Senior Research Scientist, CMC Process Development

Senior Research Scientist-CMC, Process Development

Location: Cambridge

Our client is a biotechnology research company, a leading developer of human microbiome therapeutics, focused on developing and discovering live bacterial therapeutics and biomarkers.

They are currently seeking a driven and organised senior research scientist to join their preclinical development team. This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic candidate to work with this team to progress a leading microbiome company into clinical development.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Drive strategy within the process development team.
2. Work with the team to establish lyophilisation capabilities.
3. Develop suitable formulations for live-bacteria based drugs.
4. Support the company's interactions with GMP manufacturing organisations, assisting in the process transfer.
5. Critically review and summarise internal and external data.
6. Liaise with research microbiologists.
7. Report progress to project teams.
8. Document experimental work to meet the requirements of regulations and guidelines.

Key Skills:

1. A PhD in Microbiology or a closely related subject with further industry experience, or a BSc/MSc and 5+ years experience in a bioprocessing environment.
2. Experience in a bioprocess environment, in upstream and/or downstream process development.
3. Biochemistry knowledge applied to bioprocessing.
4. Experience in the development of bacterial bioprocesses.