Merck Senior Scientist Job Vacancy- Biochemistry & Microbiology
Merck Senior Scientist Job Merck invites Bachelors and postgraduate Microbiology and Biochemistry candidates for the post of Senior Scientist. Merck job opening 2020. Merck Senior Scientist post. Interested candidates may check out all the like eligibility criteria how to apply below:
Job Title: Senior Scientist – Vaccine Process Development and Commercialization (Downstream)
Location: West Point, Pennsylvania, United States Of America
Education Minimum Requirement:
Biochemistry, Microbiology, or related field with 6 years of relevant experience; or Master’s degree with 4 years of relevant experience; or PhD with relevant academic experience.
Required Experience and Skills for Merck Senior Scientist Job:
- Large molecule or relevant experience with purification process development, scaling (up and down) and/or tech transfer
- Hands-on expertise in the execution of process development with multiple programs and unit operations
- Expertise in lab scale experimental execution and experience with Design of Experiments (DOE), statistical data analysis and presentation of results/conclusions.
- Experience authoring technical documentation to support regulatory submissions.
- Outstanding communication and people skills.
- Ability to foster a collaborative work environment focused on mentorship, coaching, and Subject Matter Expert development.
- Experience with project strategic planning.
- cGMP experience
Preferred Experience and Skills:
- Experience with large molecule assay development and execution (HPLC, UPLC, MS, SDS-PAGE).
- Experience with Quality by Design (QbD) and Lean Six Sigma principles.
- Strong cross-functional background, enabling teams to reach peak performance.
- Ability to provide scientific leadership, mentorship and guidance to technical coworkers and colleagues within and outside of our Company.
- Experience supporting/writing regulatory filings (IND, MAA, BLA) and inspections with multiple agencies (FDA, EMA, JNDA, TGA) .
- Experience with on-the-floor GMP manufacturing support including providing immediate responses on the shop floor to deviations and potential deviations.
- Record of external conference presentation and/or journal publication
Job Description for Merck Senior Scientist Job
Our Engineers support internal and external manufacturing operations remain operational, continuously improve and innovate. With our extensive range of facilities and environments, our Engineers have opportunities across many diverse areas including Biological, Chemical, Automation, Capital Projects, Maintenance, Safety, Process Development, Technical Services, Utilities and Validation.
The Vaccine Process Development and Commercialization (VPDC) group within our Company Manufacturing Division focuses on late stage process development, technology transfer, and in-line support of vaccine products. We seek a people-oriented leader with strong scientific and technical skills to lead the downstream process development and commercialization activities supporting multiple vaccine programs. In this role, you will be responsible for:
- Leading downstream unit operation tech transfer activities including collaboration with commercial manufacturing teams to support facility start-up activities and provide on-the-floor support for drug substance manufacturing, both within our Company network and at contract manufacturing organizations (CMOs).
- Leading process development activities to execute large molecule downstream purification (e.g., clarification, chromatography, filtration) processing including lab-scale process development, in-process assay support, and process scale-up/scale-down.
- Execution of lab scale experiments and authoring associated technical reports and documents.
- Leading assignment execution against accelerated, critical-path timelines in a right-first-time manner.
- Authoring and/or reviewing technical documents to support Process Performance Qualification (PPQ) and licensure.
- Provide mentorship and technical direction to other members of the team which may include dotted-line reporting relationships.