Scientist / Sr. Scientist – Cell & Gene Therapy – Manufacturing

• MSc / MTech in Life Sciences with 12-18 years of experience in GMP Production involving intense Cell Culture

Job Description, Key Skills, and Competencies:  

• • Develop new cell therapy products and perform validations to take the product to the next stage

•   • Extensive experience working with different types of cell culture techniques
•   • Experience in large scale bioreactors of biologicals for commercial and clinical requirements, good in Asceptic Operations handling
• • Experience in viral and non-viral methods of gene transfer will be preferred
• • Maintaining equipment and facilities in a state of compliance with effective calibration, preventive maintenance, and validation programs
• • Proficient in verbal, written and presentation skills with previous experience in writing grants and research articles will be preferred
• • Experience in managing a team or working in a cross-functional group and interacting with clients/collaborators
• • The candidate needs to have leadership skills to gear a team towards excellence
• Manage day to day activity of team members  providing critical technical/scientific recommendations with effective trouble-shooting and innovative capabilities
• • Organizing workflow by assigning responsibilities and preparing work schedules to meet the production targets
• • Effectively communicate and work closely in a highly matrixed team environment to advance company’s cell therapy pipeline
• • Exhibit strict adherence to project timelines while preserving integrity, accuracy, safety, and quality
•   • Understand systems and processes pertaining to sterile practices, work ethics, safety, health, and environment
• • Preparation and review of cGMP documents like SOP, batch records, checklists, protocols, and reports