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Process Development Associate

Cambridge, MA 02138

Posted: 04/15/2025 Employment Type: Contract Job Category: Scientific Job Number: 619116 Is job remote?: No Country: United States

Job Description

Target PR Range: 19-29/hr
*Depending on experience

Ideal candidates will: work on culturing mammalian cells, maintaining bench-scale bioreactors, sampling bioreactors, utilizing process analytical technologies (PAT), utilizing high throughput technologies (e.g. Ambr), and being involved in data compilation and analysis. The candidates will also be involved in data compilation and analysis. Must have lab experience and at least one year working on similar projects.

The Pivotal Drug Substance Technologies organization develops, characterizes and supports clinical drug substance manufacturing processes for all late-stage programs in the portfolio.

This lab-based position is located at our Cambridge, MA site. The successful candidate will be responsible for support of the development, characterization, scale-up and support of upstream and downstream processes to enable clinical advancement of programs. The candidate will also be responsible for equipment maintenance and reliability. This role will include project-based work managed by the candidate.

This role is in an integrated bioprocess development group in which cell culture and purification scientists work together to advance rich, exciting and dynamic pipeline. With biology first approach, the position provides the unique opportunity to work on multiple modalities including antibodies, BiTEs, and bispecifics.

The successful candidate will design and execute experiments spanning the end-to-end drug substance process, including both cell culture and purification operations. The candidate will apply established platform approaches and utilize problem-solving skills to rapidly solve day-to-day experimental challenges. Additionally, the candidate will utilize out-of-the-box thinking to contribute to laboratory operations, technology development, and process automation. Finally, the candidate will also expand and develop skills in both cell culture and purification, thereby further contributing to the integrated group.

Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor’s or master’s degree
OR
Associate degree and 4 years scientific experience

Preferred Qualifications:
Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Biochemical Engineering, Life Sciences, or other relevant sciences with a demonstrated record of excellence.
Ability to identify, develop and implement solutions to practical problems through application of fundamental scientific and engineering principles, preferably in a process development environment.
Prior experience with high throughput systems (such as the Ambr) or PAT.
Prior experience with project management is a plus.
Motivated self-starter with excellent interpersonal and organizational skills. Team player with the ability to successfully work within a diverse team in a dynamic, cross-functional environment.
Familiarity with design of experiments and statistical analysis of data desirable.
Prior experience with data analytical tools (Excel, Spotfire, Python etc.).

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Planet Pharma is an equal opportunity employer. It is our practice not to discriminate against any employee or applicant based on any criteria, condition or basis protected by laws or regulations in the locations where we do business. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply. We celebrate diversity and are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect. We believe that diversity, equity and inclusion enable us to better meet our mission and values while serving our clients across the globe. If you have a disability or handicap and would like us to accommodate you in any reasonable way, please inform your recruiter, or contact us, so that we can discuss the appropriate alternatives available.

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Although this hasn't been an issue at Planet Pharma, the staffing industry has seen an increase in people falsely representing themselves as recruiters to gather personal information from job seekers. For your safety, do not provide sensitive data to anyone you have not spoken with thoroughly and never provide banking information during the application process. Candidate safety is a top priority at Planet Pharma.