

Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry, Biochemistry, Biomedical Engineering or other scientific discipline with 8+ years research experience

OR 

Master’s Degree in Chemistry, Biochemistry, Biomedical Engineering or other scientific discipline with 3+ years research experience

OR 

Ph.D in Chemistry, Biochemistry, Biomedical Engineering or other scientific discipline with 2+ years research experience

 

Preferred Qualifications: 

Demonstrated skills in general and advanced laboratory techniques (theory and practice) to enable the development of novel approaches to solve complex process and analytical problems on fast-paced projects with changing priorities

Current knowledge of small molecule or bio-therapeutics drug development process. Experience with antibody-drug conjugation 

Extensive hands-on experience and in-depth knowledge of 5 or more of the following bio/analytical technologies including: chromatography (HPLC/GC/IC/UPLC/SEC/HILIC/), protein characterization, protein functional assays and/or USP methodologies

Robust expertise in biochemistry or organic chemistry

Proficiency in ultrafiltration, diafiltration and chromatography techniques

Demonstrated success in contributing to the advancement of projects, project teams, and process improvements

Excellent time management, attention to detail and strong communication skills (both written and verbal).

Customer-facing experience

Automation (medium to high-throughput) experience in an analytical setting and instrument maintenance / troubleshooting

Working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, as well as experience with advanced data acquisition and/or statistical software systems

Ability to efficiently communicate concepts to both specialist and general audiences

Ability to coordinate information exchange and manage data generated by contract testing labs

Comply with safety and company policies, practices and SSOPs



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