Expert Scientist, Analytical Development

Site Name: Cambridge Binney Street
Posted Date: May 9 2023

We’re combining the power of genetic and genomic insights into what causes disease, with the speed and scale of artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) to make better predictions about who a treatment might work for, and why. We believe this powerful combination of data and technology holds the key to fundamentally transforming medical discovery for the better, improving R&D success rates and shaping how even the most challenging diseases, like neurological conditions and cancer, can be both prevented and treated.

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You will be working with a novel, next generation approach to the development of vaccines and immunotherapies targeting infectious and other immune mediated diseases. This novel and highly efficient vaccine technology – called Multiple Antigen Presenting System (MAPS) – enables the high affinity binding of protective polysaccharides as well as proteins in a single vaccine, uniquely inducing a broad and protective B-cell and T-cell immune response.

Our Binney Street Analytical Development team is currently seeking a highly motivated expert scientist with expertise in assay development to support IND-enabling toxicology studies and clinical trials. This position is ideally suited for someone with prior immunoassay development and qualification experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, design, develop, qualify, and implement ligand-binding assays to support early and late-stage vaccine development programs

• Align priorities to the entire program development strategy; supervise the day-to-day laboratory activities, identify potential issues, and deliver high-quality data within defined timelines

• Troubleshoot method and instrumentation problems; be proactive in solving technical issues

• Author, review, and approve SOPs, study protocols, reports, and other scientific and quality documents

• Present scientific data to colleagues in group meetings and prepare and present internal and external presentations

• Present progress updates to senior management

• Train and manage junior team members

Why you?

Basic Qualifications:

• Master’s degree (Biochemistry, Immunology, or related discipline) with 4+ years of post-graduate experience

• Industry GXP experience

• Extensive hands-on experience with developing, qualifying, and validating analytical immunoassays (ELISA, Luminex, and MSD)

• Experience in leading and executing stability protocols with associated experimental planning and data collection and analysis.

• Data processing skills using Windows-based software (Excel, GraphPad Prizm, JMP, etc.)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Ph.D. (Biochemistry, Immunology, or related discipline) with 1-4 years of post-graduate experience

• Experience in other analytical methods, such as cell-based and biochemical assays

• Strong ability to multi-task and willingness to work effectively in a highly collaborative and diverse environment as a team player with a strong work ethic

• Able to maintain written records in the form of laboratory notebooks

• Strong written and oral communication skills

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