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The TDS API Leiden team makes part of the global Discovery, Product Development and Supply organization. The department supports the development of our industry-leading pipeline and maintains scientific ownership of biotherapeutics drug substance product and processes.

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Johnson & Johnson is hiring for a Senior Scientist, Biotherapeutics to join our team in Leiden, The Netherlands.

In this position you will be contributing to cell culture process development within the therapeutic protein process development group in Malvern, PA.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and execution of experiments

• Analyze data and write/review reports.

• Lead and participate in development of control strategy

• Scale up the process from lab to pilot/manufacturing scale

• Evaluate facilities fit for the process, and perform tech transfer to manufacturing site

• Plan and manage process validation (laboratory and manufacturing-scale)

• Work in multi-disciplinary team with representatives from analytical, manufacturing, quality and other functions.

• Lead process modeling for bioreactor scale up, tech transfer, and in support of process troubleshooting

• Lead and participate in scientific investigations and trouble-shoot process issues that arise during development, technology transfer, or scale-up

• Contribute to regulatory filings

• Participate in technology development

• Coordinate laboratory training initiatives,

• Successful candidate will be working in a team environment as well as contributing individually to meet project and department objectives and timelines.

Qualifications

Education:

Minimum of a Master' s Degree in Biological Sciences or Cell Biology or Biochemistry or Chemical Engineering with 6 years of experience is required or PhD with 3 years of experience is preferred.

Experience and Skills:

Required:

• Hands-on experience with laboratory scale cell culture bioreactor equipment and instrumentation.

• Knowledge of large molecule drug substance (API) upstream manufacturing process development.

• Knowledge of cell culture media characterization and/or optimization.

• Familiarity with or hands-on experience with analytical methods typically used in the manufacture and characterization of recombinant proteins is preferred.

• It is required that the candidate be highly organized and capable of managing/pursuing multiple projects, and have good written and verbal communication skills.

• Experience maintaining written records of work in the form of laboratory notebooks (paper or electronic) is required.

• The ability to report data, present findings to management is required.

• Experience with team-based collaborations and direct/indirect management of staff is required.

• Occasional weekend work and domestic or international travel will be required.

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