Sr. Scientist Biologics AD

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Job Function
Discovery & Pre-Clinical/Clinical Development

Job Sub Function
Biotherapeutics R&D

Job Category
Scientific/Technology

All Job Posting Locations:
Schaffhausen, Switzerland

Job Description
Sr. Scientist (m/f/d)
The Particulates and Container Closure Integrity (PCCI) team is a development lab within the global Janssen Research & Development organization embedded in the GMP environment of the Johnson&Johnson Innovative Medicine Supply Chain (IMSC). As part of analytical development, we provide end-to-end support working closely with our R&D partners and IMSC in an international, dynamic, and dedicated team responsible for biotherapeutic products across numerous therapeutic areas such as oncology, immunology, and neuroscience.

To strengthen our team we, are seeking a dedicated scientist to represent the team and coordinate early and late phase programs. In this position, you are responsible for further developing the center of excellence (CoE) for particle counting and container closure integrity testing (CCIT) for products in the cell and gene therapy space, building up, growing, and coordinating laboratory analytics for particle and CCI testing. Your scientific dedication and agility to work in a GMP-regulated development environment are essential to ensure robust and compliant applications and approaches. After a thorough on-the-job training, you will have responsibility for project coordination, method validations and transfers to manufacturing sites and commercial quality control laboratories, drafting regulatory submissions and supporting marketed products.

Your Responsibilities

• Assume a leading role in project coordination and validation of particulate and CCIT assays for cell and gene therapy programs representing the PCCI team and supporting our partner organizations.
• Build on existing BSL-2 know-how and infrastructure to expand particle and CCIT analytical portfolio for cell and gene therapy products
• Coordinate activities pertaining to PCCI particle and CCIT method validations and transfers in compliance with internal guidances and health authority expectations
• Coordinate all project-related tasks with our partners
• Represent the PCCI team in project meetings as particle and CCIT subject matter expert
• Writing scientifically sound technical documents
• Compiling data for registration dossier
• End-to-end understanding of business processes and ability to propose changes to strive for high efficiency
• Highly motivated to work on novel technologies and scouting for new technologies
• Work in a team-oriented environment and respect diversity and inclusion when interacting with partners and colleagues

Qualifications
For this position we are looking for a scientifically minded, flexible and team-oriented person with the following skills:

• Self-employed and entrepreneurial style
• Curiosity and drive to deep-dive into scientific questions
• Excellence in analytics, project coordination and presentation skills
• Background in cell and gene therapy analytics (e.g., CAR-T, LVV, AAV and oncolytic viruses) advantageous
• Experience within the pharmaceutical or GMP-regulated industry preferred and knowledge of relevant GMP regulations for analytical laboratories
• Excellent communication skills in English (written and spoken), German desired
• Minimum requirement: M.S. with at least 5 years' experience or PhD with at least 2 years' experience in life science, material sciences, analytical development or pharmaceutical development

We are offering you a multifaceted opportunity in a dynamic, international environment with attractive terms and career opportunities as well as a good infrastructure

Required Skills
GMP Environments, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), Independence

Preferred Skills
Curious Mindset