Associate Scientist / Scientist, Cell and Gene Therapy
AstraZeneca

Gaithersburg, Maryland

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Do you have a passion for Science? Would you like to apply your expertise to impact a company that follows the science and turns ideas into life changing medicines? Then AstraZeneca might be the one for you!

At AstraZeneca, we put patients first and strive to meet their unmet needs worldwide. Working here means being entrepreneurial, thinking big and working together to make the impossible a reality. If you are swift to action, confident to lead, willing to collaborate, and curious about what science can do, then you're our kind of person.

About AstraZeneca in Gaithersburg, MD:

Our Gaithersburg, Maryland facility creates life-changing medicines for people around the world. This campus employs more than 3,500 experts in our field and is only a short drive from Washington, DC. This modern and vibrant scientific campus is the home of R&D and Oncology in the US. Here, we play host to some of the most cutting-edge technology and lab spaces, all designed to inspire collaboration and cross-functional science. We believe employees benefit from being challenged and inspired at work. We are dedicated to creating a culture of inclusion and collaboration.

The Gaithersburg site offers a variety of amenities to help boost productivity and help keep our employees happy and healthy. This includes a fitness center, employee healthcare clinic, electric vehicle charging stations, dry cleaning, full-service cafeteria and copy center. This is where you'll find newly-designed, activity-based work spaces to suit a variety of working styles while increasing collaboration between teams.

Summary of the group:

The Bioassay and Impurities, Analytical Group is accountable for developing state-of-the-art methods to evaluate product quality by measuring biological activity as well as detecting, characterizing, and quantifying product variants and process-related impurities. The group enables product understanding, manufacturing process development, formulation, drug product development and regulatory filings. This group is accountable for control systems, including specifications, comparability, and shelf-life strategies required by regulatory agencies and also performs technical transfer of methods to clinical quality control and commercial launch sites and technical support and lifecycle management post-launch.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

  • The successful candidate will work within a team responsible for developing, optimizing robust functional, characterization and molecular analytical methods to support in process characterization and final product release for cell and gene therapies.
  • The candidate will be responsible for carrying out bioanalytical cell-based assay testing and assist in the identification and evaluation of new technologies.
  • The candidate will be expected to execute lab experiments, make detailed observations, analyse data, interpret results, and report experiment data clearly and concisely.
  • Must be highly organized, detail oriented and have strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Finally, he/she must work effectively and collaboratively as a team member within a highly matrixed organizational structure.

Essential Requirements

Education: Bachelor's, or Master's, in Immunology, Cell Biology, Biological Sciences, Biotechnology, Biochemistry

Experience:

Associate Scientist/ BS and 0+ years or MS and 0+ years of relevant experience

Scientist/ BS and 5+ years or MS and 2+ years of relevant experience

  • Experience in immunology, cell/molecular biology related field required.
  • Experience with basic immunology techniques
  • Experience with tissue-culture and cell-based assay development.
  • Thorough understanding of cell-based assay technologies and their application in characterization of biologics.

Desirable Requirements
  • Industry experience, in either autologous or allogeneic cell and gene therapy
  • Experience in flow cytometry.
  • Experience qualifying and transferring cell and gene therapy analytical methods is a plus.

Why AstraZeneca?

At AstraZeneca when we see an opportunity for change, we seize it and make it happen, because any opportunity no matter how small, can be the start of something big. Delivering life-changing medicines is about being entrepreneurial - finding those moments and recognising their potential. Join us on our journey of building a new kind of organisation to reset expectations of what a bio-pharmaceutical company can be. This means we're opening new ways to work, pioneering cutting edge methods and bringing unexpected teams together. Interested? Come and join our journey.

So, what's next!

Are you ready to bring new ideas and fresh thinking to the table? Brilliant! We have one seat available and we hope it's yours.

Where can I find out more?

Our Social Media, Follow AstraZeneca on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/1603/

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AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics. We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.

AstraZeneca requires all US employees to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 but will consider requests for reasonable accommodations as required by applicable law.


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