Bristol-Myers Squibb is a differentiated company, led by our unique BioPharma strategy that leverages the reach and resources of a major pharma company paired with the entrepreneurial spirit and agility of a biotech firm. We work every day to deliver innovative medicines for patients with serious and life-threatening diseases. Each day, our employees around the world work together for patients – it drives everything we do. We are focused on helping millions of patients around the world in disease areas such as oncology, cardiovascular, immunoscience and fibrosis. Through our R&D organization, we have built a sustainable pipeline of potential therapies, and actively partner to access external innovation to broaden and accelerate our work.
Post : Associate Scientist
Role Summary:
The Associate Scientist will be responsible supporting downstream process development of recombinant protein therapeutics. This role will support process development, process characterization, scale-up and technology transfer. The successful candidate will be highly proficient in performing chromatography, filtration unit operations as well as conducting necessary analytical assays. In order to be successful in a highly dynamic environment, the candidate should be a highly motivated self-starter with excellent interpersonal, communication and organizational skills
Job Description
• Design and develop purification processes for recombinant protein therapeutics.
• Conduct experiments, organize and summarize data.
• Perform virus clearance evaluation of downstream processes.
• Perform / oversee process characterization of downstream unit operations.
• Work closely in collaboration with other Process Development Functional Areas.
• Author and review technical documents and protocols; follow written scientific methods and experimental protocols, documents results, authors and reviews summary reports.
• Support manufacturing and scale up laboratory activities as required
Candidate Profile
• A degree in Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Biology or a related discipline.
• Minimum bachelor's degree with 3 to 5 years relevant experience; Masters preferred.
• Highly proficient with operation, maintenance, etc. of downstream laboratory equipment. In particular expertise with automated chromatography workstations such as AKTA Avant, etc. is highly desirable.
• General experience with purification unit operations such as chromatography (various modes), tangential and normal flow filtration, etc.
• Hands on experience with UV/Vis spectroscopy, HPLC and other analytical techniques is highly desirable.
• Basic understanding of downstream process development activities.
• Development experience for both early- and late-stage molecules is highly desired.
• Excellent organizational skills and highly Methodical.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Work independently and collaborate with other groups. Deliver results in line with project and team objectives.
Additional Information:
Location: Devens - MA - US
Industry Type: Pharma/ Biotech/Clinical Research
Functional Area: R&D
End Date: 5th May, 2018
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