Sr. Scientist
Designs and implements business processes to enable product research and development portfolio prioritization, resource allocation, and risk management. Designs related integrated process and product team activities and directs technical and operational activities to ensure vertical and horizontal integration. Provides product portfolio analyses and reports to management committees for support of decision-making. Leads teams in strategy efforts, lifecycle management planning, and assessments of probability-of-success. Develops systems to support dynamic portfolio management. Serves a key role in portfolio evaluation process. Drives initiatives across functions, research and development units to create fully integrated strategies. Monitors and reports on portfolio status and proactively addresses and resolves issues.
Responsibilities:
1 – Maintain an advanced level of documentation and communication through timely and thorough drafting and execution of protocols, reports, and experimental summaries in support of process development activities.
2 – Responsible for performing research and laboratory tasks for projects and products in collaboration with internal customers, external academic research organizations, vendors, contract laboratories, and global R and D peers.
3 – Responsible for the investigation, creation, and development of new methods and technologies of purification and analytics which would be critical for project advancement and success.
4 – Possess the ability to think creatively and provide technical justification for novel concepts and approaches. Anticipate potential problems and design preventative solutions.
5 – Responsible for performing fundamental literature and patent searches related to activities. Apply knowledge learned in the performance of day to day purification and analytical development. Collaborate with Patents and Licenses Department to determine freedom to operate capabilities and novelty of discoveries.
6 – Maintain an advanced level of scientific excellence by regularly attending regional and national technical meetings, whenever possible.
7 – Responsible for maintaining equipment and calibrations per established R and D policies and SOPs. Also responsible for updating existing and developing new SOPs, as required, in order to maintain a cGMP environment in the laboratory.
8 – Interact with and become involved with local and global R and D project teams by providing project updates and data summaries to relevant parties. Interact local with other departments such as QC, manufacturing, and process development in support of analytical and purification process technical transfers.
9 – Evaluate, purchase, install, and operate various process development and analytical equipment.
10 – Will mentor, provide guidance, and train less senior personnel. May assume a leading role in providing solutions to difficult problems associated with specific projects.
Requirements:
Education
Combination of Education and appropriate experience, such as BS/BA "5-8 years, MS/MA +3 years, or Ph.D. 0-2 years needed to establish a strong background and knowledge base
Experience
Knowledge and competency in a wide range of protein purification methods.
Familiarity with protein formulation and analytical techniques. Experience in collaboration with groups inside and outside of the company.
Competencies
Proficient informing skills. Fully proficient knowledge of cGMPs. Fully proficient in functional /technical, problem solving, time management, organizational, interpersonal skills. Proficient verbal and written communication. Interpersonal savy. Cross-cultural-sensitivity. Action oriented. Directing others.
Worker Type:
Employee
Worker Sub Type:
Regular
