Are you an experienced Scientist in the field of USP processes and looking for a next step in your career? Interested in working on COVID-19 vaccine? This may be the position for you! #corona
Job Description
You will work within the USP department which is responsible for early- as well as late-stage development of scalable, pharmaceutical-grade production processes for viral vaccines using mammalian cell lines as a production platform. Novel technologies are used to make sure that the processes are safe, reliable, scalable and cost-effective, so that the vaccines can be produced in large quantities at low costs. The developed production processes are transferred into GMP production facilities to produce clinical batches and scaled-up for commercial production. This is done in close collaboration with many partners in Discovery, Development and Supply Chain in an international environment. Within the USP department, a lab team is responsible for performing all hands-on experimental activities, data processing and documentation, whereas a team of scientists is responsible for the overall scientific approach and progress within our projects. Currently the department is ofucssing on advances in COVID-19 vaccine
Responsibilities
Leads teams of motivated process developers
Develops and executes USP early- and late-stage development and tech transfer strategies
Creates and manages research plans with greater complexity in the delivery of business results
Represents USP in multidisciplinary project team(s)
Acts as senior author in the preparation of presentations, technical reports, documents for regulatory filing and patents
Applies the latest technological innovations into the daily work. One of the major innovations currently explored is modeling, data management and statistical analysis applied to bioprocessing
Profile
Ph. D. degree or post-doctorate degree biopharmaceutical sciences, biotechnology, engineering or related fields
* At least 6 years of late-stage biopharmaceutical experience (of which at least some years in industry)
* Technical knowledge on bioreactor process technology; ideally for R&D and/or commercial (GMP) purposes
* Experience with two or more of the following: life cycle process validation; regulatory submission writing; process improvements; technology transfer; manufacturing support
We're looking for someone with coaching and leadership capabilities. Someone of high integrity & instilling trust, and able to help the team make decisions and formulate priorities.
Benefits
Employment: Initially via Oxford global Resources, with prospect of a permanent contract
Salary indication: from € 4700 to € 6000
Working hours: 40 hours per week (part-time can be discussed)
Holidays: 25 (+12)
Location: Leiden region
Vacancy number; 15110
